Slavery in Antebellum South Carolina

What is the meaning of antebellum?

• The number of slaves in South Carolina
• A period of time before a war
• The name of a South Carolina plantation
• A cash crop grown by slaves. 

Why were there such a large number or enslaved people living in South Carolina long ago?

• Masters controlled the daily lives of enslaved people.
• Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin
• The economy depended on crops grown on farms and plantations
• States in the north passed laws to free slaves.

What helped South Carolina become a wealthier state?

• The invention of the cotton gin
• selling rice to other countries 
• giving slaves freedom
• tax money that was paid for tea and paper

What is a cash crop?

• large farms in South Carolina where plants were grown
• houses that slaves lived in on plantation farms
• a crop that is grown and sold for money
• the town in Charleston where slaves were sold

Why was the invention of the cotton gin so important in South Carolina?

• It made it easier and faster to plant cotton seeds
• Plantation owners were able to grow and sell more cotton
• The cotton gin made it more difficult for slaves to escape
• it was used to sew cotton dresses, shirts, and pants.

Who invented the cotton gin?

• George Washington
• Eli Whitney
• Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Whitney