The Horrors of Slavery
This was the main way in which slaves were punished by their owners.
What is lashed or whipped?
Out of large planters, small planters, and farmers, this was the group that was the largest.
What are farmers?
This was the main crop of the Antebellum Period in Mississippi.
What is cotton?
LIGHTNING ROUND
This was the most important aspect of life to slaves.
What is family?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This group of slaves out of the three main types was the largest
What are field slaves?
This was the period of time that the cotton industry and slave use boomed in Mississippi.
What are the Flush Times?
LIGHTNING ROUND:
Out of political, religious, social, and education views, what was one of these that was NOT affected by the booming cotton industry?
What is religious?
After rumors of slave revolts circled, the massive slave uprising occurred at this time.
In terms of the order in which states left the Union, Mississippi was this number.
What is second?
V: This term is what the laws are referred to as that prohibited slaves from certain rights and regulated slavery.
What are slave codes?
LIGHTNING ROUND:
Either of these two finalist cities for the University of Mississippi will suffice for this answer.
What is Mississippi City or Verona?
This farm tool invention came along in 1793 from Eli Whitney.
What is the Cotton Gin?
When slaves were finally fed up with their owners, this is usually how they responded or did to show their displeasure.
What is running away?
Despite some Mississippians viewing slavery as a sad institution, it was also referred to by many by this phrase which mean it had to happen.
What is necessary evil?
LIGHTNING ROUND:
This group of slaves out of the main three types were sometimes resented by the others for their better treatment.
What are house slaves?
This group of farmers/large planters/small planters owned 20 to 50 slaves and 200-500 acres.
What are small planters?
This is where out of fifty states Mississippi ranked in cotton production.
What is first?
V: This was a event that occurred in slave quarters where slaves were allowed to praise and practice their religious beliefs with no oversight.
What are praise meetings?
This was the first state to leave the United States, which helped to start a chain reaction that included the Magnolia State.
What is South Carolina?
This basic skill that we were taught in kindergarten is one that the slaves by law were not allowed to learn.
What is read or write?
This was the political party of most large planters.
What are Whigs?
This was the saying around Southern states that referred to how they did things, such as culture and lifestyle?
What is "the Southern way of life"?
Between slaves and the religious revival in the state, Mississippi was and is still referred to as this part of the Bible Belt.
What is the buckle?
LIGHTNING ROUND:
Finish this sentence from the Mississippi Secession Ordiance: Our position is thouroughly identified with the institution of ___________ - the greatest material interest of the world.