Living in the Deep South Prior to the Civil War
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What is the Antebellum Era?

  • The era after the American Civil War
  • The era of Reconstruction
  • The era before the American Civil War (correct)
  • The era of industrialization
  • Which states are commonly recognized as part of the deep South?

  • Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana (correct)
  • Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee
  • Maryland, Delaware, Oklahoma, Texas
  • Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia, Florida
  • What characterized the southern economy during the Antebellum Era?

  • Technology innovation
  • Heavy labor-intensive agricultural cash crop enterprise (correct)
  • Financial services industry
  • Industrial manufacturing
  • Who is often romanticized from the Antebellum Era?

    <p>Exceptionally wealthy slaveholders</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the social class disparities create in the Antebellum South?

    <p>Distinct social and economic systems serving different groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Rivers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cash crops were almost exclusively exported from the Southern states?

    <p>Cotton and rice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary factor linked to the profitability of Southern manufacturing?

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

    Which region dominated the slave trade by financing slave ships in the 1850s?

    <p>New York</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was considered a necessary evil in the products that left the plantations?

    <p>Slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one example of how wealth controlled economics for a long time in the South?

    <p>The poll tax dictating the ability to vote</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How has the social strata of landowners changed over time?

    <p>It has shifted to reflect more diverse ownership demographics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role did the segregation of churches play in the ongoing stratification of Southern society?

    <p>It continued the stratification even after legal desegregation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary factor along which economic stratification falls in the South?

    <p>Wealth and economic status</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which legislative measure took generations to accomplish and contributed to the change in property ownership demographics in the South?

    <p>The federal legislation banning church segregation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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