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| 1) What fraction of Southern whites owned slaves? |
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| 2) What fraction of Southern whites owned less than 20 slaves and what fraction owned 20 or more? |
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21%- less than 20 slaves
4% - owned 20 or more |
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| 3) Explain why, even though most Southern whites owned no slaves, they still strongly supported slavery |
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| Most Southern whites didn't own slaves but they still strongly supported slavery. They believed that one day they could own slaves(american dream). They also thought that if blacks were free that they would get together with white women. |
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| 4) Was the black family during slavery stable and monogamous? Why is this surprising? |
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| Yes. It is surprising because it didn't make sense to build relationships when most of the family would get sold. And they built a Catholic religion. |
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| 5) Did the proportion of slave owning families in crease or decrease during the 1850s? |
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| 6) How common were violent slave revolts in the Old South? |
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| Violent slaves revolts were very uncommon. There was a greater population of whites; therefore blacks would be easily defeated. There were also slave patrols. A ring of a bell would mean black trouble. |
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| 7) Was the Underground Railroad mainly a black owned and run enterprise? |
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| 8) Were most pre-Civil war planters self-made men or did they inherit their wealth? |
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| Self made. Some were young and ambitious young men who married planters' daughters. Others started as lawyers & used their fees & connections to acquire plantations. |
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| 9) Were the profits of cotton production widely distributed among the general Southern population? |
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| No. Small slave owners wouldn't get much. Many whites didn't own slaves and that would make them poorer. It made the 25% richer. |
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| 10) What were the profits from cotton production mainly used for? |
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| to support plantations, to buy more land and slaves and produce more cotton |
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| 11) After 1831,did most Southern whites believe that slavery benefited all, including the slaves? |
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| yes-instead of considering it a “necessary evil, many began to call slavery a “positive good” |
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