Video: “Slavery and the Making of America”



Video: “Slavery and the Making of America”

1. Why was it unusual for a slave, like Harriet Jacobs, to read and write?

2. What did Harriet Jacobs mean when she stated, “Even the little child will learn that if God bestowed beauty upon her, it will prove her greatest curse?”

3. Who were the “jealous mistresses?”

4. How did the Southern slave masters justify their treatment of their slaves?

5. After Nat Turner’s bloody rebellion, what happened to numerous slaves across the South?

6. List the states which are considered the “Deep South.”

7. The production of cotton increased by how much per slave after the invention of the cotton gin?

8. Selling slaves became more profitable than growing what?

9. How many slaves were sent to the “deep south” and how did they get there?

10. What was the Compromise of 1820 designed for?

11. What was the significance of the sales of cotton by 1840?

12. What happened to many slaves if they did not pick 250 pounds of cotton during picking season?

13. One historian states, “economic power equaled political power.” How many years were slave holders the United States’ President?

14. What was the “Underground Railroad?”

15. What were the two agreements from the Compromise of 1850?

16. What were the Southern states demanding from the Federal government?

17. What was Lincoln’s stance on slavery when elected in 1860?

Video: “Slavery and the Making of America”

1. Why was it unusual for a slave, like Harriet Jacobs, to read and write?

2. What did Harriet Jacobs mean when she stated, “Even the little child will learn that if God bestowed beauty upon her, it will prove her greatest curse?”

3. Who were the “jealous mistresses?”

4. How did the Southern slave masters justify their treatment of their slaves?

5. After Nat Turner’s bloody rebellion, what happened to numerous slaves across the South?

6. List the states which are considered the “Deep South.”

7. The production of cotton increased by how much per slave after the invention of the cotton gin?

8. Selling slaves became more profitable than growing what?

9. How many slaves were sent to the “deep south” and how did they get there?

10. What was the Compromise of 1820 designed for?

11. What was the significance of the sales of cotton by 1840?

12. What happened to many slaves if they did not pick 250 pounds of cotton during picking season?

13. One historian states, “economic power equaled political power.” How many years were slave holders the United States’ President?

14. What was the “Underground Railroad?”

15. What were the two agreements from the Compromise of 1850?

16. What were the Southern states demanding from the Federal government?

17. What was Lincoln’s stance on slavery when elected in 1860?

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