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Cotton Gin
Slavery
Missouri Compromise
Erie Canal
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harsh laws that controlled every aspect of a slaves life. The states that had slave codes said "slaves are treated as a thing instead of of as a human being"
What is the cotton gin
100
used a spiked cylinder to remove the seeds from cotton fibers
What is the cotton gin
100
Supporters of slavery said that picking the cotton was an easier more humane job and that the slaves could quit when the work became to hard. TRUE OR FALSE
What is TRUE
100
Name two states admitted into the union under the Missouri Compromise.
What is Missouri and Maine
100
Why were better canals and roads needed?
What is farmers and merchants need a faster and cheaper way to transport goods.
200
slaves songs that incorporated biblical themes and the lives of slaves
What is spirituals
200
how is the cotton gin and slaver connected?
What is slaves were needed to pick more cotton to keep up with the cotton gins. Making the demand for slaves to be much higher.
200
What was the only protection slaves had against slave owners?
What is that they were valuable property that had to be kept healthy and productive.
200
Why did the Union not want to add Missouri as a state?
What is it would unbalance the voting in the senate because Missouri was a slave state giving the slave states two extra votes
200
Name two places connected by the Erie Canal.
What is Hudson River and Lake Erie
300
a road with tolls
What is turn pike
300
The southern society was also known as the
What is the "Cotton Kingdom"
300
List three ways that African American resisted slavery?
What is working slower, breaking equipment and fleeing or leading rebellions.
300
The Missouri Compromise seemed to balance the interests of both the?
What is North and the South
300
Because of the Erie Canal who became the richest city?
What is New York City
400
Proposed the Missouri Compromise
Who is Henry Clay
400
Who invented the cotton gin?'
What is Eli Whitney
400
How did some slaves gain their freedom?
What is they bought it
400
What does the Missouri Compromise line mean?
What is that everything above the Missouri Compromise line was free and everything below the line was slaves territory.
400
Why was building the canal challenging for engineers and workers?
What is they needed to build locks to raise and lower boats into the canal
500
who led the largest slave rebellion in 1831 killing 60 white americans
Who is Nat Turner
500
How many times faster is the cotton gin than picking the seeds out by hand?
What is 50 times faster
500
In what ways did free African Americans in the South have their rights taken away?
What is by not having any rights at all- not being able to vote, discourage from traveling, serve on juries, testify against whites in court and attend public schools.
500
YES OR NO If a slave escaped and went above the Missouri Compromise line and into the free territory could the slave owners go after the slave and put him or her back into slavery?
What is YES
500
How long did it take for the Erie canal to pay for itself?
What is two years