Cotton Gin
What new invention would cause plantation owners to buy more slaves rather than start ending slavery?
cotton gin
Name one subtle way that slaves used time to resist protest slavery
worked slowly
Name the purpose of the Missouri Compromise.
To resolve the problem of slavery in the territories.
William Lloyd Garrison's action to fight slavery was
writing newspaper articles about the evil of slavery.
Name the three things that both the North and South had in common until about 1800.
common language, common history, and common faith
What did the cotton gin do to be a benefit to cotton growers?
removed the seeds from the cotton more quickly than people
Name a second way that slaves quietly resisted slavery with a tool box.
broke equipment
Name one thing the Missouri Compromise did to control slavery by using a boundry.
Drew an imaginary line on Missouri's southern border.
Frederick Douglass agains's action against slavery was
giving speeches or writing books about his life as a slave and the evils of slavery
What action causes the north to change from a rural economy to an industrial economy?
Samuel Slater building a cotton spinner in the North.
Because of the cotton gin, did the demand for cotton go up or down
Up
Name a third way that slavery silently protested slavery that was more serious but not loud or violent.
pretended to be ill
North of the Missouri border allowed or prohibited slavery?
prohibited
Harriet Tubman's actions to fight slavery was by
guiding escaped slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
From the cotton spinner, the North began to build many of these type of buildings.
Factories and mills
Because there is more cotton available, did the price go up or down?
Down
Name the violent way that slaves showed their anger against slavery.
Started or participated in an uprising or rebellion.
Missouri compromise kept the balance of slave and free states equal.
Missouri was a slave or free state?
slave
Harriet Beecher Stowe's action to end slavery was
writing Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel about the evils of slavery
Name two types of transportation the North used to get their goods to markets in order to sell and make money.
canals and railroads
With the cotton gin, more cotton was being grown, so the plantation owners needed more manpower. What manpower did they use?
more slaves
When singing spirituals, slaves used code words about what topic?
deliverence from slavery and deliverence to freedom
Missouri compromise kept the balance of slave and free states equal.
Maine was a slave or free state?
free
Give an accurate and specific definition of an abolitionist
Person who wants slavery to end immeditately and will do anything even something illegal to stop slavery.
The south remained rural; name the agricultural crop the South heavily invested in.
cotton