Growth of the South

Which phrase best completes the graphic organizer?

• decreased the need for slaves

• encouraged farmers to move west

• made growing cotton less profitable

• increased productivity of cotton farming

Which phrase best completes the diagram?

• increase in use of slave labor

• end of plantation lifestyle

• industrialization of the South

• decrease in cotton production

Why were cotton-producing states located in the South?

• The South had a warm climate.

• The South had many yeoman farmers.

• The South fought for states' rights.

• The South had a lot of textile factories.

Why did Memphis become a center for the cotton industry and the slave trade? (Choose 2)

• Plantation owners in East Tennessee produced cotton without having to use a cotton gin.

• Memphis was located on the Mississippi River.

• Yeoman farmers in Middle Tennessee produced a lot of cotton.

• Memphis had a large textile manufacturing industry.

• West Tennessee was the richest cotton-producing region in the state.

Why did white planters dominate and control Southern society?

• They worked their own land which was valued in a rural society.

• They worked other people’s land and were more numerous than other groups.

• They owned the most agricultural property and slaves.

• They controlled the large manufacturing industries in the South.

How did this change in law affect Southern plantation owners?

• It reduced the profitability of the plantation system.

• It increased the value of the plantation owners’ slaves.

• It decreased the use of slave labor.

• It encouraged the development of less labor-intensive crops.

Why did political divisions over slavery increase in the early 1800s? (Choose 3)

• Southerners supported elected representatives who fought for states’ rights.

• Industrialization increased in the North and slavery decreased.

• Northerners supported elected representatives who fought to prevent the spread of slavery in the West.

• Abolitionists fought to increase slavery in the North.

• Industrialization increased in the South and enslaved people were used in the factories.

What was the purpose of slave codes?

• to maintain a system of slavery

• to provide slaves a chance at freedom

• to prevent expansion of slavery to western states

• to establish different types of slavery

What was the MOST likely purpose of this law?

• to discourage free African Americans from living or working in Nashville

• to prevent rebellions of enslaved people in Nashville by discouraging connections among them

• to discourage slave owners from settling in Nashville or bringing slaves there

• to prevent runaways by tracking the whereabouts of enslaved people in Nashville

How did enslaved people try to adapt to their bondage?

• by creating music, folklore, and strong bonds within family and community

• by supporting states’ rights rather than federal law

• by working for abolition of slavery through the courts

• by fighting for laws such as slave codes to protect them