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Antebellum South
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In many states, African slaves made up a majority of the population | SOUTH |
| The economy was based on the production of agricultural goods, especially cotton. | SOUTH |
| The abolitionist movement was born here. | NORTH |
| Leaders in this region believed the federal government was gaining too much power and could limit the rights of the people and the individual states. | SOUTH |
| Used cash crops to produce finished goods in their factories and textile mills. | NORTH |
| The majority of the nation’s biggest urban areas, such as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, were located here | NORTH |
| Many leaders in this region believed the federal government should have the power to create laws that would protect the country and help it prosper, even if it was unpopular with the individual states. | NORTH |
| It was the destination of the Underground Railroad before the creation of the Fugitive Slave Law. | NORTH |
| As this region was mainly rural, the cotton gin was a useful piece of technology here. | SOUTH |
| it was the home of the majority of immigrants coming from Europe to find work or a better life. | NORTH |
| Examples of states in this region include Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, and Texas. | SOUTH |
| Examples of states in this region include New York, Vermont, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. | NORTH |
| Who was Elijah Lovejoy and what happened to him? | He published papers for the abolitionist movement and was murdered |
| What did President Andrew Jackson do? Did he support or not support the abolitionist movement? | He banned the USPS (postal service) for shipping abolitionist writings |
| In 1859, Congress passed the controversial Fugitive Slave Act. Define this law. | Any escaped slaves in the north needed to be returned to the south |
| Define the Missouri Compromise? | Allowed Missouri to be a slave state while Maine became a free state to balance power |
| Describe what a person typically looked like who was part of the abolitionist movement. | White Religious Americans; Women; African Americans |
| Define abolitionists. | People fighting to get rid of slavery |
| The Southern Economy was based on what? | Agriculture |
| Who invented the Cotton Gin? | Eli Whitney |
| What effect did the cotton gin have on the south? | Increased the need for slave labor and plantations |
| How did the north indirectly benefit from the cotton gin in the south? | Factories used cotton to make clothes/ textiles and other materials |
| What was the goal of the abolitionist movement? | To end slavery in the South |
| What does Antebellum mean? | Before the war |
| Women's rights advocate and abolitionist who wrote "Ain't I A Woman" | Sojourner Truth |
| Radical abolitionist who organized violent raids in Harper's Ferry, WV | John Brown |
| Former slave who became free; instrumental in the abolitionist movement | Frederick Douglass |
| Author and abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Author, speaker, abolitionist who fought for voting rights for women | Susan B. Anthony |
| Wanted the immediate freeing of slaves; wrote The Liberator | William Lloyd Garrison |
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