CH 13: The Antebellum South

Which of the following is the BEST example of how slaves participated in religious activities on the plantation?

• Slaves would fake illness and not go to church

• Slaves held secret prayer meetings and sang spirituals about freedom

• Slaves would secretly learn to read the Bible for themselves

• Slaves would disrupt church services and stop the preacher from completing the sermon

After Nat Turner's slave rebellion in 1831, southern states -

• passed stricter slave codes.

• started to gradually free slaves.

• banned all northern literature.

• executed only those directly involved.

What does the term "antebellum" mean?

• industrialized North

• the time before the American Revolution

• the time before the Civil War

• the agrarian South

Who is credited with inventing the cotton gin and the idea of interchangeable parts?

• Eli Davis

• John Rolfe

• Eli Whitney

• Nat Turner

Which of the following best explains the significance of the invention of the cotton gin?

• It increased the need for slave labor due to a decrease in cotton production

• It decreased the need for slave labor due to an increase in cotton production

• It decreased the need for slave labor due to a decrease in cotton production

• It increased the need for slave labor due to an increase in cotton production

Which group is best describe by the list below?

- owned few slaves

- family owned/worked farm

- smaller farms

• plantation owners

• slaves

• poor whites

• yeoman farmers

Nat Turner's Rebellion led to what in the South?

• An increase in trade of the Mississippi

• A lack of fear of rebellion

• Stricter Slave Codes being created

• An increase in industrialization

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

• cotton belt

• factors

• spirituals

• trapp

Factors are _______?

• used in multiplication

• something that contributes to a result or outcome

• crop brokers

• slaves

This business was one of the most productive iron works in the United States.

• Tredegar Iron Works

• Tredegar Cotton Industry

• Iron Works

• Industry