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The Rules

The Rules. No talking when it is the other teams turn-points will be deducted No Notes or any kind of cheating!!-this will result in disqualification. Topic 1: 200. Question: What percent of Southerners did not own slaves at the start of the Civil War? Answer: 75%. Back. Topic 1: 400.

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The Rules

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  1. The Rules • No talking when it is the other teams turn-points will be deducted • No Notes or any kind of cheating!!-this will result in disqualification

  2. Topic 1: 200 • Question: What percent of Southerners did not own slaves at the start of the Civil War? • Answer: 75% Back

  3. Topic 1: 400 • Question: Where did most slaves experience slavery? (Be specific) • Answer: plantations Back

  4. Topic 1: 600 • Question: Describe the African American family under slavery. • Answer: There was an emphasis on kinship Back

  5. Topic 1: 800 • Question: In what ways did slaves express discontent /resist? • Answer: Slave revolts were rare but were certainly a strong example of resistance. More often slaves would do things like work slowly on purpose. Many would “lose” or break tools this was known as passive resistance. Also slaves sometimes poisoned their master’s food or spit in it. (Page 314 for additional information or clarification) Back

  6. Topic 2: 200 • Question: What invention lead to the expansion of cotton cultivation? • Answer: Cotton Gin Back

  7. Topic 2: 400 • Question: What did slave-owners continually tell slaves about God? • Answer: that God chose whites to be a supreme race over blacks Back

  8. Topic 2: 600 • Question: What happened when Tobacco prices fell in 1820? • Answer: large numbers were sold from the upper South to the lower South Back

  9. Topic 2: 800 • Question: Why did slaveholders want their slaves to be in good physical condition? • Answer: So that slaves could work at their best and have children Back

  10. Topic 3: 200 • Question: What was at the base of African-American culture? • Answer: Religion Back

  11. Topic 3: 400 • Question: Was slavery mandated by the U.S. Constitution? • Answer: No Back

  12. Topic 3: 600 • Question: What did slave songs and sermons emphasize? • Answer: Eventual freedom from slavery Back

  13. Topic 3: 800 • Question: What were the effects of the union of slavery & Cotton in terms of the relationship between the North and South? • Answer: hindered industrialization in the South Back

  14. Topic 4: 200 • Question: True or False , Although slavery was central to the southern economy by the 1850’s, cotton production did not really increase significantly between 1800-1850 • Answer: False Back

  15. Topic 4: 400 • Question: why did the institution of slavery become more entrenched? • Answer: the increased importance of cotton production Back

  16. Topic 4: 600 • Question: Why did the upper South have a weaker hold on slavery at this time? • Answer: increasing industrialization and change in farming Back

  17. Topic 4: 800 • Question: What was the motivation behind slave owner’s concern for the wellbeing of their slaves? • Answer: Economic motivation ($$$) Back

  18. Topic 5: 200 • Question: Why did slavery survive in the South? • Answer: it was economically profitable to slave-owners Back

  19. Topic 5: 400 • Question: some slave owners in the upper South made a lot of money selling slaves where? • Answer: to plantations in the lower South Back

  20. Topic 5: 600 • Question: Cotton was well suited for plantation production because it : • A)Required little labor • B)Required skilled labor • C)Required intensive, simple labor • D)Allowed for seasonal variation in labor needs • E)Could be virtually ignored during the growing season • Answer: Required intensive, simple labor Back

  21. Topic 5: 800 • Question: who was the leading advocate for southern self-sufficiency? • A) Stephen Douglass • B) Daniel Webster • C) Robert Fogel • D) J.D. B. Debow • E) William Gregg • Answer: D) J.D. B. Debow Back

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