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Antebellum South Carolina
Test Description: Review questions on the antebellum time period in South Carolina and the United States.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What does 'antebellum' refer to?
A
The War of 1812
B
Changes in the status of women during the 1800s
C
The time after the Civil War
D
The time before the Civil War
2) What was an impact of the cotton gin?
A
More slaves were needed
B
Fewer slaves were needed
C
Processing cotton took more time
D
The North started to produce cotton
3) Who led the US to victory during the Battle of New Orleans?
A
Robert E. Lee
B
Andrew Jackson
C
John C. Calhoun
D
George Washington
4) What was the most powerful social class in antebellum SC?
A
White Middle Class
B
Poor White Class
C
Free African Americans
D
Planter Class
5) Which land acquisition doubled the size of the US?
A
Louisiana Purchase
B
Texas Annexation
C
Oregon Territory
D
Gadsden Purchase
6) According to manifest destiny, why did Americans expand Westward?
A
It was God's will
B
To finish the railroads
C
To make allies with the Natives
D
The British wanted them to
7) Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
A
Angelina Grimke
B
Dred Scott
C
Harriet Beecher Stowe
D
Ernest Hemingway
8) Under the Missouri Compromise, ________________ entered as a slave state and _______________ entered as a free states.
A
Kansas; Nebraska
B
Maine; Missouri
C
Missouri; Maine
D
Missouri; Kansas
9) What newly formed political party did Lincoln belong to?
A
Democrat
B
Whig
C
Federalist
D
Republican
10) What was the first state to secede from the Union?
A
Florida
B
North Carolina
C
Missouri
D
South Carolina
11) Who were the Grimke sisters?
A
Abolitionists born in South Carolina
B
Pro-slavery women from Charleston, SC
C
Supporters of John C. Calhoun
D
Women who helped invent the cotton gin
12) Which is TRUE of Dred Scott?
A
Based on his court case, the Supreme Court said the MO Compromise was unconstitutional
B
All of the above are true
C
The Supreme Court said that he (and other slaves) were not citizens
D
His master took him into free territory
13) Abraham Lincoln...
A
was a member of the Republican Party
B
All of the above are true.
C
won the Election of 1860
D
was voted in by the Northern states
14) What hero of the North tried to arm slaves by raiding a federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry, VA?
A
Angelina Grimke
B
John Brown
C
Andrew Jackson
D
Denmark Vesey
15) The Compromise of 1850
A
Got rid of the Fugitive Slave Act
B
Ended popular sovereignty
C
Admitted California as a free state
D
Made Missouri a slave state
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