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Chapter 12 “The South”
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Cotton Industry
Southern Society
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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.
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What was the purpose of the cotton gin?
Used to remove seeds from cotton
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By 1840, how much of the world’s cotton was being produced by the United States?
Over half
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What kind of crop was cotton known as because it was grown, picked, and sold
without making it into anything?
Cash Crop
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Main disadvantage of growing cotton.
Cotton quickly used up the nutrients in the soil.
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Approximate amount of white southern families who
owned slaves.
One-third
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Group name for the wealthiest members ofsouthern society.
Planters
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Main daily work of southern planters.
Raising crops and supervising slaves
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Name for group of whitesouthern owners of small farms.
Yeoman
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Name something that free African Americans could not do in the South.
Could not vote, travel freely, hold certain jobs
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How slaveholders viewed slaves.
As property
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What were the strict laws to control slaves called?
Slave Codes
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Name for the emotional Christian songs that slaves sang.
Spirituals
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The most violent slave revolt in the United States.
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
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Name for stories that slaves told in order to teachabout how to survive slavery.
Folktales
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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.
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Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
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Once Eli Whitney invented his gin, what crop did
everyone in the South want to plant?
Cotton
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Connection between Gabriel Prosser and
Denmark Vessey.
Each planned a slave rebellion but they were caught before it
happened.
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Most important part of slave communities.
Family
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Crops that dominated the agriculture of the South before the American Revolution?
Tobacco, rice, indigo
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Definition of a southern planter
Farmer who had more than 20 slaves
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Name for the area of the South where the most cotton was produced.
Cotton Belt
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Two ways the soil was helped after cotton wore it out.
Crop rotation and soil chemistry
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Connection between the cotton gin and the need for slaves.
Cotton gin caused the use of slaves to go up