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?

Cheap slave labor Signup and view all the answers

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

Cotton, tobacco, and rice Signup and view all the answers

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

Rising cotton prices and the invention of the cotton gin Signup and view all the answers

What did the plantation system come to America with?

English and French sugar plantation owners from Barbados and the Caribbean Signup and view all the answers

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

The top social tier Signup and view all the answers

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

Poor white sharecroppers or hired workers, and slaves Signup and view all the answers

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

The poll tax Signup and view all the answers

What does the Antebellum Era refer to?

The period before the American Civil War Signup and view all the answers

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

Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi Signup and view all the answers

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

Distinct social class disparities Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary focus of the Antebellum Southern economy?

Heavily labor-intensive agricultural cash crop enterprise Signup and view all the answers

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

The image of ladies in hoop skirts and gentlemen in fine carriages Signup and view all the answers

What is the George Izzard House known for?

Being an antebellum home in Charleston, South Carolina Signup and view all the answers

What characterized the majority of people during the Antebellum Era?

Poverty and hard lives Signup and view all the answers

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

Owning slaves and large landholdings Signup and view all the answers

What is the Izzard House Parlor known for?

11-foot ceilings with crown molding and painted walls Signup and view all the answers

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

Meant very different things Signup and view all the answers