by 1840 the south was on the cutting edge of the market revolution because...
ot produced and exported 1.5 million bales of raw cotton , over 2/3 of the world supply
white planters moved tot he lower south to
invest in agricultural development
cotton planters class of the southwest
goal of the planter class was to make money
does NOT explain how the federal government played a role in expanding slavery
expanded participation in the international slave trade after 1807
planters attempted to resolve a labor crisis in the cotton south by..
buying slaves fromt he chesapeake region through domestic slave trade
sugar plantations in the south were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
a high rate of american slave fertility
white planters provided the human cargo of domestic slave trade through all of the following ways EXCEPT
selling slaves to the federal government
why is domestic slave trade crucial to the southern economy
provided tens of thousands of new workers to build plantations
the domestic slave trade effected the african american family unirt before 1865 by..
seperating family members through sale and trade
the plantation elite was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
plantation elites owned more then 1000 slaves
gang labor system of cotton plantation labor
gang labor included white overseers and black drivers
smallholders of slaves in the south
held 1-5 black laborers in bondage
planters failed politically to dominate the south becausw..
they lived in a republican society with democratic institutions such as the secret ballot
white southerners failed to diversify the southern economy for all of the following EXCEPT
they blamed white notherners for enconomically exploiting white southerners
a mroe unified african american culture began to emerge in the early decades of the 19th century because..
the rapid transfer of slaves form other regions into the lower mississippi valley significantly minimized culutral differences
african american marriage customs in the south
many slave couples, following african customs, jumped over a broomstick in public ceremony to signify their union
african american marriage and childbearing
most married slaves who were not seperated by sale lived in stable unions and had most of their children whille they were together
trends in slave living conditions
as blacks formed stronger social, family, and cultural ties, they were in a better position to resist the breakup of families through sale by their owners
blacks resistance to slavery by the 1820s
in their situation, most blacks had no choice but to build the ebst possible lives for themselves
free blacks in the south
generally awknowledged unity with the enslaved population