Chapter 13 The South Flashcards
The industrial revolution in ________ increased the need for _______.
Great Britain
Cotton
What 3 crops did the south rely on?
Rice
Indigo
Tobacco
Eli Whitney’s ________ sped up the time it took to clean cotton.
Cotton gin
Cotton became so profitable that farmers abandoned ______, increasing the need for _______.
Other crops
Slaves
Cotton production increased from ______ pounds in 1791 to more than 1 billion in _____.
2 million
1860
What is the Cotton Belt?
An area were the most cotton was processed
Because of the high profit in cotton, constant improvements were being made for ______, _____, and _______.
Soil
Machines
Seeds
Why were factories built?
To satisfy needs of cotton farmers
The ________ made the south a world trading center.
Cotton boom
Cotton was transported on ______ to prevent the cotton from becoming ________.
Steamboats
Dirty
Leaders worried the south relied to heavily on ________.
Cotton
What 6 crops did the south experiment?
Corn Sugar cane Wheat Rice Sweet potatoes Tobacco
What was the only iron factory in the south?
Tredigar Iron Works
In the early 1800s _____ families owned slaves.
1/3
Who were the wealthiest of southern society?
Planters
Planters lived on _______ and owned most of the _______.
Plantations
Slaves
_______ owned very small farms
Yeomen
Poor whites lived on land with little nutrients so they ________, ______, and _______.
Hunted
Fished
Gardened
Families only saw neighbors at ________.
Church gatherings
What did men use religion for?
To justify owning slaves
By 1860, over ________ free African-Americans lived in the south.
250 thousand
Most free Africans were descendants of slaves freed during the _______.
American Revolution
Some free Africans were ______, but few bought there freedom.
Runaways
Free Africans worked as worker in ______ and on _______.
Cities
Plantations
