Georgia
in the
Antebellum
Era
Review
100
How many bales of cotton were produced in 1850?
2,250,000
100
What decade experienced the greatest increase in the number of slaves?
1850-1860
100
The production of cotton increased as the number of ____ increased.
slaves
100
What law is an example of compromise?
Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act after adding California as a free state.
100
What was an organized escape plan for southern slaves fleeing their owners?
The underground railroad
200
What white abolitionist was tried and hanged for treason after he led a raid on an arms warehouse in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown
200
What name is given to the strict laws passed in the South to limit slave movements, meetings, and efforts to teach slaves how to read and write?
slave codes
200
Someone who believed in states’ rights would probably support what statement?
The national government has no right to tell states how to operate.
200
What political party in Georgia supported states’ rights and slavery?
Democrat
200
The doctrine of nullification is best demonstrated by which controversial topic of the antebellum period?
tariffs
300
What BEST explains the Missouri Compromise?
It allowed territories south of Missouri's southern boundary to enter as slave states and territories north of Missouri's southern boundary to enter as free states.
300
What BEST describes the problem with compromise?
Compromise is usually short-lived.
300
The “Georgia Platform” was a statement supporting the Compromise of 1850. Who was responsible for writing it?
Alexander Stephens
300
In what way is the Kansas-Nebraska Act similar to both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
each decided the legality of slavery in new states
300
What law was passed that gave new states entering the Union the right to choose whether they would be slave or free?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
400
What best explains how the Dred Scott decision by the US Supreme Court pushed the nation closer to war?
ruled that the federal government could not stop slavery in territories.
400
What conflict did Georgians face after Lincoln's election?
secession
400
What was the economic basis for slave labor in the South?
The South's economy was based almost entirely upon agriculture. After the invention of the cotton gin, cotton quickly became the South's most important cash crop and greatly increased the deman for slaves to plant and pick more cotton.
400
Why did the Dred Scott case anger abolitionists?
First, the US Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens: therefore, they lacked the standing (or right) to sue in a federal court. Second, the court decided that Congress did not have the power to pass laws banning slavery in US territories.
400
What is significant about the Presidential election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
The election of 1860 was the first time a Republican was elected President. It was significant because Lincoln only received support from one section of the country (the North), while the South and the West split their votes amonth three other candidates. This allowed Lincoln to win the election with less than a majority of the popular votes.
500
What kind of writing is also known as the argument essay? It utilizes logic and reason to show that one idea is more legitimate than another idea. It attempts to persuade a reader to adopt a certain point of view or to take a particular action. The argument always uses sound reasoning and solid evidence by stating facts, giving logical reasons, using examples, and quoting experts.
persuasive essays
500
When a persuasive essay discusses the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, amendments and the Bill of Rights, what view is the writer taking?
It defends their views with the Constitution.
500
When a persuasive essay talks about the South, the constitution and whether or not they should have seceded from the Union during the antebellum era, what would probably be a good title for the essay?
"Should the South Have Seceded?"
500
When a persuasive essay provides a good example for an argument and states "South Carolina, Georgia, and others formed the Confederate States", the writing is providing a ____ to back up his claims.
fact
500
What Georgia politician spoke out against secession at first and later supported the Confederacy as its Vice President?
Alexander Stephens
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