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16 Cards in this Set
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A crop grown primarily for sale is known as a _______.
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cash crop
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Plantation owners could ship their products directly to the north because the south has several navigable _______ that are deep enough for large ships.
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rivers
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Small farmers made up the _______ of the southern population.
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majority
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Planters controlled much of the South's _______ as well as its social and political institutions.
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economy
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_______ had few legal or social rights in the north and south.
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Women
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In the 1600's over one third of all immigrants were _______.
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indentured servants
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As available white laborers became scarce, southern planters turned to _______ to fill the shortage.
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African slaves
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By 1750 there were 200,000 _______ in the colonies.
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black slaves
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Three way trading between Europe, Africa, and the Americas was known as _______.
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triangular trade
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The transatlantic slave trade was referred to as the _______.
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middle passage
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Up to _______ percent of Africans died on the inhumane voyage across the Atlantic.
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20
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Slaves began full time labor at age 12 and continued until _______.
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death
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The courts did not consider _______ guilty of murder if a slave was killed during punishment.
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slave owners
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Planters in South Carolina and Georgia imported slaves for their _______ growing expertise.
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rice
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In 1739 a group of slaves in South Carolina killed several planter families in what came to be known as the _______.
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Stono Rebellion
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Marriages between runaway slaves and _______ was common.
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Native Americans
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