Ch.14

Question 1

what did the cotton gin make the South’s economy

Answer 1

a one-crop economy

Question 2

what was south’s main focus

Answer 2

agriculture

Question 3

what was the North’s main focus

Answer 3

manufacturing

Question 4

What were the major southern crops before cotton was the main one people grew

Answer 4

indigo, tobacco, rice

Question 5

who made and pattened the cotton gin in 1793

Answer 5

Eli Whitney

Question 6

large scale farmers who heald more than 20 slaves

Answer 6

planters

Question 7

time where farmers grew little else other than cotton

Answer 7

cotton boom

Question 8

what opened up more land for cotton farmers

Answer 8

removing of native americans

Question 9

area from Virginia to texas where cotton became very popular

Answer 9

cotton belt

Question 10

what did the economic boom from the cotton boom cause(3)

Answer 10

attracted new settlers, built up wealth among white Southerners, and firmly established slavery in the south

Question 11

what was a major disadvantage of growing cotton

Answer 11

used up the nutrients in the soil fastly

Question 12

farmers developed stronger cotton through _________

Answer 12

cross-breeding

Question 13

what did planter use instead of payed workers

Answer 13

enslaved african americans

Question 14

what country became the south; ‘s most important foreign trade partner

Answer 14

Great Britian

Question 15

increased trade led to the developmt of port cities such as _____, _____, ______, (3)

Answer 15

Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans

Question 16

crop brokers who managed the cotton trade

Answer 16

factors

Question 17

what was the primary food crop

Answer 17

corn

Question 18

tobacco production increased when _________

Answer 18

slave developed a new drying process

Question 19

when and where was the first steam-powered sawmill

Answer 19

Louisianna 1803

Question 20

one of the nations most productive iron works

Answer 20

Tredegar Iron Works

Question 21

what were the four main groups of southern society

Answer 21

planters, slaves, freed African Americans yeomen

Question 22

small farmers

Answer 22

yeomen

Question 23

who completed much of the works on farms and in cities

Answer 23

slaves

Question 24

how many freed african americans lived in the south by 1860

Answer 24

250,000

Question 25

Many governments passed laws limiting the rights of free African Americans— (3)

Answer 25

they could not vote, travel freely, or hold certain jobs

Question 26

by the mid 80s how much of the southern population were enslaved African American

Answer 26

1/3

Question 27

All worked from before sunup to sundown with little concern for (2)

Answer 27

sickness and poor weather .

Question 28

directed the work of the slaves

Answer 28

overseerers

Question 29

where did slaves work (3)

Answer 29

farms, plantations, in owners homes

Question 30

distinct folk songs that developed in enslaved communities

Answer 30

spirituals

Question 31

passing on of stories, poems, and songs by word of mouth

Answer 31

oral tradition

Question 32

Slaves shared —— as part of their oral traditions

Answer 32

folktales

Question 33

how did slaves resist in small ways (3)

Answer 33

Damaged equipment
Worked slowly
Ran away

Question 34

the most violent slave rebellion

Answer 34

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

Question 35

Nat Turner’s rebellion killed about —– white people

Answer 35

55

Question 36

more than —— innocent slaves were killed trying to stop the rebellion

Answer 36

100

Question 37

what did states do after the rebellions

Answer 37

strengthened state codes placing stricter laws on the slaves