King Cotton
King Cotton
Southern Society
The Slave System
Misc.
100
What invention made growing cotton so profitable?
The cotton gin
100
What did the south become dependent upon with the rise of cotton?
Slavery
100
This group were the wealthiest people in southern society.
Planters
100
strict laws passed to restrict slaves from traveling.
Slave codes
100
Where did free African Americans usually live?
Urban and Rural settings
200
What did the cotton gin do?
separated the seeds from the cotton
200
What did growing cotton do to the soil?
removed valuable nutrients
200
This group was unable to grow cash crops on their land.
Poor Whites
200
What did slaves tell to teach lessons about how to survive under slavery?
folktales
200
What are artisans?
Skilled trades
300
What was the area called in the south where cotton was grown?
the cotton belt
300
How did farmers replace the lost nutrients?
Crop Rotation
300
What group worked side by side with their slaves?
Yeomen
300
Emotional Christian songs that blended African and European music.
spirituals
300
What did planters wives do?
Oversaw house slaves or (nothing)
400
What was the term given to large scale farmers who held more then 20 slaves?
Planters
400
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
400
What group of citizens could not vote?
Free African Americans
400
Who led a slave revolt that killed over 60 whites?
Nat Turner
400
What is Mr. DeBakers wife's name?
Ashley
500
What was the nickname of cotton in the south?
King Cotton
500
What did congress band in 1808?
importing African slaves
500
What two groups were very similar?
Free African Americans and poor whites
500
How did slaves protest their long hours?
They worked slower
500
What is Mr. DeBaker's daughters name?
Isabella
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