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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a simple device that used a hand cranked cylinder to pull the cotton fibers apart from the seeds? | cotton gin |
| what is an area from South Carolina to east Texas that was suitable for planting cotton? | cotton belt |
| what is the use of scientific methods to improve crop production? | scientific agriculture |
| what is to make sure slaves followed order, also carried out punishments? | overseer |
| What is a slave foreman that assisted in overseeing slave? | driver |
| What is a large scale farmers who held more than 20 slaves? | planters |
| What are strict laws that limited what slaves could do (e.g education, travel) | slave codes |
| what are religious folk songs sung by enslaved people? | spiritual |
| who was a leader if a famous slave rebellion in 1831 Whites killed close to 200 blacks in revenge and tensions over slavery increased between the south and the north? | Nat Turner |
| who was a US senator from Kentucky who proposed the Missouri Compromise? | henry clay |
| what is an agreement that temporarily settled the issue of slavery in the territories? | Missouri Compromise |