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PALS Antebellum GA
PALS Antebellum Georgia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| admitted California as a free state | Compromise of 1850 |
| political party was created in 1854 and opposed slavery | Republican Party |
| belief that the interests of a state take precedence over the national government? | states' rights |
| forced labor | slavery |
| What does the word "Antebellum" mean? | period before the Civil War |
| What does the word "postbellum" mean? | period after the Civil War |
| states had the right to invalidate (not follow) any law they believed to be unconstitutional | nullification |
| elected president in 1860 and served during the Civil War | Abraham Lincoln |
| main way that people in the North made money during the antebellum period | Industry |
| main way that people in the South made money during the antebellum period | agriculture or farming |
| main agriculture product produced in the South during the antebellum period | cotton |
| The ______ of the South was based on cotton. | economy |