Crash Course 13

What was the reality of the potential slave rebellion?

Harsher laws on slavery.

How many slaves traveled north in search for freedom?

about 1000 per year

The sparse industry in the South produced what fraction of manufactured goods?

10%

the queens dominions=

canada

Without what product, would the North have been unable to industrialize?

cotton and opium

Though a slave learning to read and write was prohibited, some did and even a few became preachers- these preachers were looked upon with suspicion by whites and this was logical since how many uprisings were led by preachers?

2

By 1860, how many slaves in US?

4,000,000

How much of the worlds cotton came from the American South?

75%

The yeomen farmers who were the poorest of all, were in favor of slavery, why?

Aspirational reasons

Slaves that worked in the cotton fields worked in gangs under an overseer or a what (which was a slave with a position of slight power?)

Driver

What was one of the ways that slaves could rebel against dehumanization which could be upset by the sale of one or more of the slaves?

Forming families

The most successful slave rebellion in which they killed some people was what?

Nat Turner's Rebellion

What were 2 things that the South did not have which was a disadvantage to them in the Civil War?

Railroads and Industry

Avowed Racist and all around ass-hat John C. Calhoun defended slavery as a good - what jobs did he have (which makes his views that much more upsetting)?

VP, Sec of war and state