1. THE OLD SOUTH & SLAVERY

2. The South
How has the term “south” evolved since the Revolution?

3. King Cotton
How had the south changed between 1790 and 1850?

4. King Cotton
How did rise of cotton affect the economy and society of the South?
Why was cotton the perfect cash crop for the Deep South?

5. King Cotton: Lower and Upper South
What factors unified the Upper and Deep South?

6. King Cotton: North vs South
How did differences between the North and South become more pronounced in the mid 1800s?
JDB De Bow and William Gregg= Tredegar Iron Works= nation’s fourth largest
Hides to tan leather and leather to shoes v. wood to lumber or grain to flour

7. Social Groups of the White South
Describe the four
main social
groups of the
white South.

8. Planters and Plantation Mistresses
Describe the life of a Southern Planter and Plantation Mistress

9. Small Slaveholder
Describe the small slaveholders?

10. The Yeomen
What were the characteristics of a yeoman?

11. People of the Pine Barrens
Who were the people of the Pine Barrens?

12. Social Relations in the White South
Describe the sectional perceptions between the North and the South.

13. Social Relations in the White South: Conflict and Consensus
To what extent was the South dominated by conflict?

14. Social Relations in the White South: Slavery
Analyze the conflict between slave and non-slaveholders
Who was Hinton Helper? Was he characteristic of the South?
Why did non-slaveholder whites not attack slavery more consistently?
Impending Crisis of the South- Helper

15. Social Relations in the White South: Proslavery Argument
Explain the proslavery position?
Who was George Fitzhugh? How did he argue for slavery?

16. Social Relations in the White South: Violence in the Old South
Why was Southern life marked by a high degree of violence?

17. Social Relations in the White South: Southern Evangelicals
How did religion and traditional Southern values conflict?

18. Life Under Slavery: The Maturing of the Plantation System
How do the demographics of slaves change from ?

19. Life Under Slavery: Work and Discipline
Describe the work and treatment of slaves

20. Life Under Slavery: Slave Family
What characteristics define the life of a slave family?

21. Life Under Slavery: Slaves Off Plantations
What was life like for non-plantation slaves?

22. Life Under Slavery: Free Blacks in South
How did free blacks survive in the South?

23. Life Under Slavery: Slave Rebellion
Describe the major alve rebellions between 1800 and 1850 in the South.

24. Emergence of African- American Culture
What conditions in the South made it possible for a distinctive culture to develop among the slaves and what were the predominant features of that culture?