People
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What plant exhausted land of its nutrients, making it useless for growing?
cotton
Which of the following where ways slaves resisted the slave system?
running away, working slowly, stealing cash crops
running away, working slowly
Nickname for the region that grew most of the country's cotton crop.
Cotton belt
These people lived on small plots of land, hunting, fishing, raising small gardens, and doing odd jobs.
Poor Whites
Whose role was raising children and supervising household slaves?
planter's wife
Which of the following were not jobs performed by slaves on plantations?
cooking meals, hunting animals, working in factories
hunting animals, working in factories
Workers hired to watch over and direct the work of slaves.
Overseers
These people lived on an average of 100 acres of land, owning few or no slaves.
Yeoman farmers
Who led a slave rebellion in 1831?
Nat Turner
Which of the following were jobs performed by slaves on plantations?
clearing land, picking cotton, writing stories
clearing land, picking cotton
These people lived on vast estates, growing cash crops and owning many slaves.
Planters
What year was Nat Turner's rebellion?
1831
Which jobs were NOT performed by slaves on plantations?
Clearing land, picking cotton, writing stories
writing stories
Stories with a moral, often dealing with animal characters and themes of overcoming adversity.
folktales
A majority of white southerners.
Yeoman farmers
Place the following in chronological order:
1. Cotton growing became very profitable throughout the South.
2. The demand for slaves increases due to increased cotton growing.
3. The cotton gin is invented and makes processing short-staple cotton easy and efficient.
4. Cotton is common throughout the South, but processing it is difficult and time-consuming.
3, 4, 2, 1
What were two ways free African Americans were limited through discriminatoy laws?
Couldn't travel freely, couldn't vote, couldn't hold certain jobs or conduct business transactions
The largest non-agricultural industry in the south.
Tredegar Iron Works