3-4.2 Slavery Prior to the Civil War

After the invention of the cotton gin, more ________________ people were brought to work in the fields.

• elite

• enslaved

• lower class

• middle class

Who had the largest population before the Civil War?

• the lower class

• the middle class

• the enslaved

• independent farmers

What was the negative effect on the soil from growing cotton?

• The soil lost nutrients needed for growing.

• The soil became better for growing all crops.

• Only soil in Rock Hill began to disappear.

Why did South Carolinians feel so strongly about having slavery?

• It was necessary to the economy and a plantation owner’s way of life.

• It offered enslaved people a better life.

• It took away jobs from independent farmers.

Which social class used their political power to encourage slavery in South Carolina?

• free blacks

• elite

• lower

What is true about the cotton gin?

• It made growing cotton slower.

• George Washington invented the cotton gin.

• It was easier to get the cotton seed out.

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• Jean Ribault

• Dr. William Bratton

• Eli Whitney

The invention of the cotton gin led to ___________________________________ in the South.

• the decrease of slavery and no need for slave labor

• the expansion of slavery and the dependence on slave labor

• freeing of slaves and their families

As a result of the invention of the cotton gin, how were independent farmers affected?

• Independent farmers bought more slaves to work on their farms.

• Independent farmers no longer used slave labor on their farms.

• Independent farmers became enslaved workers themselves.

The institution of slavery and plantation farming was brought to South Carolina by ________________________.

• early English settlers from Barbados

• the Spanish explorers

• the Native Americans