Pre Civil War #1

Columbus called the people he met in the New World Indians because?

Spanish and Portuguese explorers wanted to find an ocean route to Asia to get these trade goods

American slavery was different than Old World Slavery because it became

Huge farms where slaves grew cash crops

Columbus was trying to reach this place by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean?

Term used to describe the enslavement & forced removal of 12 million Africans to the Americas

But Native Americans died by the millions from European diseases such as smallpox. They weren't

The Europeans called Europe, Africa, & Asia the?

sugar is indigenous to the?

Cows and Horses are indigenous to the?

Tomatoes are indigenous to the?

Countries including Spain, France, and England build new settlements in the New World called?

This was a secret escape network of safe houses and people that helped slaves escape North

This Christian sect started the Underground Railroad in 1790

Europeans couldn't find enough gold-They began to grow Sugar-Tobacco-Cotton. These are called?

Tobacco is indigenous to the?

The European explorers who followed Columbus called the Americas the?

The Trade Between Europe, Africa & the Americas was known as?

At first, Plantation owners tried to enslave these people to grow the cash crops.

The cocoa bean used to make chocolate is indigenous to the?

Finally, Plantation owners turned to this place for slaves

Potatoes are indigenous to the?

The exchange of plants, animals, people & Diseases between the Old World & New World

The word "indigenous" means? Exp: Native Americans are the indigenous peoples of the Americans

The year 1492 included an event in history that marked a decisive change known as a?

Plantation owners next hired poor Europeans called ____. 7 years work for a ticket to America!

The trip of the slave ships west across the Atlantic to America was called the?

Slaves resisted slavery by doing the following