Deep South Social Dynamics Quiz
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What were the primary exports of the Southern manufacturing industry?

  • Cotton and tobacco
  • Cotton and rice (correct)
  • Tobacco and sugar
  • Fabric and lumber
  • What drove the industrial manufacturing of exported goods in the North?

  • Cheap labor
  • Rivers (correct)
  • Slavery
  • Railroads
  • What crop saw a significant increase in production in Mississippi from 1800 to 1859?

  • Tobacco
  • Sugar
  • Rice
  • Cotton (correct)
  • What was the role of slavery in the profitability of labor-intensive crops in the South?

    <p>Provided the profit margin required for export and profit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the top social tier in the Southern class structure?

    <p>Wealthy plantation slave owners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary method of transportation for slave ships in the 1850s?

    <p>Between West Africa, Cuba, and Brazil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What factor dictated the ability to vote in the South and contributed to the slow change in property ownership?

    <p>Poll tax</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What played an enormous role in the ongoing stratification of Southern society, despite legal desegregation?

    <p>Segregation of institutions like churches and social clubs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Antebellum Era defined as?

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

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

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

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

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

    What was the majority of the population in the Antebellum South like?

    <p>Poor and not enslaving people</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common misconception about the Antebellum Era?

    <p>The entire population lived in exceptional wealth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where can the exceptional wealth of an antebellum home be explored?

    <p>George Izzard House in Charleston, South Carolina</p> Signup and view all the answers

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