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Topic 1: 200 Question: What percent of Southerners did not own slaves at the start of the Civil War? Answer: 75% Back
Topic 1: 400 Question: Where did most slaves experience slavery? (Be specific) Answer: plantations Back
Topic 1: 600 Question: Describe the African American family under slavery. Answer: There was an emphasis on kinship Back
Topic 1: 800 Question: In what ways did slaves express discontent /resist? Answer: Slave revolts were rare but were certainly a strong example of resistance. More often slaves would do things like work slowly on purpose. Many would “lose” or break tools this was known as passive resistance. Also slaves sometimes poisoned their master’s food or spit in it. (Page 314 for additional information or clarification) Back
Topic 2: 200 Question: What invention lead to the expansion of cotton cultivation? Answer: Cotton Gin Back
Topic 2: 400 Question: What did slave-owners continually tell slaves about God? Answer: that God chose whites to be a supreme race over blacks Back
Topic 2: 600 Question: What happened when Tobacco prices fell in 1820? Answer: large numbers were sold from the upper South to the lower South Back
Topic 2: 800 Question: Why did slaveholders want their slaves to be in good physical condition? Answer: So that slaves could work at their best and have children Back
Topic 3: 200 Question: What was at the base of African-American culture? Answer: Religion Back
Topic 3: 400 Question: Was slavery mandated by the U.S. Constitution? Answer: No Back
Topic 3: 600 Question: What did slave songs and sermons emphasize? Answer: Eventual freedom from slavery Back
Topic 3: 800 Question: What were the effects of the union of slavery & Cotton in terms of the relationship between the North and South? Answer: hindered industrialization in the South Back
Topic 4: 200 Question: True or False , Although slavery was central to the southern economy by the 1850’s, cotton production did not really increase significantly between 1800-1850 Answer: False Back
Topic 4: 400 Question: why did the institution of slavery become more entrenched? Answer: the increased importance of cotton production Back
Topic 4: 600 Question: Why did the upper South have a weaker hold on slavery at this time? Answer: increasing industrialization and change in farming Back
Topic 4: 800 Question: What was the motivation behind slave owner’s concern for the wellbeing of their slaves? Answer: Economic motivation ($$$) Back
Topic 5: 200 Question: Why did slavery survive in the South? Answer: it was economically profitable to slave-owners Back
Topic 5: 400 Question: some slave owners in the upper South made a lot of money selling slaves where? Answer: to plantations in the lower South Back
Topic 5: 600 Question: Cotton was well suited for plantation production because it : A)Required little labor B)Required skilled labor C)Required intensive, simple labor D)Allowed for seasonal variation in labor needs E)Could be virtually ignored during the growing season Answer: Required intensive, simple labor Back
Topic 5: 800 Question: who was the leading advocate for southern self-sufficiency? A) Stephen Douglass B) Daniel Webster C) Robert Fogel D) J.D. B. Debow E) William Gregg Answer: D) J.D. B. Debow Back
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