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socail studies chp19
socail studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| by what year did the population of the U.S. become 23 million | 1850 |
| how many african americans were in the US in 1850 | 3.6 million |
| who reminded his audience that the law defined slaves as property not humans | Fredrick Douglass |
| what could slave holders to with their slaves? | buy and sell slaves leave them to their children or heirs could be used to settle bets |
| slaves had no rights to what? | no wife, no children, no country and no home |
| blacks were denied the right to what | vote |
| what made cotton a very profitable cash crop? | cotton gin |
| from 3000 bales of cotton in 1790 how many were there in the 1850's | 4 million |
| some slaves were skilled and worked as what? | seamstress, carpenters or blacksmiths |
| once a week slaves were given what? | cornmeal, bacon and molasses |
| to make slaves work, slaveholders had to keep there slaves what | firmly under control |
| harsh punishments made slaves more... | resentful and rebellious |
| slaves who failed to learn were sent where? | slave breeders |
| slaves feared what more then anything | being sold |
| what did field hands sometimes do | pulled down fences, broke tools and damaged crops |
| house slaves snuck what | food from their masters house |
| slaves pretended to be what to escape work | dumb, clumsy, sick or insane |
| some slaves ran away to the | north |
| slaves escaped by what | boat, train by using forged identification cards, some mailed themselves in boxes or coffins |
| Control of children rested not with the parents but with who? | the master |
| saturday nights was a time for what | social events like, corn-husking and shelling parties |
| women would sometimes gather what | quilting bee and talk while working |
| sunday was a day for what | religion |
| slaves spen there sundays doing what | going to church, eating, hunting, fishing, dancing, sinning, telling stories and other things |
| instead of listing to white ministers slaves did what | created their own "invisible church" |
| what is the feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair forces | oppression |
| black worshipers sang spiritual songs that expanded their desire for what | freedom and faith in a better world to come |
| religion helped slaves what? | bear their sufferings and still find joy in life |
| africans expressed their cultures by | the arts of quilts, in song and spirituals songs, telling folk tails |
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