Eli Whitney & Cotton Gin
In what year did Eil Whitney invent the cotton gin?
1793
In what year did the United States purchase Louisiana from France
1803
True or False
The Fugitive Slave Act stated that escaped enslaved people had to be returned to their enslaver
True
What could enslavers do if an enslaved person escaped?
They could go after the person or send someone to get the slave
True or False
The cotton gin made cleaning cotton so fast that it caused the demand fro enslaved labor to decrease
False
It drastically increased the demand for enslaved labor to grow cotton
What country did the United States buy Louisiana from
France
What legal right did the Fugitive Slave Act give to enslavers?
To go get send someone to go get their slave that they already owned
Did the Constitution make it harder or easier to end slavery?
It made it harder to end slavery
What Cash crop became directly linked to the rapid increase of enslaved labor following 1793
Cotton
What is the demand for enslaved Africans
AS slavery spread west, this specific demand increased
True or False
The Three Fifths Clause reduced Southern power in Congress by refusing to count enslaved individuals
False
It gave Southern states more power
In Which region did slavery continue to spread?
The South
Why did cotton become an important crop in the South?
Factories needed cotton gin help clothes and other products
What city was home to many free Black people?
New Orleans
What is a Per Capita Tax?
A tax charged for each person.
How did the Constitution give Southern states more power in Congress?
The Three fifths compromise counted Three fifths of the enslaved population
What did cotton gin make easier
Removing seeds from cotton
Under whose rule did free Black people have more rights?
French and Spanish rule