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

told folktales with traditional characters and morals

What advantage did skilled slaves have over unskilled slaves?

earning money to buy their freedom

Why were slaves uneducated?

teaching slaves was prohibited (banned) in most states

What were slave codes?

strict state laws that controlled the actions of slaves

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

had better food, clothing, and shelter

In what ways did slaves rebel against long working hours?

They slowed down their work in the fields

Nat Turner's Rebellion was the

most violent slave uprising in the U.S.

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

God created some people to rule over others

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

act of Congress banned importing slaves

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

Tobacco needed to be dried before shipping

What was the Cotton Belt?

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

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

Crop prices fell and the demand for slaves decreased

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

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