Exam 11: The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

As the first half of the nineteenth century progressed, southern slave owners acquired additional slaves from

Approximately how many slaves joined Christian denominations by 1860?

The most numerous white southerners were the yeoman farmers and they were

During the nineteenth century, major slave rebellions

Why did southern whites who did not even own slaves support the system of slavery?

Life in the Old Southwest was characterized by

By the early nineteenth century, the South's sugar sector was

To what extend was the entirety of southern society, and not just economics, based on slavery?

Slaves living in southern cities had a much different experience from those on farms because

Match each description with the item below. -Nat Turner

To be called a "planter," one had to

By 1860, slavery was MOST concentrated

What were the major social groups within southern white society? Why did each group support the expansion of slavery?

Though rare, there were black slave owners in the South.

With how numerous and entrenched plantations were in the southern economy, even most "poor whites" owned plantations in the South.

As a result of the South's emphasis on agriculture, the population of the South

What was the MOST profitable form of agriculture in the South prior to the rise of cotton?

The frequency of dueling in the South was probably caused by

In the first half of the nineteenth century, which of the following states was in the region considered the Old Southwest?

Celia was an example of a slave who eventually escaped slavery and lived a prosperous life.