HumanitiesChapter 13: The Slave South
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Chapter 13: The Slave South

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What role did westward expansion of cotton production have on increasing southern political power?
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Lower South became the Cotton Kingdom and produced 3/4ths of the worlds supply which led to an increase in slaves
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What percentage of world cotton supplies came from the American south by 1860?
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3/4ths or 75%
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How did slavery contribute to race consensus amongst whites in the South?
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Whites thought they were superior to blacks so they tried to strengthen slavery
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Why did newly arrived European immigrants settle in the North instead of the South?
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The South had so few cities and jobs
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What did plantation owners mean by the term "paternalism"
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Slaves were treated like children of their own, provided basic and necessary guidance in exchange for work and obedience
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How did southern men's emphasis on chivalry affect southern law?
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Slave holder's mastery was written into law as well as the paramount rights of husbands. Married women lost all of their property rights.
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What issue did the diarist Mary Chestnut Boykin expose as being of great concern to planter class women?
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Against slavery
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What tasks were assigned to elderly male slaves?
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Livestock and clean stables
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What was an advantage of being a house servant instead of a field hand?
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Lighter work such as cleaning and cooking, didn't have to do outdoor labor
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What was the most common way for slaves to protest their bondage?
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Running away, resistance
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To what did most yeoman farmers aspire in the old South?
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Adding acreage to his land, buying slaves and eventually retiring
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In what respect did yeoman farmers depend on the planter class?
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Didn't own cotton gins so they relied on planters to ship and sell their cotton
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What educational opportunities were available for free blacks in the antebellum South?
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Denied education
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By the 1850s, who was eligible to vote in the Southern states?
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All adult white males