Why did the value of slaves drop in the South following the American Revolution?

Crop prices fell and the demand for slaves decreased

What were slave codes?

strict state laws that controlled the actions of slaves

What was the main problem with the production of tobacco before the 1840's?

Tobacco needed to be dried before shipping

Unlike slaves on the plantations, slaves working in the planters' houses usually

had better food, clothing, and shelter

What advantage did skilled slaves have over unskilled slaves?

earning money to buy their freedom

In what ways did slaves rebel against long working hours?

They slowed down their work in the fields

How did enslaved parents pass their culture down to their children? They...

told folktales with traditional characters and morals

Why were slaves uneducated?

teaching slaves was prohibited (banned) in most states

What was responsible for increasing the domestic slave trade i the early 1800's?

act of Congress banned importing slaves

Nat Turner's Rebellion was the

most violent slave uprising in the U.S.

What was the Cotton Belt?

area stretching from S.Carolina-Texas that grew most cotton

Wealthy white southerners used religion to justify slavery by arguing that...

God created some people to rule over others

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1
Who owned small farms and often worked alongside their slaves?
factors
planters
yeomen
spirituals
2
Why did the value of slaves drop in the South following the American Revolution?
Slaves began to escape to the North
Crop prices fell and the demand for slaves decreased
The practice of slavery became unpopular in the South
slaves launched rebellions throughout the South
3
In the first half of the 1800's, what portion of white southern families had slaves?
three-quarters
one-third
two-thirds
one-half
4
What were slave codes?
set of rules for slave behavior set by a council of planters
a secret language slaves used to communicate
a policy of slaves to always help one another
strict state laws that controlled the actions of slaves
5
The South's first major cash crop was...
corn
wheat
tobacco
cotton
6
What was the main problem with the production of tobacco before the 1840's?
Tobacco needed to be dried before shipping
Tobacco was illegal in many states
Tobacco took a long time to grow
Tobacco could be grown only in the North
7
Unlike slaves on the plantations, slaves working in the planters' houses usually
had better food, clothing, and shelter
worked shorter hours
did nt work when they were sick
received payment
8
What were spirituals?
places where slaves went to worship
rebellions led by slaves
emotional songs sung by slaves
stories with lessons about slavery
9
What was the name of one of the most productive industrial factories of the South?
Tredegar Iron Works
Samual Slater's Water Mill
Lowell Girl Mill Worker
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
10
What advantage did skilled slaves have over unskilled slaves?
working shorter hours
earning money to buy their freedom
moving from plantation to plantation
living in their owner's house
11
What was the effect of Nat Turner's Rebellion?
slave lost the right to a fair trial
slaves got better working conditions
scared slaveholders freed their slaves
slave codes were toughened
12
In what ways did slaves rebel against long working hours?
They prayed for God to teach their masters equality
Stole books from their masters & taught themselves to read
They slowed down their work in the fields
They hid their masters' whips and chains
13
Who were the large-scale southern farmers who owned more than 20 slaves?
yeomen
factors
planters
masters
14
How did enslaved parents pass their culture down to their children? They...
showed their children how to outsmart slaveholders
taught children Christian songs about freedom
told folktales with traditional characters and morals
told the children biblical tales of the exodus from slavery
15
Crop brokers called _____________________ managed all aspects of the trading of cotton.
planters
folktales
yeomen
factors
16
Why were slaves uneducated?
teaching slaves was prohibited (banned) in most states
slaves wanted to keep an oral tradition
eaching slaves did not pay well
Slaves had no time to study
17
What happened to Nat Turner after the rebellion he started in 1831?
He escaped to the North
He was sentenced to death
He was killed by a slaveholder
He was imprisoned for life
18
What was responsible for increasing the domestic slave trade i the early 1800's?
Stronger types of cotton as a result of crossbreeding
leaders wanted the South to grow a variety of cash crops
act of Congress banned importing slaves
farmers eager for profit head west for new land togrow crops
19
Nat Turner's Rebellion was the
least damaging uprising to the abolitionist cause
least popular political revolt in U.S. history
most violent slave uprising in the U.S.
most effective revolt at stemming the spread of slavery
20
What was the term to describe the labor of all field hands on the same task at the same time?
slave codes
gang-labor system
factors
crop rotation
21
What was the Cotton Belt?
land in the south where cotton was wiped out by disease
area stretching from S.Carolina-Texas that grew most cotton
region east of Mississippi that produced 2/3 of the cotton
Mexican fields where scientists worked to crossbreed cotton
22
Who patented the cotton gin in 1793?
Samual Slater
Andrew Jackson
Nat Turner
Eli Whitney
23
How did most planters encourage slave obedience?
offering rewards of better food, clothing, and shelter
through physical punishment
by withholding payment for work completed
through incentives such as education
24
Most of the South's big cities started as
shipping centers
cotton plantations
industrial villages
antislavery communities
25
Wealthy white southerners used religion to justify slavery by arguing that...
slavery taught savages to bow to a higher authority
God selected whites as his "chosen people"
God created some people to rule over others
slavery was right because it was practiced in the Bible

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