Labor
Culture
Economy
Race
Mix & Match
100

What are the three types of work slaves performed in rural areas?

Domestic, Agricultural, Skilled Labor

100

What is a syncopated rhythm?

Slave songs sung in fields to match the rhythm of their work.  

100

How were banks involved in the economics of slavery?

Banks accepted people as collateral for loans.

100

What is the literal definition of partus sequitur ventrem?

"Birth follows the womb"

100

What does phenotype mean? 

Set of observable characteristics of an individual. (skin color, hair texture). 

200
True or false: Enslaved people of all ages and genders were expected to work 

True


200
Define Gang System

Enslaved laborers working in groups from sunup to sundown.

200
What does wealth gap mean? What two racial groups have huge differences in their wealth?

disparity in wealth/financial status, Blacks and Whites. 

200

What was a major cause for partus sequitur ventrem?

The banning of the international slave trade

200

What does interdependent mean?

When two diffferent entities/groups/people, rely on one another for support. 

300

What were the two primary crops being farmed by enslaved people?

Tobacco and Cotton


300

What was the name of the enslaved person who watched over other enslaved people and disciplined them if necessary.

Overseer

300

Did slaves have the right to accumulate property? What prevented them from doing so?

No, Slave Codes

300

What were some major consequence of partus sequitur ventrem?

Codification of Hereditary racial slavery (SHIP)

Invalidated African American's claims to their children

300
What does the Acronym SHIP stand for?

Servitude

Hereditary

Involuntary

Permanent

400

What three institutions owned enslaved people? 

Churches, Factories, and Colleges

400
Define Task System 

Enslaved people working individual until they met a daily quota.

400

What percent of the US Economy was based on slave labor prior to the Civil war?

13%

400
What did partus sequitur ventrem allow male enslavers to deny?

responsibilty for children the fathered with enslaved women?

400

True or false? Slaves were given adequate financial assistance after emancipation

False

500

Give three examples of specialized skills of enslaved people.

Blacksmithing, basket weaving, cultivation of rice and indigo, painters, carpenters, tailors, musicians, and healers. 

500
How were tasks divided in Gang systems? 

By difficulty among men, women, and children

500
How were The South and The North's economies interdependent. 

Food crops would be sent to the north for people to turn in to food. Cotton would also be sent to the North were they would turn it into various clothing items.

500

What is the meaning of the "One Drop Rule" and what other term is associated with it? 

Having even the smallest amount of black blood makes a person black. Hypodescent
500

What is the meaning of a Social Construct?

An idea about a social phenomenon defined and agreed upon by a group of people. 

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