The South's Cotton Kingdom
Large cotton farmers who owned 20 or more enslaved African Americans.
Who are Planters?
These were the main crops grown in the south. They include, rice, tobacco, sugar cane and cotton.
What are Cash Crops?
Wealthy planter families who came to act like rich European Aristocrats came to be known as this due to their vast wealth.
What is Cottonocracy?
This word means a policy or practice that denies equal rights to certain groups of people, usually based on race.
What is discrimination?
These were laws passed by southern states to ensure that enslaved people would not escape or revolt.
What are Slave Codes?
He originally planed to be a tutor when he moved to Georgia. he ended up inventing the Cotton Gin (Engine).
Who is Eli Whitney?
Southern investors chose to invest in Land instead of these. This caused the south to become dependent on the north.
What are Factories?
They made up about 75% of the souths population. They owned 1-2 slaves and were nicknamed "plain folk"
Who are Small Farmers?
200,000 of these people lived in the south. Most lived in Delaware or Maryland. They faced discrimination on a daily basis.
Who are Free African Americans?
This was outlawed by slave codes in order to make it much more difficult to escape. They hoped that because slaves lacked this ability they wouldn't be able to forge documents.
What is Reading or Writing?
It means to prepare land for planting. It was necessary to grow more cotton in less area.
What is to Cultivate?
This key port city, along with Charleston and Richmond were the largest cities in the south in the 1800's.
What is New Orleans?
They were the lowest social class in the south, many of them did not own the land they farmed. They almost always had no slaves.
Who are Poor Whites?
They made up one third of the souths population. They often lived on plantations.
Who are Enslaved African Americans?
This made having safety and connections much easier, as many African American families were separated at auction. This also had roots in Africa.
What is Extended Family?
It is the large belt of plantations that spanned from South Carolina to Texas.
What is the Cotton Kingdom?
These two states were almost completely covered in plantations in 1860, with upwards of 90% of their land being used for growing cotton.
What are Mississippi and Alabama?
Unlike in the south, these people were the wealthiest, instead of planters.
Who are Capitalists?
This African American Revolutionized the way sugar was refined. He was one of several Free African Americans who found success.
Who is Norbert Rillieux?
This was the religion many African Americans followed. They turned to the holy text of this religion for hope in rough times.
What is Christianity?
This state had the largest number of Slaved in the 1800's with its peak in 1860 being 490,865 enslaved people.
What is Virginia?
This state produced the most rice in 1860. It was used for rice due to its low lying coastal regions.
What is South Carolina?
Many free African Americans lived in these two states because slavery was decreasing there.
What are Maryland and Delaware?
This state that outlawed slavery in 1821 was prominent in the growth of Tobacco. This state also has a river named after it.
What is Missouri?
This state was the primary place where cane sugar was grown. Its low lying wet soil made growing sugar cane easier. It also was home to one of the three major port cities.
What is Louisiana?