Part 3

Question 1

the south: definition

Answer 1

by 1861, included 15 states
states that permitted slavery

Question 2

the south: King Cotton

Answer 2

• only 15% of nations factory goods came from the south
• tabacco, rice, sugar cane were cash crops
• demand for cotton increased making more states produce it (cotton got cheaper)

Question 3

the south: Slavery

Answer 3

wealth in the south was measured by land and slaves
was argued to be economically necessary
later was viewed as rightous and slavery “took care of” the slaves

Question 4

the south: slaves

Answer 4

population: 75% of the south
economics: 1 costs $2000
slave life: deprived of freedom (more in part 3 - slavery)

Question 5

Slavery Resistance

Answer 5

Denmark Vesey 122
Nat Turner 1831
drove southern states to tighten strict slave codes
slaveholders became more defensive, non slaveholders became more critical of slavery

Question 6

the south: free African Americans

Answer 6

• 250,000 free (emancipated during revolutionary war or was born to white owner and granted freedom)
• remained in south because they wouldn’t receive equal rights anywhere even though it was dangerous with the chance of getting recaptured.

Question 7

the South: White society

Answer 7

1. Aristocracy
2. farmers
3. poor whites
4. mountain people

Question 8

the south: cities

Answer 8

very few cities in the south. new Orleans was the biggest southern city ( 5th in country), then Atlanta, Charleston, and Richmond were important for trading

Question 9

southern thought

Answer 9

cotton based economy, slavery basis for political thought

Question 10

the south: code of chivalry

Answer 10

feudal society
strong sense of personal honor
defense of womanhood
paternalistic towards those deemed inferior

Question 11

the south: education

Answer 11

yes- upper class
depends- middle class
no- lower class
100% not- slaves

Question 12

the south: religion

Answer 12

Methodist and Baptist: pro slaves
Unitarians: no slaves
Catholics and Episcopalians: neutral

Question 13

the west: definition

Answer 13

always expanding

Question 14

the west: Native Americans

Answer 14

• first in the “west”
• exodus: great plains
• horses revolutionized life
• were nomadic hunter who followed buffalo

Question 15

the west: the frontier

Answer 15

• concept of new things to discover always moving
• promise for greater freedom (white settlers)
• mountain men: guides further west
• women’s rights and jobs more equal
• environmental changes (destroyed everything on the way further west)