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WorksheetsUS History - Chapter 13 - The South
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 9mins
A machine that removes seeds from short-staple cotton. Helped increase slavery and the success of the plantation system.
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Richmond, Virginia company that was the most productive ironworks in the country prior to the Civil War. Owned by Joseph R. Anderson.
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Large-scale farmers who held more than 20 slaves.
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Stories with a moral, used to teach lessons to children.
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Owners of small farms.
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Emotional Christian songs that blended African and European music. Many times they were sung in the fields by the slaves.
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A region stretching from South Carolina to East Texas where most U.S. cotton was produced during the mid-1800s.
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A violent slave revolt in Southhampton County, Virginia. 60 white people in the community were killed along with over 100 innocent slaves who lived in the area
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Crop brokers who managed the cotton trade for the planters (middlemen).
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