Denying people their rights or treating them unfairly
descrimination
100
Person responsible for seeing that slaves performed tasks assigned to them
Overseer
100
What were the main crops grown in South Carolina during the Antebellum Period?
Rice and cotton
100
The stability of a slave family was most threatened by
a change in the master's family or finances
100
Private sermons revealed that African-American preachers voiced a desire for______________.
freedom
200
One who wanted to do away with slavery
abolitionist
200
Manufacture or production of specific goods
Industry
200
What was South Carolina's economy dependent upon during the Antebellum Period?
agriculture
200
Where did most of the free blacks live after the American Revolution?
towns and cities
200
What did the population imbalance of slaves and whites cause in South Carolina?
Because there were more slaves than whites, there was an increased fear among whites.
300
Refers to the period before the Civil War
Antebellum
300
A female academy
Seminary
300
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery and the plantation system in the South?
The invention of the cotton gin increased the number of slaves as well as the number of plantations in the South.
300
Why did slave owners prohibit the use of African drums?
Slave owners prohibited the use of African drums because they were afraid that slaves would use drums to signal a revolt.
300
Who was the slave preacher from Virginia who believed God wanted him to end slavery in America and led a revolt in 1831 that killed over 50 whites and numerous slaves?
Nat Turner
400
A group of people at the same social or economic level
Class
400
A teacher-training school
Normal school
400
Why did South Carolina depend on more slave labor during the Antebellum Period?
Cotton required the use of more slaves.
400
What type of music provided slaves with a way to convey messages?
Spirituals provided slaves with a way to convey messages.
400
List the social groups in order from upper to lower class.
planters
small farmer
poor whites
slaves
free blacks
500
Slaves placed in charge of work group
Driver
500
People who cleared and planted on land owned by others and received a part of the harvest in return
tenant farmers
500
Why did William Gregg think that SC needed textile mills?
He thought SC's economy needed to depend on something more than just cotton.
500
Who were the two best-known leaders of slave revolts?
Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner
500
How did blacks receive an education?
It was illegal for whites to educate blacks.
Some blacks attended schools sponsored by free blacks.