Chapter 12: The Old South and Slavery
Chapter 12 Practice Questions
1) What areas contained the upper and lower South? How were they different? What united them?
2) What were the 4 social groups of the white South? How did each group live?
3) Why did the Old South fail to industrialize like the North?
4) What is the proslavery argument that the Old South used to justify their actions?
5) What was slave culture and how did it begin?
Chapter 12: The Old South and Slavery
I. The Slavery Issue in the South
A. What effect did Nat Turner’s Rebellion have on the South regarding the institution of slavery and what were the reactions?
B. What affect did cotton have on slavery in the South and why was it central to the Southern economy?
C. Though not reliant on slavery, why did the Upper South share common ground with the rest of the South and support the institution of slavery?
D. Why did the South take on a different ideology than the North regarding slavery and how did it contribute to sectionalism?
II. The Society of the White South
A. What were the main social groups of the White South and what were the living conditions for each group?
B. What banded the social classes together in the White South and what conflicts occurred between the groups?
C. Why were all of the social classes in the White South supportive of slavery and what was the general pro-slavery argument that they used?
D. Why did violence occur so often in the South and what eventually was used to quell the violence of the white Southerners?
III. The Society of the Slave
A. Where was slavery found in the South in the 1830s and 1840s and how did the slaves differ from the ones in the 1700s?
B. How was the slave family treated on the plantations in the 1830s and 1840s and what was the relative health of the slaves in the South?
C. What were best forms of resistance against the White Southerners that slaves could do and why were slave rebellions not as common a form of resistance in the South compared to the rest of the world?
D. What was society like for free blacks in the South?
IV. Culture of the Slaves
A. How did the unique culture of the slaves begin and why was it important to their survival?
B. Why were slaves often taught religious principles by the White Southerners and what were the results?
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