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The South

Section 1 FILL IN THE BLANK For each of the following statements, fill in the

blank with the appropriate word, phrase, or name. 1. After the American Revolution, prices for major southern crops

. 2. Growing and processing

was very difficult.

3.

invented the cotton gin.

4. The

was the region that grew most of the country’s

cotton crop. 5. Farmers who owned more than 20 slaves were known as

. 6. The growing demand for slaves led to an increase in the domestic

. 7. One goal of

was to increase crop production.

8. The South’s other successful food crops included rice, sweet potatoes, wheat, and

. 9. The production of

was very time consuming because

the leaves had to be cured and dried. 10. Joseph R. Anderson became the owner of the

, one of

the few examples of industrial growth in the South by 1848.

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The South SECTION 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

7. 8. 9. 10.

fell cotton Eli Whitney South planters slave trade agricultural scientists sugar cane tobacco Tredegar Iron Works

CHAPTER TEST 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

SECTION 2 1. T 2. F, In the early 1800s only about one third

of Southern families had slaves. 3. F, Yeomen were owners of small farms.

They commonly owned few slaves or none at all. 4. T 5. T

SECTION 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

auctions family heritage Nat Turner’s Rebellion

slave fields drivers home plantations property

A C C A A C B B A C B A D D C D D C B B C B

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