WorksheetsMS Studies: Antebellum MS and Civil War
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Who was the first governor of the MS Territory?
Jefferson Davis
Winthrop Sargent
Robert E. Lee
Sieur d'Bienville
What were the two ways in and out of MS during it's time as a territory and early statehood?
The Pearl River and I-10
The Pearl River and the Mississippi River
The Mississippi River and the Tennessee Highway
The Mississippi River and the Natchez Trace
The Mississippi River and the Jackson Trace
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established a MS government and MS's path to statehood. Which steps were a part of that process?
MS given a Governor, 3 Judges, and a Secretary to the Governor
Population reaches 5,000 free men an assembly is created to make laws
Population reaches 60,000 free men the territory creates a constitution and petitions for statehood.
Population reaches 100,000 free men the territory creates a constitution and petitions for statehood.
What was the first step in Mississippi transitioning from a territory to a state?
MS given a Governor, 3 Judges, and a Secretary to the Governor
Population reaches 5,000 free men an assembly is created to make laws
Population reaches 60,000 free men the territory creates a constitution and petitions for statehood.
In What year did MS become a state?
1699
1718
1817
1830
This led to the removal of Native Americans to land west of the MS River and the Trail of Tears. It freed up lands in MS to be settled as U.S. settlers expanded west.
Treaty of Doak's stand
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Trail of Tears
Most promises made by the American government to Native Americans were honored.
True
False
I'm not sure we covered that
How many capitals has the MS Territory and the state of MS had?
2
3
4
There is a capital of MS?
The first capital of MS was
Vicksburg
Natchez
Washington
Jackson
What year was the first MS Constitution written?
1817
1830
1832
1900
During the War of 1812 the British had been making alliances with the Indian nations promising their lands back for their help defeating the United States.
True
False
I have never learned about any of this...
This Native American was an organizer and helped to organizer the Native American tribes during the War of 1812.
Pushmata
Tecumseh
Pocahontas
_________ was the Choctaw Chief who fought alongside Andrew Jackson in The War of 1812.
Tecumsah
Pushmata
Pocahontas
MS's second constitution written in 1832 showed that people views were changing and that they wanted to
Champion the elite class
Champion the common man
Regretting removing Native Americans and admitted them as citizens
Allow blacks to participate in government.
Slavery first arrived in MS with the
French
British
Spanish
Portuguese
What conditions allowed slavery to grow into what it did in Mississippi? (There are more than one.)
Slavery grew in MS because it grew in the surrounding states.
Slavery grew in MS while under British control.
Slavery grew with the production and success of tobacco.
Slavery grew with the to support the cotton industry in MS.
The successful strain of cotton grown in MS was developed by Rush Nutt and was called?
"Green Cotton"
"Black Cotton"
"Money Cotton"
"Petit Gulf" Cotton
What percentage of Mississippians owned slaves around 1860? (One year before MS secedes from the Union.)
20%
15%
9%
5%
What year did the Civil War begin?
1865
1864
1860
1861
This was invented to separate the cotton fibers from the seeds of the cotton plant.
"Petit Gulf" Cotton
The Cotton Gin
The King Cotton
The Cotton Codes
This revived slavery because before it's invention it was believed that slavery would die out.
King Cotton
The Cotton Gin
"Petit Gulf" Cotton
The Cotton Codes
What year did MS secede from the Union?
1865
1864
1863
1862
1861
What is the labor system that refers to slaves being viewed as personal property of their owners?
King Cotton
Overseers
Plantation Blues
Chattel Slavery
The Nullification Crisis was a result of southerners feeling unfairly taxed and being
pro-cotton
pro-states rights over federal laws
Pro-slavery
pro-federal laws of states rights
The Missouri Compromise of 1820:
Divided up territory only in the LA territory and decided what would be free and what would be slave by designating the 36° 30'N
Divided up territory from the Mexican war and decided what would be free and what would be slave by designating the 36° 30'N
Decided through out the entire country what would be slave states and territory by the designating the 36° 30'N
The Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in 1854 decided
that states free or slave status would be decided by location in reference to 36° 30'N.
that states free or slave status would be decided by popular sovereignty. (vote)
that states free or slave status would be decided by the federal government.
Republican party was created to
help slavery expand into new territory.
help abolish slavery in the south.
help abolish slavery that still existed in the north.
help stop the spread of slavery into new territories.
The goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Va was to
Change the minds of people to pro-slaver
provoke a rebellion
inspire a supreme court outcome
The Harpers Ferry, Va raid, led by John Brown, drove white southerners fears of rebellion and contributed to rising tensions between northern and southern states prior to the Civil War.
True
False
This event was followed by the secession of the first states of the Union including MS.
The election of Abraham Lincoln
The ruling on the Dred Scott Case
The Harpers Ferry, Va raid
The election of John C. Breckinridge
Mark any of the following that were a main factor in Mississippi moving closer to secession.
The growing tension between controversy over slave states and free states.
The election of Abraham Lincoln.
The events of the Harpers Ferry, Va raid
The violence and wars known as "Bleeding Kansas"
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln
General Robert E. Lee
John C. Breckenridge
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Why did some slave owners try to reinforce positive behavior rather than punish slaves with lashings and other types of physical punishments?
They didn't, all slave owners punished with harsh punishments.
They didn't all want to be mean.
They saw their slaves as an investment and wanted to get their money's worth out of the investment.
They saw their slaves as an investment but they weren't that valuable.
