Ch. 13 Test- The South

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

What were slave codes?

Planting a different crop on the same plot every few years

Crop brokers called ____ made deals with merchants and arranged the shipping of products.

In the first half of the 1800s, what portion of white southern families had slaves?

One of the most productive industrial factories in the South

The first major cash crop was

Area of high cotton production in the South

Crop brokers who managed trading of cotton

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

Southern owners of small farms with few slaves

What was the effect of Nat Turner's rebellion of 1831?

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

Why were slaves uneducated?

Most of the South's big cities had started as

Nat Turner's Rebellion was the 

Large-scale southern farmers who owned more than 20 slaves.

Slaves were most commonly sold at 

How did most planters encourage slaves obedience?

What advantage did skilled slaves have over unskilled slaves?

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

Slave who lead the most violent rebellion led many states to strengthen their slave codes.

Used the labor of all field hands on the same task at the same time

In order to keep the soil rich and productive, agricultural scientist recommended 

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

What happened to Nat Turner after the rebellion he started in 1831?

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

Patented the cotton gin in 1793

What were spirituals?

In what way did slaves rebel against long working hours?

What was the "cotton belt"?

Who owned small farms and often worked alongside their slaves.

Emotional Christian songs sung by slaves