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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 time after the Civil War
B
The War of 1812
C
Changes in the status of women during the 1800s
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
George Washington
B
Andrew Jackson
C
John C. Calhoun
D
Robert E. Lee
4) What was the most powerful social class in antebellum SC?
A
Poor White Class
B
Planter Class
C
White Middle Class
D
Free African Americans
5) Which land acquisition doubled the size of the US?
A
Oregon Territory
B
Gadsden Purchase
C
Texas Annexation
D
Louisiana Purchase
6) According to manifest destiny, why did Americans expand Westward?
A
It was God's will
B
To make allies with the Natives
C
The British wanted them to
D
To finish the railroads
7) Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
A
Angelina Grimke
B
Ernest Hemingway
C
Harriet Beecher Stowe
D
Dred Scott
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
Republican
B
Whig
C
Democrat
D
Federalist
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
His master took him into free territory
B
The Supreme Court said that he (and other slaves) were not citizens
C
All of the above are true
D
Based on his court case, the Supreme Court said the MO Compromise was unconstitutional
13) Abraham Lincoln...
A
All of the above are true.
B
was a member of the Republican Party
C
was voted in by the Northern states
D
won the Election of 1860
14) What hero of the North tried to arm slaves by raiding a federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry, VA?
A
Andrew Jackson
B
John Brown
C
Angelina Grimke
D
Denmark Vesey
15) The Compromise of 1850
A
Ended popular sovereignty
B
Made Missouri a slave state
C
Got rid of the Fugitive Slave Act
D
Admitted California as a free state
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