7th SS Chapter 7.2 Guided Reading

Question 1

The Industrial Revolution greatly increased the demand for __________.

Answer 1

Southern Cotton

Question 2

After traveling through the south and observing problems of the farmers, Eli Whitney developed the _________.

Answer 2

Cotton gin

Question 3

The cotton gin led to a _______ in cotton production.

Answer 3

boom

Question 4

As the Cotton Kingdom spread _________ spread as well.

Answer 4

slavery

Question 5

The five states that made up the Cotton Belt were ______, ________, ________, _______, and _______.

Answer 5

South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas

Question 6

The important crop grown in South Carolina and Georgia coast was __________ while sugar cane was important in _________ and _______.

Answer 6

Rice; Louisiana and Texas

Question 7

Tobacco was planted in the states of __________.

Answer 7

Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky

Question 8

Besides crops the South also led the nation in the population of ________.

Answer 8

livestock

Question 9

The North was mainly urban while the South was mainly _________.

Answer 9

agricultural

Question 10

Name some goods that were manufactured in the South : (4)

Answer 10

1. Agricultural tools like cotton gins, planters, and plows
2. hoes
3. ironware
4. jute
5. cheap cotton cloth

Question 11

Name the three major cities in the South.

Answer 11

1. New Orleans, Louisiana
2. Charleston, South Carolina
3. richmond, Virginia

Question 12

Because there were few industrial jobs in the South there were few ways for farmers to escape _________.

Answer 12

The poverty life on a small farm

Question 13

The South depended on ___________ and _________ for goods and money.

Answer 13

The North and Europe

Question 14

Some Southerners were upset about the lack of industry but most Southerners believed as long as ________ they could look to the future with confidence.

Answer 14

Cotton remained king

Question 15

Wealthy planter families were called ____________ because they made huge amounts of money from cotton.

Answer 15

Cottonocracy

Question 16

Plantation owner measured their wealth by the number of ______ they owned.

Answer 16

Slaves

Question 17

About ________ of southern whites were small farmers. These farmers were called _____.

Answer 17

75%; plain folk

Question 18

Among small farmers, helping one another was an ___________.

Answer 18

important duty

Question 19

Lower on the social ladder than small farmers were __________.

Answer 19

Poor whites

Question 20

Poor whites lived in the hilly, wooded areas of the ________.

Answer 20

Cotton Belt

Question 21

Like most northern whites, most southern whites were __________.

Answer 21

farmers

Question 22

Both _________ African Americans lived in the South.

Answer 22

free and enslaved

Question 23

Congress outlawed the _______ on 1808.

Answer 23

import of slaves

Question 24

To discourage freed African Americans, southern states passed _________ that made life even harder for them.

Answer 24

slave codes

Question 25

Slave Codes were passed to keep enslaved African Americans from either ______.

Answer 25

running away or rebelling

Question 26

Slave codes made it illegal to learn how to _________.

Answer 26

read and write

Question 27

Slaves worked from “_________________” and most were field hands.

Answer 27

“can see to can’t see” or dawn to dusk

Question 28

Extended families were made up ____________.

Answer 28

Grandparents, parents, children, aunts, uncles, and cousins

Question 29

__________ helped African Americans cope with the harshness of slave life. They were necessary because families could be broken up and sold.

Answer 29

Religion

Question 30

In 1831, an African American preacher named ________ led a major revolt.

Answer 30

Nat Turner