FAC#2

Which region produced most of the nation's agricultural products?

• North

• South

• West

• There were no regions that produce agricultural products

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Richard Arkwright

• David Christy

• Joseph R. Anderson

• Eli Whitney

What was the primary form of rebellion enslaved people engaged in?

• Running away

• Uprisings

• Giving speeches

• Buying their freedom

The area of the South with high cotton production became known as

• the cotton belt

• white gold

• Texas tea

• cotton breadbasket

How were most southern whites connected to the plantation system?

• Most southern whites worked for planters

• Most southern whites owned large plantations

• Most had little direct connection because they owned small farms

• Most were connected to plantations because they rented land from them

What said that any slave who escaped to the North can be caught and returned to their enslaver?

• Runaway Slave Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Folktales are part of an oral tradition, and are stories with a

• moral

• happy ending

• sad ending

• surprise ending

Since most slaves couldn't read or write, they passed down stories, poems, and songs by word of mouth. This is known as an

• oral tradition

• local tradition

• written tradition

Slaves sang these folk songs mixing African and European music and often were religious in nature

• melodies

• rhymes

• hymns

• spirituals

The invention of the cotton gin had both positive and negative consequences. It increased the production of cotton but also led to an increase of

• societal heirarchy

• slavery in the South

• inflation of land costs