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| 11334768811 | Upper South | The states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas; designation used in the Civil War and pre-civil war. | 0 | |
| 11334768812 | Lower South | States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina | 1 | |
| 11334768813 | Long-staple cotton vs. short-staple cotton | Long-staple cotton was easier to process than short staple cotton however short staple could grow in a wide variety of climates. | 2 | |
| 11334768814 | Expansion of cotton production | By the time of the Civil War cotton was nearly two-thirds of the export trade in the United States it brought in nearly $200 million a year. | 3 | |
| 11334768815 | King Cotton | cotton and cotton-growing considered, in the pre-Civil War South, as a vital commodity, the major factor not only in the economy but also in politics. | 4 | |
| 11334768816 | Cotton Kingdom | Areas in the south where cotton farming developed because of the high demand for cotton, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas (partly Florida) | 5 | |
| 11334768817 | Slave Trade | The business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves which had a major part in the Souths economy as slaves were needed to keep up cotton production. Loss of slavery would greatly hurt the South. | 6 | |
| 11334768818 | Tredegar Iron Works | The most important single manufacturing enterprise in the Old South. It used mostly slave labor to produce cannon, shot, and shell, axes, saws, bridge materials, boilers, and steam engines, including locomotives. | 7 | |
| 11334768819 | "factors" | These were the brokers that marketed the Southern crops. They also loaned money to the planters. | 8 | |
| 11334768820 | southern banking system | Primitive banking system did not allow for structures necessary for industrial development. Inadequate transport system: few roads, canals, national railroads. | 9 | |
| 11334768821 | southern road system | Very few roads due to little government funding the roads that existed were often in bad condition. | 10 | |
| 11334768822 | "colonial dependency" | The south was very dependent on the north for many things. Since farming was profitable land owners never felt the need to invest in any thing else. | 11 | |
| 11334768823 | Southern "Cavalier" Image | The southerns "Cavalier" way of life they believed was more focused on a refined and gracious way of life as supposed to the Norths rapid expansion. | 12 | |
| 11334768824 | Planter Class | whites that owned at least 20 to 50 slaves and 800 or more acres; exercised immense power and influence over political, economic, and social of region; brought political/economic power to deep south | 13 | |
| 11334768825 | "Old South" | "antebellum era" 1830-1860 southern slave labor states that produced cotton which dominated the economy of the South | 14 | |
| 11334768826 | Southern "Honor" | Honor in the south was to defend oneself's "Manhood" through dueling to save your stature in society. | 15 | |
| 11334768827 | "Southern Lady" | Southern Ladies were often less engaged in public activities and were more subordinate. Women like children had the right to protection in the South. | 16 | |
| 11334768828 | Plantation Mistress | The wife of the plantation owner in the south considered more of an ornament than a spouse. | 17 | |
| 11334768829 | "Plain Folk" | Typical white southern, not a great planter, but a yeomen farmer with a few slaves or no slaves at all. Usually devoted to subsistence farming (farming what you can eat). Not much social mobility. | 18 | |
| 11334768830 | Southern Educational System | Many universities however only elite were able to attend elementary and secondary schools weaker also in south. | 19 | |
| 11334768831 | "Hill People" | Nonslaveowning whites who opposed the planter elite. They lived in the Appalachian ranges east of the Mississippi, in the Ozarks to the west of the river, and in other | 20 | |
| 11334768832 | "Clay Eaters" | Demeaningly called clay eater these were people who lived in the infertile pine barrens and hunted and foraged for food. | 21 | |
| 11334768833 | Southern Perceptions of Race | Southerner's during this time period looked down upon other races especially Africans. Anyone who had any amount of African blood in them was automatically considered black. | 22 | |
| 11334768834 | Slave Codes | laws that controlled the lives of enslaved african americans and denied them basic rights | 23 | |
| 11334768835 | Gang System | used with large plantations for people who had more slaves. under this system enslaved people were organized into work gangs that labored from sunup to sundown. | 24 | |
| 11334768836 | Task System | A system of slave labor under which a slave had to complete a specific assignment each day. After they finished, their time was their own. Used primarily on rice plantations. | 25 | |
| 11334768837 | Life Under Slavery | slave auctions that seperated family, poor living conditions, small food rations | 26 | |
| 11334768838 | Irish Laborers In The South | Irish laborers were used commonly instead of slaves for many dangerous tasks as after the slave trade became prohibited slaves were considered more valuable as you could always hire another Irishman. | 27 | |
| 11334768839 | Sexual Abuse Under Slavery | Many female slaves were sexual abused by their owners; most children that came out of these affairs were considered illegitimate and children went into slavery. | 28 | |
| 11334768840 | Original Intent Of Segregation | intent was to keep the slaves away from ideas of freedom and running away. | 29 | |
| 11334768841 | Free Blacks In The South | 250,000 in south most earned freedom by marketing a skill such as blacksmithing separate from their masters many restrictions placed on free blacks in the south. | 30 | |
| 11334768842 | Manumit | to grant freedom to slaves; to emancipate | 31 | |
| 11334768843 | Amistad | (1839) Spanish slave ship dramatically seized off the coast of Cuba by the enslaved Africans aboard; the ship was driven ashore in Long Island and the slaves were put on trial; former president John Quincy Adams argued their case before the Supreme Court, securing their eventual release | 32 | |
| 11334768844 | Sambo | was an extreme sterotype of slaves. the sambo acted out the role that the white world expected them to. This was in most cases, only an act in front of the white people | 33 | |
| 11334768845 | Slave Rebel | Known in the south as a slave who would not accept their position. forever rebellious in the eyes of their masters. | 34 | |
| 11334768846 | Examples Of Slave Revolts | Nat Turner was a slave preacher who led an uprising of slaves house to house killing men, women, and children. Running away and not working effectively also ways to revolt. | 35 | |
| 11334768847 | Slave Patrols | Vigilante groups that enforced discipline on slaves and apprehended runaway slaves seeking freedom. | 36 | |
| 11334768848 | Passive Resistance & Sabotage | sabotaging: Breaking provided tools and work supplies. Resistance: Not working to full potential. | 37 | |
| 11334768849 | pidgin | A simplified form of speech developed from two or more languages(in the south English and African words). | 38 | |
| 11334768850 | Slave Music | way of slaves expressing themselves; used with dance; banjo, voices, and song; used to pass the time | 39 | |
| 11334768851 | Slave Religion | Most became Christian fusing African and American religions togetherand drew own conclusion of scripture; most popular when God freed the Hebrews but white wanted them to know about humility and to stay in their place; Black Methodists dance in worship and formed the ringshout dance; all enjoyed songs w/ messages of escape and rebellion | 40 | |
| 11334768852 | Slave Families | Tight family bonds, most families were not typical because they were often separated because of auctions | 41 | |
| 11334768853 | Adopted Family | Communities as a whole adopted in members who had been sold at auction away from their blood family members. | 42 | |
| 11334768854 | Southern Paternalism | was an instrument of white control; made slaves believe they were dependent on their masters. | 43 |
