Exam 9: The Old South, 1790-1850

Compared to long-staple cotton, short-staple cotton was

All of the following states became net exporters of slaves except

Traveling preachers were known as ____________________ led revivals and were important for African American Christians.

By the Civil War three out of four white southern families did not own a single slave.

In southern yeoman farm communities, slaves did most of the fieldwork.

Between 1800 and 1860, the percentage of the southern workforce engaged in agriculture increased.

In 1790, Chesapeake planters saw falling prices for ____________________.

The large slave rebellion that began in Southampton, Virginia, in 1831 under the leadership of a Baptist lay minister was known as the

____________________ and Savannah were the two major ports for slaves from Africa.

Which of the following states was not a major producer of cotton?

By 1860, the U.S. South produced four-fifths of the world supply of cotton.

In 1790 the future of the plantation was in doubt due to the fall in value of tobacco.

Slave rebellions had little chance of success in the southern United States because plantations were relatively small and dispersed.

There was a heavy emphasis on ____ in southern society.

At Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

In the cotton belt few planters retained the task system.

In 1799, a major slave revolt was carried out in

Nat Turner's Rebellion killed ____________________ people.