What was the major crop in the upper South ( ex. in Kentucky and Virginia) other than cotton.
Tobacco
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In what way could it be argued that Northerners benefited from slavery?
Northern textile manufacturing needed the cotton from the south and southern planters used slaves as labor.
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Who was Harriet Tubman?
A former slave who helped many slaves escape on the Underground Railroad.
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Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
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What was Nat Turner's Rebellion? Describe event and consequence.
Virginia slave Nat Turner and his followers killed 60 white people to escape. Whites killed at least 120 innocent African Americans and increased restrictions.
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True or False. Frederick Douglass was a slave in Georgia before he escaped to the north.
False
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What is the meaning of these "code words": "conductor", "station", "Moses", "drinking gourd"?
guide, safe houses (barns etc.), Harriet Tubman, the big dipper
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What was the cotton gin?
A machine that separated the cotton seeds from the fibers.
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What is abolition?
End to slavery.
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Why did escaping slaves often travel by rivers and streams?
Dogs could not track their scent.
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What was the largest group in white southern society?
