Slavery
Free African Americans
Economy
Primary Sources
Culture
100
What group did African Americans face discrimination constantly from?
Whites
100
How many African Americans were free in 1860?
1 in 50, more than 250, 000
100
What was the heart of the South's economy?
Agriculture
100
What is this an image of?
The badges used to differ between free African Americans and slaves.
100
What place served as the center of African Americans social life?
Churches
200
What percentage of whites in the south owned slaves?
33%(1/3)
200
Name three types of discrimination that African Americans faced.
Couldn't vote, hold certain jobs, or travel freely
200
Who were the wealthiest members of society?
Owners of Plantations
200
Who said, "I enjoy above all things to be a ‘Farmer.’ It is the most honest, upright, and sure way of securing all the comforts of life."
A Georgia man
200
Many African Americans worked in skilled trades. Name an example of one job they might have.
A barber
300
Who was the African American that escaped slavery through shipping himeself in a box.
Henry box
300
What did some African Americans have to in order to make a business transaction?
Have a white person represent them.
300
What crop was known as king when it comes to agriculture?
Cotton
300
Who said, "The status of slavery is the only one for which the African is adopted."
A White Mississippian
300
Who was primarily concerned with raising crops and supervising slave labor?
Males
400
White settlers threatened the institution of...?
Slavery
400
In some places African Americans were restricted to______?
Conduct business or live
400
What type of business did the South have little of?
Industry
400
What movie/book is associated with this time period?
Gone with the Wind
400
Who typically ran the plantation household
The wives
500
William Johnson was a free African American and a successful businessman. He was also..
A.A barber
B.Abraham Lincoln's personal valet
C.A governor
B
500
Where did most free African Americans live and what did they do for work?
Countryside, paid laborers
500
What is another name for small farmers?
Yeomen
500
This is an image of a farm during 1860.
What type of farm is it?
Cotton farm
500
Most of the white settlers had the ____ beliefs(religious wise)
Same