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Mississippi Studies Chapter 5 Antebellum MS

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Eli Whitney’s biggest contribution to the American economy was

a)

interchangeable parts

b)

the steamboat

c)

the automobile

d)

the railroad

2.

What crop was not replaced by cotton?

a)

tobacco

b)

corn

c)

indigo

d)

hemp

3.

During the early 1800’s women could not

a)

attend college

b)

own property

c)

hold public office

d)

create a family

4.

What is a characteristic of a field slave?

a)

Worked 10-12 hours a day

b)

job could be a cook

c)

able to keep some of their money

d)

lived in certain sections of town

5.

What is a characteristic of a house slave?

a)

children put into the work force at an early age

b)

lived in a certain section of town

c)

received better food than other slaves

d)

received a portion of money

6.

Who were the first Europeans to really begin bringing African slaves to the Americas?

a)

Spanish & Portuguese

b)

French & English

c)

Italians & Germans

d)

Dutch & Spanish

7.

What was the second most important element of slave life in the quarters?

a)

religion

b)

sports

c)

family

d)

music

8.

Which was not a major issue to Mississippians in the 1850s?

a)

slavery

b)

tariffs

c)

states' rights

d)

grocery prices

9.

State laws that regulated the activity of slavery

a)

slave codes

b)

chattel records

c)

Turner laws

d)

slave laws

10.

Manager of the slaves

a)

owner

b)

owner's children

c)

driver

d)

overseer

11.

Machine that divides the fiber from cotton seed

a)

Cotton gin

b)

Weave

c)

Loom

d)

Spinning Jenny

12.

By law, African American slaves were viewed as personal property

a)

Black Codes

b)

Slave Codes

c)

Chattel Slavery

d)

Plantation laws

13.

Scientist who developed the cotton seed used in Mississippi

a)

Dr. Carson

b)

Dr. Nutt

c)

Dr. Warren

d)

Dr. Johnson

14.

A large agricultural estate

a)

Farm

b)

Planation

c)

Slave quarters

d)

Townships

15.

Most planters belonged to this political party

a)

Whig party

b)

Democrat party

c)

Republican party

d)

Democratic-Republican party

16.

This group made up the largest group of slave owners in Mississippi

a)

Planters

b)

Farmers

c)

Large planters

d)

Small farmers

17.

Mississippi's Constitution of 1817 est. this labor system

a)

Indentured servants

b)

Encomienda

c)

Chattel slavery

d)

Sharecropping

18.

This ship brought the first African slaves to the United States

a)

White Lion

b)

Sao Jao Baptista

c)

Titanic

d)

Black Pearl

19.

Slaves made up the ______________ of Mississippi's population until the 1830s.

a)

Minority

b)

Majority

20.

The most prominent free black man in Mississippi in the early to mid 1800s

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

William Johnson

c)

George Poindexter

d)

John J. Pettus

21.

A slave who manages other slaves

a)

Driver

b)

Overseer

c)

Manager

d)

Owner

22.

Religious ceremonies that slaves conducted themselves

a)

Church services

b)

Spirituals

c)

Praise Meetings

d)

Unity services

23.

Established an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator in 1831

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

William Johnson

c)

John J. Pettus

d)

George Poindexter

24.

Rights granted to all men; which are endowed by their Creator: life, liberty & property

a)

Constitutional laws

b)

Natural Rights

c)

Gods laws

d)

The peoples rights

25.

The final breaking point for most Mississippians

a)

Lincoln's election

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

d)

John Brown's Raid