Antebellum sectionalism

The cash crop that replaced tobacco in the southern states

Most cotton was grown in the

• upper South:

  VA, NC, TN

• lower South:

  GA, SC, AL

• Midwest:

  Missouri and Kansas

• overseas, in India

This new technology made cotton a profitable crop

Because of the demand for cotton, the need for

• slavery grew

• land grew

• transportation grew

• all of the above were needed

What was available to help slaves in their escape____________

Which two states entered the Union in the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri- free

  Maine- slave

• Missouri and Maine both slave

• Missouri and Maine both free

• Missouri -slave

  Maine- free

The Missouri Compromise was necessary to keep a balance of slave and free states

• in the House of Representatives

• in the Senate

• in both

• none of the above

While the South and West were both agricultural, the West grew more

• grew more cotton

• grew more food crops

• grew more tobacco

• harvested more timber

By 1860, cotton production had spread as far west as

• Alabama

• Georgia

• Texas

• Louisiana

Approximately what percent of southerners owned no slaves?

• 10%

• 25%

• half

• 75%