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What drove the industrial manufacturing of exported goods in the north?
What drove the industrial manufacturing of exported goods in the north?
- Climate
- Southern needs
- Rivers (correct)
- Cheap slave labor
Which cash crops were almost exclusively exported from the South?
Which cash crops were almost exclusively exported from the South?
- Cotton and rice (correct)
- Indigo and tea
- Wheat and corn
- Tobacco and sugar
What was one significant factor that drove the expansion of the old southwest (slavery)?
What was one significant factor that drove the expansion of the old southwest (slavery)?
- Decline in demand for tobacco
- Increase in white labor availability
- Ban on slave labor
- Rising cotton prices (correct)
What social tier did the wealthy plantation slave owners belong to?
What social tier did the wealthy plantation slave owners belong to?
What role did slavery play in achieving profitable cotton and rice production in the South?
What role did slavery play in achieving profitable cotton and rice production in the South?
What has played an enormous role in the ongoing stratification of Southern society?
What has played an enormous role in the ongoing stratification of Southern society?
Which factor is highlighted as controlling economics for a long time in the South?
Which factor is highlighted as controlling economics for a long time in the South?
What is cited as an example of how slowly things changed in the South?
What is cited as an example of how slowly things changed in the South?
Which demographic has taken generations to shift property ownership according to the text?
Which demographic has taken generations to shift property ownership according to the text?
What still remains non-representative of society in the South according to the text?
What still remains non-representative of society in the South according to the text?
What is the Antebellum Era?
What is the Antebellum Era?
Which states are commonly recognized as part of the deep South?
Which states are commonly recognized as part of the deep South?
What characterized the Antebellum Southern economy?
What characterized the Antebellum Southern economy?
Who were part of the social classes in the deep South prior to the Civil War?
Who were part of the social classes in the deep South prior to the Civil War?
What is a modern-day romanticization regarding the Antebellum Era?
What is a modern-day romanticization regarding the Antebellum Era?
