The South

The economy of the south was based on _________.

• manufacturing
• agriculture
• tourism
• trade

Which industry guaranteed a high demand for cotton?

• agriculture

• factory

• textile

• grocery

What is "gin" short for?

• engine

• generator

• enigmatic

• margin

Before the cotton gin, how much cotton could a worker clean in one day?

• one pound

• ten pounds

• fifteen pounds

• one hundred pounds

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Elias Howe

• John Deere

• Samuel Morse

• Eli Whitney

Name the region of cotton-producing areas stretching from South Carolina to Texas.

• factors

• planters

• yeomen

• cotton belt

These are emotional songs that mixed African and European music and religion.

• cotton belt

• factors

• spirituals

• trapp

Owners of small farms who made up the largest social class in the South.

• yeoman

• planters

• aristocrats

• slaves

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

What is the Underground Railroad?

• Secret tunnels that help slaves escape

• Network of allies who helped slaves escape

• One single path that slaves followed

• a choo choo train