Cotton is King!
By some Whites, slaves were considered to have a better quality of life than...
What were poor/working whites?
One of the more "violent" preachers in American History. Led a slave revolt that inspired Tupac.
Who is Nat Turner?
Section of the country responsible for manufacturing textiles from cotton
What is the North?
Cotton belt state (Double points for naming both)
What is Alabama (or Arkansas)?
After 1840, reformers sought to achieve what on behalf of women in the U.S?
What is suffrage (the right to vote)?
The middle class of white society in the South during the early 19th century. Typically worked alongside slaves to increase productivity.
Who are yeoman farmers?
Daily Double
A figurative path to freedom
What is the Underground Railroad?
His invention in 1794 sparked an explosion of new wealth in the South.
Who is Eli Whitney?
Wanted to eliminate slavery
What are abolitionists?
The Moses of her People
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Daily Double!
Breaking tools, playing dumb, working poorly can be considered
What is passive resistance?
Slave codes after the Nat Turner rebellion became...
What is more strict and violent?
1848 gathering that declared "All men and women are created equal"
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
Word meaning "before a war", typically used to mean the time before the Civil War.
What is Antebellum?
Even with voting rights opening up, what remained a barrier to voting through much of the 19th century (2 responses)
What is race and gender?
What did free blacks in the North and slaves in the South have in common?
What is the inability to vote?
First region of the country to achieve suffrage for women
What was the West?
Southern politician from South Carolina who wanted to expand slavery into Western states.
Who is John C. Calhoun
Southern economy in the 19th century
Ain't she a woman?
Who is Sojourner Truth?
Two issues with overlapping goals and supporters during the 19th century
What is abolitionism and women's suffrage?
Slaves are forbidden to own property of any sort or variety....Any slave unable to provide certification of freedom shall be considered a slave.
What is Slave Code?
William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper you'd have a hard time buying in the Antebellum South.
What is The Liberator?
Temperance movement said "Dude, chill out with all the..."
What is alcohol?
The term "revivalism" refers to a boom in what in the early days of the 19th century?
What is religious fervor, piety, faith, etc. ?