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WorksheetsChapter 9 Antebellum Life
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the leader of the French government when the US purchased Louisiana?
a)
Napolean Bonaparte
b)
Jean Lafitte
c)
Louis XVI
d)
Toussaint L'Ouverture
2.
Who was sent by the US government to defend New Orleans against the British?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Jean Lafitte
d)
Julien Poydras
3.
What political party favored an expanded, activist federal government?
a)
Democrats
b)
Know Nothing Party
c)
Whigs
d)
Jeffersonian Republicans
4.
Robert Fulton
a)
Cotton Gin
b)
Steamboat
c)
Interchangeable Parts
d)
Factory System
5.
This refers to the time before the American Civil War.
a)
Antebellum
b)
Immigrant
c)
Faction
d)
Compromise
6.
Another word for the ¨right to vote"
a)
Suffrage
b)
Depression
c)
Exports
d)
Factor
7.
This is a commercial agent who provides financial and business assistance to clients.
a)
Suffrage
b)
Depression
c)
Exports
d)
Factor
8.
This is a man made waterway that connects other bodies of water, such as Louisiana´s rivers and bayous.
a)
Canal
b)
Internal Improvements
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
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9.
What invention made it easier to transport goods by WATER?
a)
18 Wheelers
b)
Trains
c)
Planes
d)
Steamboats
10.
_____________ were used as the major source of transportation in and around New Orleans.
a)
Horses
b)
Barges
c)
Steamboats
d)
Boats/Canoes
11.
Who was allowed the right to suffrage in the early stages of Louisiana Statehood?
a)
White men and women
b)
Any man
c)
White and Native American men
d)
Only white men
12.
Where is the capital?
a)
Donaldsonville
b)
New Orleans
c)
Baton Rouge
d)
Crowley
13.
The period of time before the American Civil War was called what?
a)
The War of 1812
b)
The Anti-Bells Error
c)
The American Revolution
d)
The Antebellum Era
14.
What does Antebellum stand for?
a)
Pre- Civil War
b)
Post Civil War
c)
During the Civil War
d)
Jack knows
15.
New Orleans was the center of ________________ and __________________ in early Louisiana.
a)
Farming/cotton production
b)
Population/ economics
c)
slavery/population
d)
economics/seafood production
16.
______ % of Louisianians were poor farmers who could never afford a slave, _____ % were extremely wealthy plantation/slave owners.
a)
5% / 95%
b)
25% / 75%
c)
85% / 15%
d)
95% / 5%
17.
Which political party supported southern planters(sugar planters) and banking interests?
a)
Democrats
b)
Whig
c)
Know Nothing
d)
Republican
18.
This political party was anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic.
a)
Democrat
b)
Whig
c)
American
d)
Republican
19.
These are roads, bridges, canals, and other transportation needs.
a)
Canal
b)
Internal Improvements
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
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20.
What political party favored small government programs and universal manhood sufferage?
a)
Democrats
b)
Whigs
c)
American
d)
Republican
21.
Why were banks so crucial?
a)
Farmers needed to take out loans to buy farming supplies
b)
More and more people wanted jobs that didn't require working in the fields
c)
The farming was booming in LA and the farmers needed a place to put all their money
d)
It was a fad that ended shortly after.
22.
What was needed in order for farmers to complete construction projects and purchase farm equipment?
a)
Loans
b)
Longer work days
c)
More labor
d)
More motivation
23.
What made access to New Orleans easier in 1831?
a)
New Basin Canal
b)
New Man Canal
c)
Bigger Steamboats
d)
Cars
24.
What is another name for a long open porch?
a)
Grande porch
b)
Veranda
c)
Lanai
d)
Patio
25.
Plantation owners would host grand parties in their large houses and guests would spend several nights. Why?
a)
Travel was very difficult so they would stay a long time
b)
It was a social custom
c)
It was rude to leave before three nights had passed
d)
They had a social obligation
26.
What were women's roles during the Antebellum period?
a)
to oversee the home and kitchen
b)
to sit still and look pretty
c)
to hire overseers
d)
to work the fields
27.
What caused the yellow fever outbreak?
a)
mosquitos
b)
rats
c)
bumble bees
d)
dirty water
28.
Why did Irish immigrants come to Louisiana?
a)
They fled the Irish Potato Famine
b)
They heard there were no cats in America
c)
They wanted to experience the beuatiful swamps
d)
They had no other place to go
29.
Why did Louisiana stop alternating between Creole and American governors after the 1820s?
a)
Americans began to dominate politics
b)
Thomas Robertson gained control and became a dictator
c)
Creoles left Louisiana in search for a new home
d)
Germans came in and gained control of the governor's seat
30.
Why was it illegal to educate enslaved people?
a)
They could rise up and revolt
b)
They could show up their owners in a Quiz Bowl match
c)
Plantation owners could lose their power
d)
all of the above
31.
What was the dominant cash crop in the South during the Antebellum Era that caused a sharp increase in slavery and further divided the nation politically?
a)
tobacco
b)
indigo
c)
rice
d)
cotton
32.
What was the major type of labor used on Georgia's plantations before the civil war?
a)
indentured servitude
b)
tenant farming
c)
sharecropping
d)
slavery
33.
Which group of people were wealthy, upper class farmers who owned 20 or more slaves?
a)
Middle Class
b)
Independent Farmers
c)
Elite Class
d)
Lower Class
34.
Which group of people were unpaid labor workers that were bought, sold, and considered as property?
a)
Free African Americans
b)
Elite Class
c)
Lower Class
d)
Enslaved African Americans
35.
What cash crop was grown and used to make fabrics?
a)
Sugar
b)
Indigo
c)
Cotton
d)
Rice
36.
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
a)
Lauren Thompson
b)
Eliza Pickney
c)
Anthony Ashley Cooper
d)
Eli Whitney
37.
Who were abolitionists?
a)
People who wanted to keep slavery going.
b)
People who wanted to end slavery.
c)
People who were slaves.
d)
People who were freedom fighters.
38.
A route slaves took to escape for freedom was called...
a)
the Underground Railroad.
b)
a train.
c)
the breakaway.
d)
slavery enders.
39.
What did the southern states call themselves after they seceded?
a)
The USA
b)
The Confederate States of America
c)
The Slave States of America
d)
The Southern States of America
40.
Antebellum in American history was
a)
time period before the Civil War
b)
time period before the American Revolution
c)
time period before WW 1
d)
time period before WW2
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