WorksheetsThe South
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
What group had to most wealth in the south?
Slaves
Free African Americans
Yeomen
Planters
These woman and her sister were from a slave-holding family, but became abolitionists
Sojourner & Harriet Truth
Harriet & Sarah Tubman
Angelina & Sarah Grimke
Harriet & SojournerJacobs
Incredible speaker and writer who escaped slavery at 20 years old. Toured around the country and the world speaking out against the institution of slavery. Wrote a best-seller and was friends with Abe Lincoln.
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Isabella Baumfree
This woman felt God called her to travel the U.S. and preach about slavery and women's rights
Harriet Tubman
Sarah Grimke
Angelina Grimke
Sojourner Truth
Famous conductor - Helped free slaves on the Underground Railroad risking life nearly 20 times.
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
Sojourner Truth
What did turner believe?
To lead God's people out of bondage
To teach slaves to read and write
To read the bible to slaves
To capture and killed other slaves
