Module 14 The South Test Review

What group had to most wealth in the south?

• Slaves

• Free African Americans

• Yeomen

• Planters

This group of Southern Society had an average of 100 acres

• Poor Whites

• Free African Americans

• Planters

• Yeomen

Planters had more than how many slaves?

• 10

• 20

• 50

• 100

Which group was at the top of southern colonial society?

• Slaves of African descent

• Yeoman farmers

• Planters (plantation owners)

• Poor whites

What does antebellum mean?

• the period after the Civil War

• the period before the Revolutionary War

• the period after the Revolutionary War

• the period before the Civil War

This region’s economy was based on industry.

• North

• South

Provide 3 ways slaves lives were limited with the passage of the Slave Codes. Choose 3 answers.

• Prohibited slaves from being sold to other plantations.

• Prohibited slaves from gathering without white supervision.

• Prohibited slaves from reading and writing.

• Prohibited slaves from dressing above the condition of slaves.

The southern colonial economic structure was based primarily on which of these industries?

• railroads

• mining

• textiles

• agriculture

the name given to the 1831 rebellion led by Nat Turner

• Turner's Revenge

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• Nat Turner's Revenge

Eli Whitney invented a device in 1793 that made growing __________ very profitable and led to an increase in the demand for slaves.

• cotton
• tobacco
• indigo
• corn