Southern Slavery
The _____________ was central to the development of the early American economy.
A. Slave trade
B. Spice Trade
C. Industrial Revolution
A. Slave trade
True
What made cotton so difficult to process?
A. Weeds
B. Seeds
C. Thorns
B. Seeds
Abolitionists fight to end _______.
A. Unions
B. Drinking
C. Slavery
C. Slavery
This religious group began the first anti-slavery groups in New England.
A. Mormons
B. Quakers
C. Puritans
B. Quakers
Truth or False: Slavery was only a southern thing
False
In the South, enslaved women and children worked mostly on plantations. Where did enslaved women work in the North?
A. Plantations
B. Housemaids
C. Skilled laborers
B. Housemaids
Finish the phrase: "Cotton is _______."
King
Emancipation in the North was...
A. Gradual and slow
B. Speedy and quick
C. Depending on the state, both A & B
C. Depending on the state, both A & B
A. George Washington & Thomas Jefferson
B. Martin Van Buren & William Henry Harrison
C. Abraham Lincoln & Ulysses S. Grant
A. George Washington & Thomas Jefferson
As the value of cotton went up, so did the value of __________.
A. Shirts
B. Ship sails
C. Enslaved people
C. Enslaved people
Like enslaved people, indentured servants were forced to work. However, how are they different?
A. Enslaved people worked for life, indentured servants worked for 4-7 years
B. Enslaved people were forcibly enslaved, indentured servants signed a contract
C. Enslaved people worked for free, indentured servants worked to pay off debts
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Besides southern enslavers, who else greatly benefited from cotton, and by extension slavery?
A. the military
B. politicians
C. shipping companies, insurance agencies, and factories
C. shipping companies, insurance agencies, and factories
What year did the 13th Amendment pass, abolishing slavery?
A. 1808
B. 1900
C. 1865
The first enslaved Africans landed on American shores in:
A. 1492
B. 1550
C. 1619
C. 1619
Several factors made the expansion of the slave economy possible, such as:
A. political manipulation, territorial expansion, and cotton production
B. territorial expansion, migration of planters, and migration of enslaved people
C. mass imigration, political manipulation, and territorial expansion
B. territorial expansion, migration of planters, and migration of enslaved people
Besides Africans, enslavers captured and trafficked _________ to work in the West Indies.
A. French people
B. Indigenous/Native Americans
C. Chinese immigrants
B. Indigenous/Native Americans
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
A. George Washington Carver
B. Thomas Edison
C. Eli Whitney
C. Eli Whitney
Pennsylvania outlawed the enslavement of all persons in ______, the first state to do so.
A. 1780
B. 1800
C. 1820
A. 1780
In the North, these people used enslaved labor to run their households:
A. Ministers
B. Doctors
C. Merchants
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
John Palfrey moved his family south and began growing cotton. His move shows how important slavery was because:
A. he brought 21 enslaved people, cleared the wilderness, and forced his slaves to work the land
B. bought several acres of land, ran for public office, and invented the Cotton Gin
C. became mayor of New Orleans, invented the crab boil, and bought Lousiana from France
A. he brought 21 enslaved people, cleared the wilderness, and forced his slaves to work the land
True or False: Enslaved people in the North were unskilled and only performed menial labor.
False.
What year was the Cotton Gin invented?
A. 1793
B. 1709
C. 1840
A. 1793
According to New York's Emancipation law, children remain "servants" of their mother's enslaver until male children turn ____ and female children turn ____.
A. 13, 12
B. 21, 19
C. 28, 25
C. 28, 25
True or false: more then half of the of the original population of the North American colonies was brought over as indentured servants.
True