Ch 13

Question 1

cotton gin

Answer 1

A machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 to remove seeds from short staple cotton; revolutionized the cotton industry

Question 2

planter

Answer 2

A large-scale farmer who held more than 20 slaves

Question 3

cotton belt

Answer 3

a region stretching from South Carolina to east Texas where most U.S. cotton was produced during the mid-1800s

Question 4

factor

Answer 4

A crop broker who managed the trade between southern planters and their customers

Question 5

yeoman

Answer 5

Owners of small farms

Question 6

folktale

Answer 6

a story that often provides a moral lesson

Question 7

spirituals

Answer 7

Emotional Christian songs sung by enslaved people in the South that mixed African and European elements and usually expressed salves’ religious beliefs

Question 8

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

Answer 8

A rebellion in which Nat Turner led a group fo slaves in Virginia in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow and kill planter families

Question 9

Nat Turner

Answer 9

American slave leader, he claimed that divine inspiration had led him to end the slavery system. Called Nat Turner’s Rebellion, the slave revolt was the most violent one in US history; he was tried, convicted, and executed