Life on a plantation
Slavery in America
Growth of cotton
Vocabulary
Southern Society Classes
100

Who lives in The Great House?

Who is the plantation owner and his family?

100

How long did a slave work everyday in the field?

What is from sunrise to sunset?

100

Due to the cotton boom, what changed for farmers?

What is farmers stopped farming other crops?

100

What is the definition of raw material?

What are natural resources used to make finished products?

100

Which class of the Southern Society had the wealthiest members?

Who are Planters?

200

Where were the slaves housed?

What are slave quarters?

200

How long did a slave work in a planters home?

What is working 24/7?

200

What are the three advantages to cotton? (Name all)

What is cotton became a cash crop, Inexpensive to market, and easy to store?

200

What is the definition of a cash crop?

What is a crop grown to be sold for profit rather than for personal use?

200

Which class made up most of the white settler population?

Who are Yeomen?

300

What was the purpose of plantation outbuildings?

What is to cook, do laundry, and keep goods?

300

How did slaves in the field get food?

What is personal gardens and hunting for food after sunset?

300

What are the crops the Southern Farmers grew besides cotton?

What is corn and tobacco?

300

What is the definition of a plantation?

What is a large farm that grows crops for sale?

300

What are all the classes of the Southern Society? (List all of them)

Who are Planters, Yeomen, Poor Whites, Free African Americans?

400

What was different about George Washington's River Wharf?

What is a gazebo?

400

How young were children when separated from their mothers? 

What is 5 years old. 

400

What machines did Eli Whitney make? 

What is the Cotton Gin?

400

What is the definition of an Artisan?

Who are skilled workers who make goods by hand, such as blacksmiths or carpenters?

400

How did Free African Americans get their freedom? (Name all)

What are ancestors being free, runaway, or paid for their freedom?

500

Who did George Washington Inherit his plantation from?

Who is his sister-in-law, Anne?

500

After Nat Turners uprising, how many innocent slaves were killed? 

What is 100 to 200?

500

What is the group that had a negative impact on them?

Who are Native Americans?

500

What is the definition of the Trans- Atlantic slave trade?

What is a system in which millions of Africans were forcibly taken across the Atlantic Ocean?

500

How did Poor Whites make income?

What is depending on others?

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