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

Told folktales with traditional characters and morals

Why were slaves uneducated?

teaching slaves was prohibited in most states

How did most planters encouraged slave obedience?

by offering rewards of better food, clothing and shelter

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

An Act of Congress banned the importation of slaves

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

had better food, clothing and shelter

What would a slave have worried about most when coming up for auction?

The fate of parents, brothers, sisters and children

Nat Turner led a group of slaves to kill slaveholders because he...

believe he was on a mission from God to free the slaves

What advantage did skilled slaves have over unskilled slaves?

earning money to buy their freedom

Tredegar Iron Works was a...

southern factory that turned iron into useful products

What were slave codes?

strict state laws that controlled the actions of slaves

Freed African Americans in the 1860s could...

engage in business transactions

Why did industry remain a minor part of the southern economy after the 1840s?

Both England and the North could produce goods more cheaply

Why did southern cotton planters rely on the region's rivers to ship goods?

The lack of roads made shipping by land very difficult

Nat Turner's Rebellion was the...

most violent slave uprising in the US

Many of the first factories in the South were built for the

processing of crops such as sugar sugarcane

What were spirituals?

Emotional Christian songs sung by slaves

Wealthy white southerners used religion to justify the institution of slavery by arguing that

God created some people to rule over others.

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

Crop prices fell and the demand for slaves decreased

What was one duty of a planter's wife?

Supervising slaves within the household

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1
Most of the South's big cities had started as...
antislavery communities
industrial villages
shipping centers
cotton plantation
2
True or False: Many of the first factories in the South were built to produce iron products
True
False
3
How did enslaved parents pass their culture down to their children?
Told folktales with traditional characters and morals
Showed their children how to outsmart slaveholders
Told the children biblical tales of the exodus from slavery
Taught children Christian songs about freedom
4
Why were slaves uneducated?
slaves had no time to study
teaching slaves did not pay well
teaching slaves was prohibited in most states
slaves wanted to keep an oral tradition
5
How did most planters encouraged slave obedience?
through physical punishments
by offering rewards of better food, clothing and shelter
through incentives such as education
by without holding payment for work completed
6
What was responsible for increasing the domestic slave trade in the early 1800s?
Farmers eager for profits headed west in search of land
An Act of Congress banned the importation of slaves
Stronger types of cotton began to emerge
Leaders wanted the South to grow a greater variety of crops
7
Unlike slaves on the plantations, slaves working in the planters' houses usually...
received payment
had better food, clothing and shelter
did not work when they were sick
worked shorter hours
8
True or False: Many southern planters believe that slavery was justified by God.
True
False
9
True or False: Crop rotation is the crossbreeding of short staple cotton with other varieties.
False
True
10
What was the effect of Nat Turner's rebellion of 1831?
Slaves obtained better working conditions
Slave codes were toughened
Terrified slaveholders freed their slaves
Slaves lost the right to a fair trial
11
What would a slave have worried about most when coming up for auction?
The size of the new master's plantation
The fate of parents, brothers, sisters and children
The type of work required by the new master
The religious life of the new community
12
Nat Turner led a group of slaves to kill slaveholders because he...
was inspired by the success of other violent slave revolts
his father die as a result of a beating by his master
believe he was on a mission from God to free the slaves
had tried and failed at nonviolent methods of resistance
13
According to the chart, the rate of US cotton produced increased most rapidly between...
1820 and 1840
1840 and 1850
1800 and 1810
1780 and 1800
14
What advantage did skilled slaves have over unskilled slaves?
moving from plantation to plantation
living in their owner's house
earning money to buy their freedom
working shorter hours
15
Tredegar Iron Works was a...
northern mine that provided coal for iron products
northern company that specialized in turning iron into steel
southern factory that turned iron into useful products
southern manufacturing plant that produced locomotives
16
What were slave codes?
a secret language slaves used to communicate
the policy of slaves to always help one another
a set of rules for behavior set by a council of planters
strict state laws that controlled the actions of slaves
17
Freed African Americans in the 1860s could...
engage in business transactions
travel nationwide without restriction
vote in presidential elections
hold any job they desired
18
Slaves most often ran away from slaveholders in order to do what?
Attend church
Study in secret
Get medical attention
Visit relatives
19
Why did industry remain a minor part of the southern economy after the 1840s?
Both England and the North could produce goods more cheaply
The South did not have the resources to set up factories
Planters preferred to perform manual labor
Planters received tax cuts to cultivate crops
20
True or False: the invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry
True
False
21
What have some historians called "the invisible institution?
Slave religion
The practice of slavery
The punishment of slaves
Slave rebellion
22
Why did southern cotton planters rely on the region's rivers to ship goods?
The traffic on road made road travel time consuming
The lack of roads made shipping by land very difficult
The transportation revolution had introduced the flatboat
Southerns were not allowed to use the North's railroads
23
A "yeoman" was a/an....
a white owner of a small farm
northern slave sold to a Southerner
established plantation owner
freed southern slave
24
Nat Turner's Rebellion was the...
most effective revolt at stemming the spread of slavery
least popular political revel in US history
least damaging uprising to the abolitionist cause
most violent slave uprising in the US
25
Many of the first factories in the South were built for the
construction of iron works
processing of crops such as sugar sugarcane
cutting, sorting and cleaning of lumber
bundling of cotton bales
26
What were spirituals?
Rebellions led by slaves
Emotional Christian songs sung by slaves
Stories with lessons about slavery
Places where salves went to worship
27
In the first half of the 1800s, what portion of white southern families have slaves?
two-thirds
one-third
three-quarters
one-half
28
Wealthy white southerners used religion to justify the institution of slavery by arguing that
slavery taught savages to bow to a higher authority.
because slavery was practiced in other countries
God created some people to rule over others.
God selected whites as his "chosen people"
29
Why did the value of slaves drop in the South following the American Revolution?
Slaves launched rebellions throughout the South
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
30
What was one duty of a planter's wife?
Teaching slaves how to read
Sowing and raising crops
Organizing the slaves in the fields
Supervising slaves within the household

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