Chapter 15 Flashcards
(19 cards)
Lower South
A major cotton growing region
What did Eli Whitney invent
The cotton gin
Overseer
A white supervisor for field slaves
House slaves
Slaves who worked in the plantation owners house
Field slaves
Slaves who worked in the cotton fields
Slave rebellion
A rebellion led by slaves
Who started a major slave rebellion
Nat Turner
Slave Quarters
A small shack for 6-8 slaves to live in
Cotton gin
A machine that removes seeds from raw cotton
Slave Trade
Slave owners often traded slaves to other slave owners
Slave Auction
Slaves would be auctioned off to whoever made the highest bid
The Cotton Gin took seeds from cotton ___x faster than by hand
50
Cotton is a what
Cash crop
What kind of crop is cotton
Labor-intensive
Who had a plantation in Mississippi that made up to $10,000 a year
W.S. Hyland
What states were added to the union
Mississippi,Alabama,Arkansas,Florida.
The only cities in the south were what
Seaports
The most powerful people had what career
Large plantation owners
Who were in what classes in the social classes of the south
First Class(top class): merchants and large plantation owners Middle class: middle class farmers Lower class: poor farmers and free blacks Worst: slaves
