Study Guide

Study Guide

I. You should be able to Identify and describe the historical significance of the following:

II. You should be able to define and state the historical significance of the following:

III. You Should be able to Describe and state the Historical significance of the following:

	Cotton Kingdom
	The Liberator
	Mulattoes
	American Anti-Slavery Society
	Peculiar Institution
	Liberty Party
	Lane Rebels
	Gag Resolution
	Underground Railroad

IV. Discussion Questions:

	Discuss the ways in which the real American South differed from the Mythical South.
	To what extent was Antebellum Southern Plantation agriculture dependent upon slavery? To what extent was slavery beneficial to the Southern Economy.
	Why did the South lack industrial development before the Civil War?
	In what ways did Slaves show their resistance to the slavery system?
	Trace the development of the antislavery movement from early manumission proposals through the emergence of Abolitionist groups.
	What arguments did Southerners use to defend the Institution of slavery?
	Why was the proposal for colonizing blacks back to Africa attractive to many whites, even as late as the Civil War?
	Explain why the "gag resolution" symbolized the threat that Slavery constituted for All Americans, black and White.
	Did extreme Abolitionists do more harm than Good? In what way?
	"The North and Britain were tied to the South with "cotton threads." Explain this statement.

V. Practice Quizzes:

Tindall and Shi: America: A Narrative History

Sue Pojer's Practice Quizzes:

Quiz A

Quiz B