Ch. 16 - Slavery

Question 1

Why had slavery already been dying out by 1780?

Answer 1

North had already abolished it, south not profitable any more *(on deaths door!)

Question 2

1793 - Eli Whitney’s cotton gym changed everything! It was the

Answer 2

Turning point in the american history of slavery

Question 3

1. Cotton - high demand by england
2. High demand for slave labor (cotton fields) slavery booming!
   King cotton was profitable for both, how

Answer 3

Earned 50% of USA’s income! Profitable for both north and south!north shipped it, south grew it

Question 4

England brough _____ of the souths cotton- textile mill owners known as _____________

Answer 4

75% - “lords of the loom”

Question 5

Southern produced ____ of the words supply - known as

Answer 5

50% - “Lords of the lash”

Question 6

Key assumption: if there was ever a war between north and south Great Britain would side with the ______ - why?

Answer 6

South! Great Britain was dependent on its cotton!

This is why the south was not afraid to succeed

Question 7

1,700 - 2,500 families - not democratic, few rich, most poor, owned huge estates, sent kids to private school

Answer 7

Owned over 100 Slaves - controlled the south’s power and wealth!

Question 8

1. Feudalistic society (Middle Ages) - (5)

Answer 8

• lords and ladies
• manor house (castle)
• slaves
• code of chivalry
• life of wealth and privilege

Question 9

2. Small slave holders - (3)

Answer 9

• Most 1 or 2 slaves
• worked with slaves
• modest income

Question 10

3. Non slave owners - (2)

Answer 10

• “substanence farmers

- poor white hillbillies

Question 11

Non slave owners defended slavery the most! Why? (2)

Answer 11

A. They were better than someone!

B. Someday they might own slaves!

Question 12

4. Mountain whites: (western virginia) (2)

Answer 12

• opposed slavery!

- hated planters!

Question 13

5. Free blacks: (1/4 million) (2)

Answer 13

• most in tennessee

- many mulattoes

Question 14

6. Salves (4 million) (2)

Answer 14

• Deep South (most)

- *75% of southerners owned no slaves at all!

Question 15

Reasons why slavery hurt the south: (4)

Answer 15

1. Plantation agriculture (cotton) - wasteful “land butchery” - destroyed the soil
2. Economy had no diversification - all dependent on one crop- cotton
   (*all eggs in one basket)
3. All their money was invested in slaves
4. South was economically dependent on the north - produced almost no manufactured goods! Very little food!

Question 16

Hinton Rowland helper -

Answer 16

Wrote “impending crisis of the south” - criticized slavery from within the south

Question 17

What was Hinton claiming in his poem - story

Answer 17

He claimed slavery was holding back the economic development of the south