Vocab | People | Farming | Random | True or False |
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form of loan
Credit
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Popular religious leader among enslaved people.
Nat Turner
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Yeomen farmers
Who were the farmers without enslaved workers?
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Chattanooga, Montgomery and Atlanta
What cities were located at the railroads' crossroads?
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False
Marriage between slaves was recognized by law.
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Trade centers
Cotton Exchanges
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Former slave, fled to North and became free
Fredrick Douglas
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50-200 acres
How many acres were the typical plantation?
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They pretended to be ill.
How did enslaved people resist slavery?
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True
Nat Turner was hanged for his punishment.
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Plantation manager
Overseer
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At least 55 people
How many whites were killed by Nat Turner?
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Landlords' estates
Where did Tenant farmers farm?
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Kentucky and North Carolina
What southern states set up and had public schools first?
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True
In 1808, congress outlawed the slave trade, but slavery was still legal.
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Number of people able to read or write
Literacy
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Daniel from Daniel and the lion's den.
Who does the African American folk song refer to?
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Agrilculture
What was the South based on?
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They were field hands. Harvest, plant and tend on fields.
What did enslaved African Americans do on plantations?
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True
The ten largest cities in the South were either seaports or river ports.
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System that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the north.
Underground railroad
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Former girl slave, fled North from slavery.
Harriet Tubman
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Watched over the enslaved workers and tended to them when they became ill.
What did the wives of plantation owners do?
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4%
What percent of plantation owners have 20 or more slaves?
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True
Native born African Americans held true to African culture, although many accepted Christianity.
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