The invention of this would necessitate the need for more slaves to pick cotton in larger quantities.
What is the Cotton Gin?
100
This word means the end of slavery... Seriously, this is a question.
What is abolition?
100
The Northern economy depended on this.
What is factories/manufacturing?
100
In this year, the first slaves landed on the coast of Virginia. Or, sixteen twenty minus one.
What is 1619?
100
This man invented the cotton gin, which separated the fiber from the seed.
Who was Eli Whitney?
200
This "journey" is in reference to the route enslaved Africans were forced to take to the New World
What is the Middle Passage?
200
This woman, nicknamed "Moses," led many slaves to freedom
Who was Harriet Tubman?
200
Besides cotton, this chewable product would also be a large cash crop in the South.
What is tobacco?
200
The year the slave trade was abolished, or 1900 - 92
What is 1808?
200
In the South, this white fiber was "King" because of its potential value.
What is cotton?
300
This "Law" required Northerners to capture, detain, and return slaves to their masters in the South
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
300
The American Colonization Society, or ACS, worked to purchase slaves and set them free here.
What is Africa (or Liberia)?
300
The North would have these to transport goods on tracks, but the South would not. They are still used today, and some children still get miniature "sets" of these for Christmas.
What are trains/railroads?
300
This "Compromise" written by Henry Clay would divide the North and South into 2, to help decide over the issue of slavery. It is also 1850 - 30.
What is 1820?
300
Though slavery was important, the bigger issue for Southern States was this 2 word phrase beginning with the letter "S" and "R..."
What are States Rights?
400
Slave codes in the South would go so far as to not teach slaves how to do this, and this (two things you would normally do in school) to prevent them from learning and from getting ideas about freedom.
What is read and write?
400
This religious group would be one of the earliest to want to abolish slavery. Some people don't like to eat it because it looks like throw up.
Who were the Quakers?
400
This would be an important Southern Port city where goods were traded and money was made. It is also the home of the Saints and Pelicans.
What is New Orleans?
400
This would be the age Harriet Tubman died in the year 1913. It would be a whole century minus three.
What is 97?
400
Most whites in the South were not owners of these types of farms with huge amounts of land for agriculture, in reality most whites in the South barely had enough land to farm on and survive.
What are plantations?
500
In 1852, this woman wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" - a book that would tell all its readers about the injustices of slavery.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
500
These sisters used their inheritance money in order to purchase and free slaves.
Who were the Grimke Sisters?
500
The distribution of slaves in the South was heavy among these natural "highways" that would allow for the transport of agricultural goods.
What are rivers?
500
This would be the number of people John Brown took with him (including his five sons that would be killed) to raid an arsenal in an effort to start a slave rebellion. It it also the number you need to win at blackjack...
What is 21?
500
Rivers like the Mississippi (and this other river starting with the letter M) would help the South to transport raw materials like cotton and tobacco North, where they could be sold and processed for greater profit.