Ch 11.2

What did Eli Whitney do that created greater demand for slave labor?

• Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
• Eli Whitney voted for the spread of slavery to the west.
• Eli Whitney invested heavily in the slave trade.
• All of the given answers are correct.

The cotton gin changed southern life in all of these ways except:

• Contributed to the westward expansion.  New land meant more places to grow cotton. Therefore, more labor needed.
• In the south, growers stopped growing other crops and began growing the more profitable cotton.  Cotton was king!
• Contributed to the removal of Native Americans from land that could be used for cultivating cotton.
• Profitable cotton changed the fashions of both the south and also Europe.  Cotton clothing became more valuable than gold. 

According to the reading, as cotton became more valuable, so did the value of 

• farm equipment.  A plow might sell for $70.
• slaves.  A male field hand might sell for $1000.
• sugar.`
• steamboat travel. 

Which is NOT true? 

• Most white southerners owned few slaves, or even none
• Small farmers, with no slaves, often hoped to be able to buy slaves in the future.
• Slave owners with large plantations became the wealthiest.
• Slavery ended in 1808 when it became illegal to import new slaves.

In the south, about one out of every _______ people was a slave. 

• three
• ten
• fifty
• hundred

To help them face the dehumanizing conditions of slavery, slaves 

• sang religious folk songs, called "spirituals"
• married and had children. Even escaped to visit their children who had been sold to other owners.
• developed strong religious beliefs
• all given answers are correct.

If your mother was a slave while you were born, 

• you could be sent to a free family to raise you as a free person
• you were automatically a slave yourself.  This is one way that slave owners increased their "livestock"
• you would be immediately killed
• you became part of the owner's family

Didn't slaves ever resist being treated like property? 

• Yes, and they were often punished brutally for it. 
• Yes, for example Nat Turner lead a famous revolt. 
• Yes, often enslaved persons broke machinery, or did other things to slow down the work.
• All of the given answers are correct.

Who often had easier treatment (but they still were considered property)? 

• children
• old people
• sick people
• city slaves

What were "spirituals"? 

• Prayers repeated in church
• religious folk songs
• emotional events at celebrations or funerals
• All of the given answers are correct