Lesson Summary

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote

Uncle Tom's Cabin

During the Nullification Crisis, South Carolina wanted to __.

declare the federal tariff null and void

Two issues on which there was disagreement between the North and the South were ___ and ___.

tariffs and slavery

The Middle Passage was

the leg of the triangle trade bringing African slaves to the New World.

The platform of the Abolitionist movement wanted

to achieve immediate emancipation of all slaves and the ending of racial segregation without the use of violence.

Which city had the largest population of free blacks in the antebellum era?

Baltimore

Why would most Americans have been unlikely to read a Douay Bible in the 19th century?

Because it is a Catholic translation and most Americans were Protestant.

Which would have been the most likely place for a new factory in the first half of the 19th century?

Boston, Massachusetts

In the interior of the nation, which was the most important means of shipping in the early 19th century?

Canals

What industry did John Deere and Cyrus McCormick work in?

Farm technology

Where did public school exist in early America? I. Massachusetts II. New York III. Virginia

I only

Which were hindrances to building railroads in the early 19th century? I. Turnpike operators opposed it. II. Canal building has sapped state funds. III. Passengers were scared to ride on trains. IV. The Panic of 1837 limited private funding

I, II, IV

Which is accurate about immigration in the mid-19th century?

Irish immigrants settled in East Coast cities while German immigrants moved to the Midwest.

Which best describes Southern society in the antebellum era?

It had a stable structure with four basic social classes.

Which best describes the federal government's position on building transportation networks?

It opposed such internal improvements, believing they were best left to states and private investors.

He became the new Vice President of the United States during the Nullification Crisis.

Martin Van Buren

After mid-century, which was the most important means of transportation through the interior of the nation?

Railroads

What was not a reason for the expansion of the 'old Southwest?'

The end of the slave trade

Where did most of Lowell's factory girls come from initially?

They were farm girls from the surrounding countryside

Where did most of Lowell's factory come initially?

They were farms girls from the surrounding countryside

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott advocated for women's rights after their involvement in what other reform movement?

Abolition

Slave resistance included

All of these

David Walker, who predated the Abolitionist Movement and advocated violence in ending slavery wrote

An appeal in Four Articles

Which type of slave was most likely to work under the task system?

A field hand on a rice plantation

What is wage slavery?

A term used by Southerners to describe economic abuse in the North

Which is true of Southern industry in the antebellum era?

It produced goods that were rarely exported.

During the crisis, who resigned as Vice President and went back to the Senate?

John C. Calhoun

Who said, slavery was 'the most safe and stable basis for free institutions in the world?

John C. Calhoun

Which was America's first coeducational college?

Oberlin

What was the Clermont?

The first commercial steam ship in the U.S.

Which was an important direct effect of industrialization?

Urbanization

Nat Turner was

a slave in Virginia who led the largest slave revolt prior to the Civil War.

The economy of the American South was primarily__.

agriculture

Which of the following were Slave Codes?

All of these

The temperance movement was also linked with...

Anti-immigrant feelings

Dorothea Dix important for her work in what movement in the antebellum era?

Asylums for the mentally ill

Who was an artist that revolutionized communications technology?

Samuel Morse

William Lloyd Garrison, founder of the American Anti Slavery Society wrote

The Liberator

The inventor of the cotton gin was

Eli Whitney

Frederick Douglas, and ex-slave known for his writing and great speeches, wrote

The North Star