MS Studies - Unit 4

(North or South) - Reliance on Slave Labor

What were the Union Army’s major objectives/goals in Mississippi?

The practice of allowing the people who lived in an area to decide whether or not to allow slavery is known as

Why did Mississippi feel the need to call for a special election for governor in 1851?

President of the Union (The United States)

The Union leader of the invasion of Vicksburg and the rest of MS

Most Mississippians believed that there would be a war to re-establish the broken union.

The main purpose for railroad construction in Antebellum Mississippi was

A tax placed on manufactured goods imported into a country is called a

By 1860, public schools were only in session for

(North or South) - Reliance on Industry and Exporting to make money

David Farragut successfully sailed up the river and captured Vicksburg from the Confederacy

A bill that was introduced to Congress in 1846 that attempted to end the spread of slavery in the new territories was

Higher education in Antebellum Mississippi was left to

Union General after the fall of Vicksburg who led a campaign of brutal warfare called “The March to the Sea"

The Civil War officially ended when the Confederates surrendered to the United Stated at

(North or South) - Anti-Protection Tariff

(North or South) - Wanted a Strong Federal Government

Slaves Codes were created in the South to do what?

Mississippi was not a major state that the Union was trying to take down.

(North or South) - States’ Rights/Weak Federal Government

Most Mississippians weren’t satisfied with the 1817 Constitution and wanted a new one

(North or South) - Pro-Protection Tariffs

The seige at Vicksburg lasted

The second state to secede from the United States was

The Constitution of 1832 was extremely important because it removed

During the Flush Times, Mississippi was known as the poorest state in the US.

Railroads were built rapidly and became a major mode of transportation in Antebellum Mississippi

The Republican candidate in the presidential election of 1860 was

What country were free blacks sent to by the Mississippi Colonization Society?

(North or South) - Plantation Economy

(North or South) - Mostly rural

Confederate commander that was put in charge of Vicksburg during the Civil War

The Missouri Compromise admitted the slave state of Missouri and the free state of

Under the Slave Code, slaves were not allowed to learn to read or write

(North or South) - Anti-Slavery Movement (abolitionist)

The Compromise of 1850 admitted the free state of

Who was chosen to lead the Confederate States of America (became president)?

The commander of the Confederate forces in Mississippi who was ordered to protect Vicksburg at all costs was

The major cash crop in Mississippi was

After the Union troops took over New Orleans and Memphis, the only remaining Confederate stronghold on the MS was

Before the year of 1832, the largest group of voters was

The first major university in Mississippi was

In 1832, the capital of Mississippi was moved to