Slavery in the South

Colonial slaves commonly endured ___________.

• high pay, luxury accommodations, feather beds
• beatings, punishments, long hours, little food
• British tea, slow horses, long hours
• gold mining, avocado growing, loud music

Songs originated by Colonial African slaves are called ___________.

• Spirituals
• Rock and Roll
• Jazz
• Swing

Where in the colonies did slavery first start? 

• Georgia 
• New Jersey 
• Virginia 
• Slavery did not start until after the Revolution 

What were the major items grown in the South that used slave labor for cash crops? 

• tobacco and  corn 
• cotton and wheat 
• cotton and corn 
• tobacco and cotton 

Nat Turner was know for ...

• his book 
• his newspaper 
• being a slaver holder 
• leading a slave revolt 

Harriet Tubman...

• not only escaped slavery herself, but saved hundreds more slaves 
• wrote a book about her escape giving others hope 
• tried to start a rebellion 
• fought in the Civil War 

An abolitionist is ...

• a person who wanted to end slavery
• a person who bought slaves 
• a person who wanted to stop the underground railroad 
• a person who voted against Lincoln 

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

What was the invention that transformed the South?

• steam engine

• iron plow

• weaving loom

• cotton gin