Slavery & The Events To The Civil War

What machine's invention accounts for the increase demand for Slavery in the south?

• The Cotton Gin
• The Steam Engine
• The Telephone
• The Loom

Slave ________ were often times broken up due to being sold.  

• Games
• Families
• Quilting Bee's
• Conductors

Almost 3/4 of slaves worked as

• Field Slaves
• House Slaves
• Blacksmiths
• Carpenters 

Slave masters would use _____________to help torture and control slaves who didn't follow the rules on the Plantation.

• Slave Breakers

• Slave Executioners

• Slave Caregivers

• Extra Homework

In 1831 armed with axes, knives, and guns _____________ led an open slave rebellion in Virginia where 57 whites were killed and over 100 enslaved African-Americans were killed.

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

Songs created by enslaved African-Americans that expressed their feelings of love, hope, sadness, and their longing for freedom are known as

• Jazz Music

• Blues Music

• African-American Spirituals

• Rap

Why did many white southerners who did not own slaves still support slavery?

• They thought they would own slaves someday

• The Economy required it (King Cotton)

• Slave holders were natural leaders

• The Constitution demanded it.

What are the 3 Parts to the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri added as a Slave State

• Maine added as a Free State

• 36 30 Line that would not allow slavery north of that line

• California would come in as a Slave State

• A strict fugitive slave law was passed

According to the 36 30 line in the Missouri Compromise, Slavery would ONLY be allowed

• Territory South of the line

• Territory North of the Line

• Only in Territories gained from the War with Mexico

• Only in Texas

What were the two major parts to the Compromise of 1850

• California would enter as a FREE State

• A Stricter Fugitive Slave Law is passed.

• Missouri would enter as a SLAVE State

• Maine would enter as a FREE State

• The 36 30 line would limit slavery in territories south of that line.