Slavery And The South Test

Front 1

identify cash crops in Tidewater and Lower South

Back 1

Tidewater: tobacco
Lower South: rice,indigo,lots of wet crops

Front 2

Describe social hierarchy in rural South

Back 2

-owners of slaves/plantation
-whites that dont own plantation or slaves
-slaves

Front 3

How long did slavery last in the Unites States in total?

Back 3

1619-1865

Front 4

List goods traded between 3 points of the triangle

Back 4

-Europe to Africa: guns, manufactured goods
-Africa to Americas: slaves
-Americas to Europe:sugar,rum

Front 5

Define "Middle Passage"

Back 5

the passage where 12-1500 people were taken and forced into slavery

Front 6

Describe the treatment on ships

Back 6

-Ships: packed slaves tightly, people at bottom put in risk of bacteria, bring them to deck to wash every once in a while, would have them excercise to get them in shape by forcing them to dance, would get whipped if didn't obey

Front 7

Describe the treatment at auction

Back 7

slaves were auctioned off as property not as people, person would have to be stripped down, auctioneer would tell people about them, people would come up and grab them and examine them, bidding war could start over a slave

Front 8

identify the 3 major slave trading nations and the 2 major destinations to which slaves were shipped

Back 8

3 major ST nations: Portugal, France, and Great Britain
2 major destinations: Carribean and Portugal

Front 9

list the hierarchy of jobs held by slaves

Back 9

?

Front 10

Explain the role of slave patrols and the pass system

Back 10

slave patrols protected the wealthy and were paid for by tax dollars

Front 11

give examples of treatment of slaves and behavior/justification of owners from reading and roots

Back 11

treatment- harsh white men beat slave women, separated mother from child, being whipped, didnt know age, name calling
Justification: learn whats right, punsihment, disobeying, feeling need to, not doing something right

Front 12

3 examples for slave resistance

Back 12

nonviolent, escape, rebellion

Front 13

understadn the pros and cons for each approach for slave resistance

Back 13

-nonviolent: were silent and couldnt be easily caught, but slaves create a character flaw of themselves
-Rebellion: got point across, but it could easily be stopped
-Escape: kinda easy, but if caught there would be severe punishments

Front 14

four major revolts

Back 14

New York Slave Revolt: 1712
Stono Rebellion: 1739
Gabriel's Rebellion: 1800
Nat Turner's Rebellion: 1831

Front 15

describe how slaves adapted or developed their culture in each of the 4 areas of slave culture

Back 15

-FAMILY:not recognizing slave marriages, brought over traditions from Africa, passed on belief/values to children, women had to assume authority of both parents
LANGUAGE: creole(mixtures of language), simplified colonial language, Gullah developed in South Carolina
RELIGION: animism( belief that natural phenomena were animated by spirts, islam, christianity
MUSIC: spiritual, gospel, blues (delta and chicago), Jazz, Rock n Roll, R&B, Soul

Front 16

Know role of colonization "The Liberator", rebellion, and political parties in Abolition

Back 16

Liberator- voice of abolition founded by William Lloyd Garrison from 1829-1865 promoted anti slavery groups.
Rebellion between antislavery groups,
Political Parties: Radicals, Moderates

Front 17

importance of cotton gin on the growth of slavery

Back 17

makes cotton more productive
is a machine so it goes faster