Class Structures of the Antebellum South
This term refers to a system of forced labor that was central to the economy of the Antebellum South.
What is slavery?
This rebellion in 1831, led by Nat Turner, resulted in the deaths of many enslaved people and heightened fears among slaveholders.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
This invention, created by James Watt in the late 18th century, significantly improved the efficiency of steam engines and powered factories.
What is the steam engine?
A Group of people that formed to make their voice heard about wages,working condition, and benefits.
What is Labor Unions?
A Society that is mostly run by farmers.
What is an Agrarian Society?
This class consisted of free African Americans who lived in the South, often facing discrimination and limited rights.
Who were the free blacks?
This cash crop, introduced to the Southern economy in the 18th century, was crucial for the production of textiles and contributed to the rise of the cotton industry.
What is indigo?
This device, invented by Samuel Morse in the 1830s, allowed for long-distance communication using electrical signals.
What is the telegraph?
When workers all stop doing their job in order to gain a benefit or change is called.
What is a strike?
an economic system based on the production and transportation of manufactured goods.
What is a Factory System?
This was the primary cash crop that drove the economy of the Southern states and relied heavily on enslaved labor.
What is cotton?
This term refers to the practice of enslaved people being sold.
What is slave auctioning?
This invention, developed by Alfred Nobel in 1867, revolutionized construction and demolition with its explosive power.
What is dynamite?
Because of Long work hours many early labor movements fought for laws that would limit the number of hours in a standard workday to this.
What is 8 Hours?
The number one priority of Factory workers during the industrial revolution.
What is Profit?
This group made up the wealthiest class in the Antebellum South, often owning large plantations and numerous enslaved people.
Who were the Southern plantation owners?
This term refers to the practice of enslaved people resisting their conditions through various means, including work slowdowns, sabotage, and escape.
What is resistance?
This invention, developed by George Stephenson in the early 19th century, was the first successful steam locomotive used for public transportation
What is the locomotive?
This type of work done by children in factories that could be considered dangerous.
What is Child Labor?
This period in technological advances fundamentally altered production methods, social structures, and global power advancements.
What is the industrial Revolution?
This class included small farmers who owned a few acres and sometimes a single enslaved person, often struggling to compete with larger plantations.
Who were the yeoman farmers?
Slave owners took major steps to increase this among all whites to ensure support for the institution of slavery.
What is fear of enslaved people?
This multi-spindle spinning frame, invented by James Hargreaves in 1764, allowed a single worker to spin multiple threads at once, significantly increasing yarn production
What is the spinning jenny?
The law looked at labor unions negatively, and thought of them as a deterrent of free trade.
What are conspiracy laws?
This invention by Eli Whitney, though initially for cotton, demonstrated the concept of interchangeable parts that would later revolutionize manufacturing.
What is The Cotton Gin?