The South's Cotton Kingdom
How long did it take Eli Witney to make the Cotton Gin?
What is 10 days
What type of crop was cotton considered as?
What is a cash crop
What did African Americans face in the south?
What is discrimination
What were "Slave Codes"?
What is a law that kept slaves from running away
How many African Americans died in Nat Turners revolt?
What is 30
what was the yearly cotton bale production before the Cotton Gin?
What is 6,000
What were major cash crops? (Hint 4 crops)
What are cotton, rice, sugar, and tobacco
How many free African Americans lived in the south?
What is 200,000
How long could African Americans work in a day?
What is up to 16 hours
How whites did Nat Turner kill in his revolt
What is 57
What was the yearly cotton bale production after the Cotton Gin?
What is 2 million
What type of land was the south?
What is rural land
how many African Americans made up the south's population
What is 1/3
What did slave codes also prevent African Americans from doing?
What is reading and writing
How long did Nat Turners revolt last?
What is 2 months
What became a higher demand after the Cotton Gin was invented?
What are slaves
How did rich farmers get/stay rich
What is by investing in land and slaves instead of factories
Where did slaves have better positions?
What is in large plantations
How did African Americans keep their traditions alive?
What is by teaching them to their children
What were the effects of Nat Turners revolt?
What is they restricted African American rights
What spread along with the Cotton Kingdom?
What is Slavery
Which states had the best soil and climate for growing cotton? (hint, 6 states)
What are South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas
How many hours did teenage slaves have to work
What is 12-14 hours
What religion where African Americans?
What is Christian
Who got betrayed in the planned revolt in 1822?
Denmark Vesey