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After 1820, what caused slavery to become more profitable, which in turn increased the South's political power?

A) Tobacco production increased exponentially.
B) Cotton production expanded to the West.
C) The natural birthrate increased.
D) The invention of the plow led to greater agricultural productivity.

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List and describe the various kinds of jobs that slaves held outside of plantations.

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Which statement describes slave marriages?

Most plantation mistresses kept their opinions on issues to themselves, but the diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut echoed most women in railing against

Explain how the politics of slavery helped knit together all of white society in the South.

Which statement characterizes white southerners in the antebellum South?

Use the following to answer questions : Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; others may not be used at all. -Farmers who owned and worked on their own small plots of land. Those living within the plantation belt were more dependent on planters than were those in the upcountry, where small farmers dominated.

The majority of plantation slaves worked as

In 1860, the largest number of white southerners

Most upcountry yeomen focused on cultivating

Which staple crop was grown almost exclusively along a narrow strip of coast stretching from the Carolinas into Georgia?

Historians use the term planter to identify whites who owned at least how many slaves?

Why did the South remain agricultural when the economy of the North was diversifying?

Use the following to answer questions : Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; others may not be used at all. -Term that reflected the dominance in the southern economy of cotton, the cultivation of which was the key factor in the growth of slavery.

Discuss the southern concepts of paternalism and chivalry. Identify the similarities between them and compare the complex relationship between subordinated women and oppressed slaves.

Which statement characterizes how southern plain folk viewed religion?

Use the following to answer questions : Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; others may not be used at all. -A surveyor's mark that had established the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania in colonial times. By the 1830s, the boundary divided the free North and the slave South.

Discuss the roles and responsibilities of plantation mistresses.

Use the following to answer questions : Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; others may not be used at all. -The hills and mountains of the South whose higher elevation, colder climate, rugged terrain, and poor transportation made the region less hospitable than the flatlands to slavery and large plantations.

Describe in detail the family, religious, and community life of slaves. Were slaves able to retain any of their African culture?