US History CH 13 The South

Question 1

The banning of the slave trade by Congress in 1808 resulted in the domestic slave trade.

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True

Question 2

A typical work day for a field hand involved

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all of these

Question 3

Planters were another name for plantation owners

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True

Question 4

In the gang labor system, slaves

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are field hands doing the same task at the same time

Question 5

The difference between long and short staple cotton is

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processing time

Question 6

One advantage skilled slaves had was

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they earned money to buy their freedom

Question 7

He lead one of the largest slave revolts in the South

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Nat Turner

Question 8

He invented the cotton gin

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Eli Whitney

Question 9

The Cotton Belt is the main area of cotton production in the South

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true

Question 10

Small farmers who owned a few slaves were

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yeomen

Question 11

Slave owners encouraged obedience by

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slave codes (corporal punishments)

Question 12

Many slave women care for their owners children

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True

Question 13

Domestic slaves usually

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had better food, clothing, and shelter

Question 14

These are stories with a moral

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folktales

Question 15

This simple machine removed seeds from cotton

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cotton gin

Question 16

These were Christian-themed songs and music

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spirituals

Question 17

Slave culture was passed down by

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oral history/folktales

Question 18

Many of the first factories in the South produced iron products

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False

Question 19

Hope, communication, and socialization was provided by

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religion

Question 20

There was decreasing demand for slave labor after the Revolution because

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farm prices dropped/demand was low

Question 21

Cotton has an advantage as a crop because

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all of these

Question 22

Antebellum refers to

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The South before the Civil War

Questions 22