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8th Grade US History: Chapter 13 "The South"
8th Grade US History: Chapter 13 "The South"
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8th grade Social Studies: The South
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True or False: the invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry
False
True
2
What was the effect of Nat Turner's rebellion of 1831?
Slaves lost the right to a fair trial
Slave codes were toughened
Slaves obtained better working conditions
Terrified slaveholders freed their slaves
3
Why did the value of slaves drop in the South following the American Revolution?
Crop prices fell and the demand for slaves decreased
Slaves launched rebellions throughout the South
Slaves began to escape to the North
The practice of slavery became unpopular in the South
4
How did enslaved parents pass their culture down to their children?
Told the children biblical tales of the exodus from slavery
Taught children Christian songs about freedom
Showed their children how to outsmart slaveholders
Told folktales with traditional characters and morals
5
Wealthy white southerners used religion to justify the institution of slavery by arguing that
because slavery was practiced in other countries
slavery taught savages to bow to a higher authority.
God created some people to rule over others.
God selected whites as his "chosen people"
6
Unlike slaves on the plantations, slaves working in the planters' houses usually...
received payment
worked shorter hours
had better food, clothing and shelter
did not work when they were sick
7
What were spirituals?
Stories with lessons about slavery
Rebellions led by slaves
Places where salves went to worship
Emotional Christian songs sung by slaves
8
What advantage did skilled slaves have over unskilled slaves?
earning money to buy their freedom
working shorter hours
moving from plantation to plantation
living in their owner's house
9
A "yeoman" was a
freed southern slave
white owner of a small farm
established plantation owner
northern slave sold to a Southerner
10
What would a slave have worried about most when coming up for auction?
The type of work required by the new master
The religious life of the new community
Separation from parents, brothers, sisters and children
The size of the new master's plantation
11
How did most planters encouraged slave obedience?
through incentives such as education
by without holding payment for work completed
through physical punishments
by offering rewards of better food, clothing and shelter
12
Nat Turner led a group of slaves to kill slaveholders because he...
had tried and failed at nonviolent methods of resistance
was inspired by the success of other violent slave revolts
believe he was on a mission from God to free the slaves
his father die as a result of a beating by his master
13
Tredegar Iron Works was a...
northern mine that provided coal for iron products
southern factory that produced useful goods like cannons
northern company that specialized in turning iron into steel
southern manufacturing plant that produced locomotives
14
Why were slaves uneducated?
teaching slaves was prohibited in most states
slaves had no time to study
teaching slaves did not pay well
slaves wanted to keep an oral tradition
15
What was responsible for increasing the domestic slave trade in the early 1800s?
An Act of Congress banned the importation of slaves
Farmers eager for profits headed west in search of land
Stronger types of cotton began to emerge
Leaders wanted the South to grow a greater variety of crops
16
What was one duty of a planter's wife?
Sowing and raising crops
Supervising slaves within the household
Organizing the slaves in the fields
Teaching slaves how to read
17
True or False: Many of the first factories in the South were built to produce iron products
False
True
18
Most of the South's big cities had started as...
antislavery communities
industrial villages
cotton plantation
shipping centers
19
What were slave codes?
a set of rules for behavior set by a council of planters
the policy of slaves to always help one another
strict state laws that controlled the actions of slaves
a secret language slaves used to communicate
20
Why did industry remain a minor part of the southern economy after the 1840s?
Both England and the North could produce goods more cheaply
Planters preferred to perform manual labor
Planters received tax cuts to cultivate crops
The South did not have the resources to set up factories
21
Nat Turner's Rebellion was the...
most violent slave uprising in the US
most effective revolt at stemming the spread of slavery
least damaging uprising to the abolitionist cause
least popular political revolt in US history
22
In the first half of the 1800s, what portion of white southern families have slaves?
one-third
two-thirds
one-half
three-quarters
