Important People
African Americans
Worked the cotton gin and the fields to harvest the South's cash crop of cotton.
1861-1865
What is the period of the Civil War?
New Orleans
What was the Confederacy's largest city?
The North
Who was the side that won the Civil War?
slavery expansed or increased
What was the effect of weakening the tobacco market on slavery?
Thomas Overton Moore
Who was the governor of Louisiana from 1860-1865 during the Civil War?
700,000
What is the population of slaves before the Civil War?
The Confederate States of America
What was the name of the Southern states during the Civil War?
The state capital was moved 3 times
Rampant inflation
Lack of credit
Disruption of sugar and cotton production
The presence of Union soldiers
The ending of slavery and emanicipation of 300,000 slaves
What were 3 effects of the Civil War?
1 pound to 50 pounds per day
What is the amount of increase of cotton production after the cotton gin was invented.
Henry Allen
Who was the governor of Louisiana in 1863 that controlled the Confederate region of Louisiana?
300,000
What is the number of slaves emanicipated after the Civil War?
To main their position of authority.
What is the reason why slave owners used violence against slaves?
sugar
What is another cash crop the South produced to increase their economy?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War.
70%
What is the percentage of slaves involved in the production of cotton?
To protect and preserve the institution of slavery.
What is the reason Louisiana seceded the Union?
Insects and diseases
What were specific problems associated with growing cotton?
The Northerns
Who is the group that wanted to limit the rights of free African Americans?
Eli Whitney
Who is the man that invented the cotton gin?
4 million
What is the largest number of slaves during the Civil War?
The 13th
What is the amendment that ended slavery?
Equal Rights
What is fair treatment for African Americans.
The Union
What is the name of all of the states that remained a part of the United States during the Civil War?