Sectionalism/ Slave Revolts Review

What were the economic, social, and political systems in South Carolina based on during the 1700 and 1800s?

• Industry

• Tourism

• Slavery

• Trade

How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery and the plantation system in the antebellum South?

• Provided slaves more free time

• Decreased the number of slaves and plantations in South Carolina

• Increased the number of slaves and plantations in South Carolina

• Led to the establishment of textile mills in the South

What effect did the Denmark Vesey Plot have on African Americans in South Carolina?

• Slave codes were strengthened

• Many whites were killed

• Hundreds of slaves escaped to freedom

• South Carolina outlawed slavery

Sectionalism was a major part of the events that led to the Civil War. What does “sectionalism” refer to?

• Women and men worked in different areas

• People wanted to live further apart from each other

• The united states hoped to expand into new areas of the world

• People becoming more loyal to a region than the entire country

What was the northern economy focusing on while the south was concentrating on cotton?

• agriculture

• industry and manufacturing

• fishing

• Mining

Which of the following statements about South Carolina and slavery are true?

• Free white southerners far outnumbered African slaves

• 80% of white South Carolinians owned a slave

• Compared to other southern states South Carolina’s slave population was one of the lowest

• The majority of South Carolinians did not own a slave

Which of the following categories did most South Carolinians have a job in during 1850?

• Agriculture

• Army

• Government, Civil Service

• Commerce and Trade

Which term refers to the growing differences that led to people either becoming loyal to the North or South before the Civil War?

• Nationalism

• Loyalists

• Sectionalism

• Manifest Destiny

Why were there no longer slaves in the northern states by 1830?

• Slaves were never legal in the northern states

• Slaves had escaped to Canada

• Slaves had returned to Africa

• Slavery was abolished gradually through emancipation laws

What was the southern economy focusing on while the north was concentrating on industry?

• agriculture

• industry and manufacturing

• fishing

• Mining