Economy of the South
The economy (main type of work they did to make money) of the south was based on what?
Agriculture
What group of colonies did slavery become very common in? The New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, or the Southern Colonies?
Slaves became common in the Southern Colonies.
What is the practice of working the soil to grow crops called?
Agriculture
Why was the slave trade called "the Transatlantic Slave Trade"?
Because ships carrying slaves crossed the Atlantic Ocean as they brought the slaves to the Americas.
What invention in the 1790's caused the "cotton industry" in the southern states to "BOOM"?
The Cotton Gin.
Why was the South such an ideal place for agriculture (growing crops)?
It had long hot and humid summers and swampy fertile soil.
What religion did many slaves adopt when they were brought to the Americas?
They adopted Christianity.
The practice of forcing people against their will to work without pay is called?
Slavery
What would happen to the slaves when they finally landed in America?
They were sold (auctioned) into slavery to Plantation Owners
In the "South", which phrase was made up because cotton was so profitable, grown by so many farmers, and was such a great cash crop?
"Cotton is King"
Like the people of the North, the people of the South developed a "lifestyle and society" based on what?
Based on the "environment and geography" they lived in.
What is a "slave code"?
Slave Codes were laws in slave states used to controll what slaves could or could not do.
A crop that is grown for the purpose of selling and making profit is called?
Cash Crop
In triangular trade, what "goods" where being transported during the "Middle Passage"?
African Slaves
According to the text, after the American Revolution, why did the prices for crops like rice and tobacco begin to drop in the souther states?
Because countries like England could get them cheaper from other places and also because England didn't want "American" goods anymore.
According to out text, In the beginning, before the cotton gin was invented, in the south, why were slaves used more and more to do the field work?
Because growing crops was hard work and required many workers, and because slaves were inexpensive.
Who are the two people from the text that were accused of leading slave revolts. Give their full names.
Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner.
Deep religious songs sang by slaves as they worked are called what?
Spirituals
During the time when the slave trade was happening, what 4 continents were involved in Triangular Trade?
Europe, Africa, and America
What were the advantages of growing cotton instead of other crops in the south?
It cost little to market, It could be stored for a long time, and it cost less to transport over long distances.
What were some of the crops that southern farmers had grown in the south since the original colonies were established? You must get at least 4 to get the points.
They grew Tobacco, Wheat , Corn, Indigo, Rice, Sugar Cane, and Cotton.
In North America, in what year and in what colony did the first African servants/slaves land?
The first African slaves/servants in North America landed in Jamestown Virginia in 1619.
An ex-slave that was accused of planing a slave revolt and put to death. Historians are not sure if he actually planned this revolt.
Denmark Vesey
According to the text, what other nation "abolished" slavery in 1833 before the United States did?
Great Britain
DAILY DOUBLE!
Place the following historical facts in the correct order in which they happened.
- Slavery in the South grew -
- Southern plantation owners became very rich -
- Eli Whitney saw that it was difficult to remove the seeds from the cotton fibers -
- There was a cotton BOOM -
- Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin -
1. Eli Whitney saw that it was difficult to remove the seeds from the cotton fibers
2. Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin
3. There was a cotton BOOM
4. Slavery in the South grew
5. Southern plantation owners became very rich