2. Chapter 12 “The South” Ms. Monteiro

3. 100 200 400 300 400 Cotton Industry Southern Society Slave System Miscellaneous 300 200 400 200 100 500 100 200 300 400 Grab Bag 100 500

4. Row 1, Col 1 Before the invention of machines, cotton had not been a very profitable crop because of this. It took too long to hand pick the seeds from the cotton.

5. 2,1 What was the purpose of the cotton gin? Used to remove seeds from cotton

6. 3,1 By 1840, how much of the world’s cotton was being produced by the United States? Over half

7. 4,1 What kind of crop was cotton known as because it was grown, picked, and sold without making it into anything? Cash Crop

8. 5,1 Main disadvantage of growing cotton. Cotton quickly used up the nutrients in the soil.

9. 1,2 Approximate amount of white southern families who owned slaves. One-third

10. 2,2 Group name for the wealthiest members of southern society. Planters

11. 3,2 Main daily work of southern planters. Raising crops and supervising slaves

12. 4,2 Name for group of white southern owners of small farms. Yeoman

13. 5,2 Name something that free African Americans could not do in the South. Could not vote, travel freely, hold certain jobs

14. 1,3 How slaveholders viewed slaves. As property

15. 2,3 What were the strict laws to control slaves called? Slave Codes

16. 3,3 Name for the emotional Christian songs that slaves sang. Spirituals

17. 4,3 The most violent slave revolt in the United States. Nat Turner’s Rebellion

18. 5,3 Name for stories that slaves told in order to teach about how to survive slavery. Folktales

19. 1,4 Why did the demand for slaves drop in the South after the American Revolution? Prices of tobacco, rice, and indigo fell, so less slaves were needed to grow them.

20. 2,4 Who invented the cotton gin? Eli Whitney

21. 3,4 Once Eli Whitney invented his gin, what crop did everyone in the South want to plant? Cotton

22. 4,4 Connection between Gabriel Prosser and Denmark Vessey. Each planned a slave rebellion but they were caught before it happened.

23. 5,4 Most important part of slave communities. Family

24. 4,4 Crops that dominated the agriculture of the South before the American Revolution? Tobacco, rice, indigo

25. 4,4 Definition of a southern planter Farmer who had more than 20 slaves

26. 4,4 Name for the area of the South where the most cotton was produced. Cotton Belt

27. 4,4 Two ways the soil was helped after cotton wore it out. Crop rotation and soil chemistry

28. 4,4 Connection between the cotton gin and the need for slaves. Cotton gin caused the use of slaves to go up