Vocab
a large area of privately owned land where crops were grown by workers who were enslaved
Plantation
Why did white Southerners who were not enslavers support slavery?
They knew the Southern economy depended on enslaved workers.
The economy in the North was based on what?
Industry/Manufacturing
The economy in the South was based on what?
Agriculture
Describe the Underground Railroad.
people who secretly helped fugitives from slavery escape to the North
person who favors an agricultural way of life and government policies that support agricultural interests
Agrarian
What was the most common way enslaved people resisted slavery?
by finding ways to quietly rebel
What was the most efficient way to move goods in the North?
By Railroad
What invention increased agricultural production and who created it?
The Cotton Gin; Eli Whitney
How did the “invisible church” benefit enslaved people?
It provided a means for enslaved people to comfort each other.
person whose wealth comes from the ownership of businesses and who favors government policies that support manufacturing
Industrialist
What did enslaved people most fear?
being sold away from their families
Why were textile mills built near rivers?
Rivers provided power to operate the mills
Unlike the North, why did Southerners invest little money in mills and factories?
They put their money in land and enslaved people.
Enslaved people expressed African cultural traditions through what? List at least three.
Singing, Dancing, Telling Stories, Art
the dramatic change in economies and cultures brought about by the use of machines to do work formerly done by hand
Industrial Revolution
What was the legal status of enslaved people in the United States?
Property
What was life like for free African Americans in the North?
They were not treated as equal to other citizens.
Why did the South oppose laws to provide federal money for internal improvements, such as roads and canals?
They thought these improvements would benefit only Northern states.
How did Southern states respond to rebellions?
They passed even stricter "slave codes"/Laws.
the social separation of groups of people, especially by race
Segregation
How did the cotton gin affect enslaved people?
It increased the demand for enslaved people.
Why did immigrants in Northern Europe emigrate to the North? And who were they?
Irish - Potatoe Famine
Germans - War
Who were the political leaders in the South in the mid-19th century?
Planters/Plantation Owners
Who resisted slavery by organizing a violent rebellion?
Nat Turner