Slavery in the South

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• Eli Whitney
• Albert Einstein
• Nat Turner
• Thomas Edison

Who was Nat Turner?

• The inventor of the cotton gin
• The man who led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
• The man who led one of the bloodiest slave revolts
• The man who introduced Christianity to the slaves

Most white people in the South owned slaves.

• True
• False

What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?

• It reduced the need for slaves on plantations
• It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton
• It helped improve the working conditions for slaves
• It had no significant impact on slaves or slavery

How did cotton relate to slavery?

• The desire to grow cotton led to increased slavery
• It did not relate to slavery
• All slaves were required to grow cotton
• Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa

About what number of people in the South owned slaves?

• 50% (1/2)
• 75% (3/4)
• 33% (1/3)
• 66% (2/3)

Which is true of free Blacks living in both the North and South?

• Faced discrimination and racism
• They were treated just like everyone else
• They were safe because they were free
• They lived pretty easy lives

How did Southern states respond to slave rebellions?

• They gave slaves some freedoms
• They passed even stricter laws about slaves
• They began to understand that slavery was wrong
• They refused to take slaves back to their owners when captured

Which of the following was not a reason that people wanted to abolish slavery?

• Reform
• Moral Reasons
• Political Reasons
• Fear of losing job

Frederick Douglass thought that abolition needed to be _________

• Violent
• Delayed 
• Immediate 
• Peaceful