Cotton and Folks
How did the invention of the cotton gin in the South impact the industry in the North?
The Northern factories benefitted from the availability of cotton
How would the Missouri Compromise be broken by California and New Mexico becoming free states?
Neither state was completely north of the line
During the antebellum period, most farmers in South Carolina had a similar outlook on life – especially the wealthy plantation owners. Which of the following describes the attitude of these farmers?
They believed that working in agriculture was the best profession, and they did not want to industrialize
Each time a new state was added to the United States before the Civil War, it was debated whether it would allow slavery or be a free state. Why was South Carolina so interested in these new states?
South Carolina feared that too many free states would increase their chances of losing slavery.
Why was Abraham Lincoln able to win the 1860 Presidential Election with his “Free Soil” platform?
He had the support of the Northern states
Who was the "chosen race"?
white folks
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 established the southern boundary of Missouri as an important political divider that would determine if future states will be “free states” or “slave states”. Why was this important at the time?
The line would determine free or slave and avoid tension...
Describe the life of a slave....
#awful
In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that a slave could not sue for his own freedom, even if he lived in a free state. What was the impact of this decision on South Carolina?
SC knew that slavery would be protected under the constitution
What event finally pushed South Carolina to secede in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln elected
who were the unfortunate ones?
slaves
Which of the following describes Vice-president John Calhoun's position on the Nullification Crisis?
Calhoun believed that individual states should be able to nullify federal laws if the laws were damaging to the state.
During the 1850s, John Brown and a number of other abolitionists headed to Kansas and violently attacked some of the people there. This episode, known as “Bleeding Kansas” was the result of which of the following?
fighting between abolitionist groups and pro-slavery groups
What did a freesoiler want?
a free state
As a result of Abraham Lincoln’s election as president in 1860, South Carolina called for?
SECESSION
Cotton became a new cash crop in SC. The increase in cotton production benefited SC because?
Rice and indigo were no longer as profitable as they once were. The Northern factories benefited from the availability of cotton.
Why did South Carolina want to nullify tariffs passed by the US Congress in 1832?
Southern farmers resented the high taxes they had to pay on imported manufactured goods.
Give a valid summary of popular sovereignty?
The public should be allowed to vote on whether or not to allow slavery.
Give the correct chronological order of the Compromises and Kan/Neb Act/Null crisis?
Missouri Compromise, Nullification Crisis, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which of the following arguments was used to support secession?
The federal government is abusing its power.
Plantations were more prevalent in the Lowcountry True or False?
TRUE
TRIZZLE
TRUDAT
Historians often note that the Compromise of 1850 delayed the Civil War in the United States for 10 years. The Compromise eased tensions dealing with which of the following issues?
The spread of slavery into newly created states
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act solve the issue of slavery in those areas?
Popular sovereignty would determine whether slavery would be permitted in the territories.
When did California become a state?
1849!
At the secession convention in South Carolina in December of 1860, the delegates were divided. "Cooperationists" felt that?
South Carolina should secede only if other states did.