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60 Cards in this Set
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what played a central role in the southeren econmy and ure?
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agriculture
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what were the souths thre major cash crops?
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rice, tobacco, indiago
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what new southern cash crop boosted the economy?
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cotton!
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what were two types of cotton imported from the West indies in 1785?
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long-staple or black-seed
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what was the advantage of long-stable?
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long white fibers, which could be removed from the seeds easily
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What was difficult about short-staple cotton?
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short white fibers made it hard to get seeds out
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about how long did it take to remove the seeds from just one pound of cotton by hand?
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1 day
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what did Eli whitney invent to help make the process of taking out seeds quicker?
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cotton gin
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ylinder filled with rows of wire teeth. Worker would spin the cylander by turnign a . used to remove seeds from short-staple cotton
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cotton gin
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large scale farmers who owned more then 20 slaves-built gins tyhat could harvest lots of cotton
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planters
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from south carolina to east texas had formed what is known as the cotton kingdom and _________(the region that grew most of country's cotton crop)
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cotton belt
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Nutt and others experimented with cotton production were part of a larger movemant through the south that promoted ________, or the use of scientific techniques to improve crop production.
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scientific agriculture
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publication that informed farmers about the latest advances in agricultural research
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Farmer's Register
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list 2 reasons that cotton was inexpensive to grow.
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1)harvested cotton didnt persish over time
2)cotton was light; didnt cost much to transport |
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what country was the souths main forgeign trading partner?
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great britain
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crop brokers who managed the trade betweenplanters and their customers
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factors
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common southern food crops
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corn, sweet potatoes, wheat, rice, and sugarcane
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who invented a new sugar-processing system
((processed sugarcane into granulated sugar)) |
Etienne Bore
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what was Bore's nickname?
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"savior of louisana"
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only factory in the south that made iron products
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Tredegar Iron Works
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who took over Tredegar Iron works?
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Joesph R. Anderson
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In the 1st half of the 1800's, about how many white southern families owned slaves?
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one third
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male planter focused primarily on raising crops and left the running of____
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their wives
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most white southerners were yeomen, meaning that they were _____
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small landowning farmers
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unlike the planters, yeomen___
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worked side by side with slaves
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which was a central to southeren social life?
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religion
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wut is the percentage of the southerne population that was madwe up of very poor landless whites?
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10%
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whic hsouthern city attracted many writers who gathered to discuss their poems, short stories, and essays?
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charleston
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much of the work in southern cities was done by___
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slaves
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by 1860 more than half of all free african americans lived in the ___
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south
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the center life of the free urban african americans was___
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the church
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why would white people discrimminat free black people?
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feared the blacks would encourage rebellions amoung slaves.
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list three things that black people could not do
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could not vote, travel freely, or hold certain types of jobs
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when all the slaves worked on the same task at the same time,usually from sunup to sun down
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"gang" systems
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slaves recieved very poor____ and ____
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clothing and shelter
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what would some slaves have forfood?
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piece of corn bread for breakfast and dinner
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wut would slave holders brib slaves with, to encourage their obedience?
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food or better conditions
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how many hours would slaves work a day in the fields or in the house?
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12-14 hours
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stories wit ha moral, which taught lessons about how to survive under slavory
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folktales
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what branch of chistianity was slaves
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Protestant
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emotional christian songs that blended african and european traditions
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spirituals
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what r 2 ways slaves would protest?
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1)worked slower to increase hours in the fields
2)running away for a few days |
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why would slaves run away temporarly
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1)visit relatives
2)avoid angry slaveholders |
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began on august 1831. Turner led a group of slaves in a plan to kill all of the planter families in their country.
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Net turner's rebellion
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how many white people were killed and how many black people were killed in the Nat Turner's Rebellion?
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white=60
black=100 |
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the center life of the free urban african americans was___
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the church
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why would white people discrimminat free black people?
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feared the blacks would encourage rebellions amoung slaves.
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list three things that black people could not do
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could not vote, travel freely, or hold certain types of jobs
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when all the slaves worked on the same task at the same time,usually from sunup to sun down
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"gang" systems
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slaves recieved very poor____ and ____
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clothing and shelter
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what would some slaves have forfood?
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piece of corn bread for breakfast and dinner
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wut would slave holders brib slaves with, to encourage their obedience?
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food or better conditions
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how many hours would slaves work a day in the fields or in the house?
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12-14 hours
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stories wit ha moral, which taught lessons about how to survive under slavory
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folktales
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what branch of chistianity was slaves
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Protestant
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emotional christian songs that blended african and european traditions
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spirituals
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what r 2 ways slaves would protest?
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1)worked slower to increase hours in the fields
2)running away for a few days |
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why would slaves run away temporarly
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1)visit relatives
2)avoid angry slaveholders |
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began on august 1831. Turner led a group of slaves in a plan to kill all of the planter families in their country.
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Net turner's rebellion
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how many white people were killed and how many black people were killed in the Nat Turner's Rebellion?
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white=60
black=100 |