Deep South Before the Civil War
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What were the primary products of Southern manufacturing?

  • Automobile parts for exportation
  • Textile products for global trade
  • Steel and iron for construction
  • Fabric mills and sawmills for southern needs (correct)

Which crops were almost exclusively exported from the South?

  • Sugarcane and tobacco
  • Cotton and rice (correct)
  • Wheat and corn
  • Coffee and tea

What drove the industrial manufacturing of exported goods in the North?

  • Mountains
  • Oceans
  • Rivers (correct)
  • Deserts

What made the profitability of Southern manufacturing directly linked?

<p>Cheap slave labor (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which crops were grown using indentured servants or slave labor for over 200 years?

<p>Cotton, tobacco, and rice (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What drove the expansion of the old southwest (slavery)?

<p>Rising cotton prices and the invention of the cotton gin (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the plantation system come to America with?

<p>English and French sugar plantation owners from Barbados and the Caribbean (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the wealthiest plantation landowners in the South consist of?

<p>The top social tier (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the bulk of the population in the Southern class structure?

<p>Poor white sharecroppers or hired workers, and slaves (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What dictated the ability to vote and controlled economics for a long time?

<p>The poll tax (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Antebellum Era refer to?

<p>The period before the American Civil War (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which states are commonly recognized as part of the deep South?

<p>Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterized the social and economic systems in the deep South before the Civil War?

<p>Distinct social class disparities (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary focus of the Antebellum Southern economy?

<p>Heavily labor-intensive agricultural cash crop enterprise (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a modern-day romanticization of the small population of exceptional wealthy slaveholders?

<p>The image of ladies in hoop skirts and gentlemen in fine carriages (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the George Izzard House known for?

<p>Being an antebellum home in Charleston, South Carolina (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterized the majority of people during the Antebellum Era?

<p>Poverty and hard lives (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary occupation of the wealthy in the Antebellum South?

<p>Owning slaves and large landholdings (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Izzard House Parlor known for?

<p>11-foot ceilings with crown molding and painted walls (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterized the perspective of life for different groups in the deep South before the Civil War?

<p>Meant very different things (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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