Question

The affix ante- means "before." Based on this knowledge and the meaning of the root belli, when was the Antebellum period in American history?(1 point)
Responses

before the Liberty Bell
before the Liberty Bell

before the Civil War
before the Civil War

after the Great Depression
after the Great Depression

after World War I

Answer 1

before the Civil War

("Antebellum" = ante- "before" + bellum "war" — in U.S. history it refers to the period before the Civil War, ending in 1861.)