Vocab
What is the name for the machine that removes seeds from cotton?
Bonus: Who built this machine? = +200pts
What is the Cotton Gin
Bonus: Eli Whitney = +200pts
What is the name for owners of small farms?
Bonus: What was something these farmers did that Planters wouldn't dare? +200pts
What is a Yeomen
Bonus: Yeomen would work alongside their slaves; a planter would not = +200pts
True or False:
Most southern states responded to Nat Turner’s rebellion by proposing laws to return slaves and free African Americans to Africa.
Bonus: If incorrect, correct it for 300pts = +300pts
False:
Most southern states responded to Nat Turner’s rebellion by passing strict laws limiting the freedoms of slaves and free African Americans.
Bonus: corrected = +300pts
How important was slavery for the economy and society of the South?
Bonus: Name the laws passed by the Southern states which kept limited rights on free/enslaved African-Americans. = +200pts
SUPA BONUS: What will be the names of the conflicting territories over the continuation of slavery? (Hint** think flag names) = + 1500pts
What is because it was their main source of free labor which helped society and the economy of the South thrive.
Bonus: Slave Codes = +200pts
Union (North) VS Confederates (South) = +1500pts
What are songs that combine African and European music with religious lyrics called?
Bonus: What was often the message in these songs? = +200pts
What are Spirituals
Bonus: They served as a powerful form of coded communication, expressing the enslaved community's faith, hope, and resistance to slavery = +200pts
What is the name given to large-scale farmers who owned more than 20 slaves?
Bonus: What was the name of these large scale farms? = +100pts
What are Planters
Bonus: Plantations = +100pts
True or False:
Some advantages to growing cotton was it wore out the soil and there was little labor involved.
Bonus: If incorrect, correct it for 300pts = +300pts
Bonus: Add 1 more response = +100pts
False:
Some advantages to growing cotton was there was high demand for it and it was inexpensive to transport.
Bonus: corrected = +300pts
Bonus: (Added response) It could be stored for a long time = +100pts
What are the main crops which dominated Southern Agriculture?
Bonus: Which crop replaced these?
How many other crops were switch out for crop rotation= +100pts
Name them = +100pts a piece
What is Tobacco, Rice, & Indigo
Bonus: Cotton = +200pts
8 different crops = 100pts
Wheat, corn, rice, tobacco, sugarcane, sweetpotato, hemp, and flax = +100pts a piece
What were stories with a moral, often dealing with animal characters and themes of overcoming adversity?
What is a Folktale
Who was the Virginia slave who planned to gain freedom by killing slaveholders and their families?
Bonus: What does this man go on to lead due to his beliefs? = +100pts
Who was Nat Turner
Bonus: Turner's Rebellion = +100pts
True or False:
Free African Americans who lived in the South gain their freedom by suing for their freedom in court, or by living in a northern state.
Bonus: If incorrect, correct it for 300pts = +300pts
Bonus: Add 2 more response = +100pts a piece
True or False:
Free African Americans who lived in the South gain their freedom by running away, or being freed by their slaveholder.
Bonus: corrected = +300pts
Bonus: (2 Added responses) Earning enough money to buy their freedom and being freed following the American Revolution = +100pts a piece
Most Southerners followed the religion of ________________________.
Bonus: What did they believe the religion called for? = +200pts
What is Christianity
Bonus: Southerners thought that their religion justified their position in society and the institution of slavery; arguing that God created some people, like themselves, to rule others. = +200pts
What is the passing of stories, songs, and poems by word of mouth to preserve heritage to pass down traditions and customs?
Bonus: Why did slaves pass on their stories/traditions this way? +200pts
What is Oral Tradition
Bonus: They were not allowed to read or write +200pts
What was the name of the workers hired to watch over and direct the work of slaves?
Who are Overseers
President # 7 is ________________________.
Bonus: Mrs. Knickerbockers favorite 2 colors are _________. = +200pts
Who was Andrew Jackson
Bonus: Pink & Purple = +200pt
What is the date that enslaved African-Americans were freed?
Bonus: What's the name of this holiday
It's short for what? = +100pts per question
What is June 19, 1865
Bonus: Juneteenth, June nineteenth = +100pts a piece
What is the nickname for the region that grew most of the country’s cotton?
Bonus: Which states did it stretch to and from. = +200pts
What is the Cotton Belt
Bonus: SC to TX = +200pts
Who were the crop brokers who arranged transportation of goods aboard trading ships?
What are Factors
The Cotton belt is a fertile stretch of land which produced millions of tons of cotton. This region stretched from __________ to ____________.
Which was South Carolina (SC) to Texas (TX)
The North's economy is to ________________ as the South's economy is to _______________________.
Bonus: What was an alternate name for Overseers? Why was this the alternate name? = +200pts
The North's economy is to industry as the South's economy is to agriculture.
Bonus: What is a cracker = +100pts
The sound the whip makes = +100pts