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Social Classes
Children
Slavery
Farming
Vocabulary
100
Which social class had the most political and social influence?
Elite
100
Where did free African American children go to school?
They learned at home.
100
Slaves mostly worked in the ___________.
fields
100
What was the most important crop that slaves planted in SC?
cotton
100
The word illegal means:
against the law
200
How did independent farmers feel about slavery?
They owned slaves but worked alongside them in the fields.
200
What types of schooling did the upper class children receive?
Private schools or private tutors
200
When did slavery start?
In the 1600s, English explorers brought slaves from Barbados.
200
What did the cotton gin do?
Separated the cotton seeds from the cotton much faster than by hand
200
The __________________ period is the time period after the Revolutionary War and before the Civil War.
Antebellum
300
Why didn't the lower class workers have jobs?
Rich people wouldn't hire them when they could hire slaves for free.
300
What were the children of the lower class responsible for?
They had to work to help the family make money.
300
Why were slave families split up?
Slaves could be sold to other families or given their freedom leaving their families behind.
300
What were the three most important cash crops in SC?
Rice, indigo, and cotton
300
What is subsistence farming?
A lower class person would squat on rich person's land and use it to farm.
400
List three jobs that middle class men might have done.
tradesmen, merchants, shopkeepers, physicians, attorneys
400
Were the enslaved African American children educated? Why or why not?
No, it was illegal for them to learn how to read or write.
400
Where did enslaved African Americans live?
In one-room cabins with dirt floors on plantations
400
Why was the increase of cotton bad for the soil?
The cotton plants removed important nutrients from the soil leaving it unsuitable for farming.
400
The small amount of food that slaves were given is a _________.
ration
500
List the 6 social classes.
Elite, Middle Class, Lower Class, Independent Farmers, Free African Americans, Enslaved African Americans
500
Which children would you find in school?
Upper or middle class white boys and girls.
500
More slaves equals more __________.
money
500
How did Eli Whitney's cotton gin affect slavery?
It allowed more cotton to be produced which required more slaves to plant, cultivate and harvest the cotton.
500
A person who fights against slavery is an ______________.
abolitionist