Unit 3: Peculiar Institution

Etymology

The origin of words changes with time

Agribusiness

ONE crop economy

Aristocracy

highest class in society/ A small portion of society that dominates politics and culture

Poor Whites

lowest class in society

Yeoman

Small White Farmers

Plantation

large property or landholding dependent on the labor of enslaved people

What was the cause of the increase in slavery?

Slave increase was mostly due to their natural reproduction, not smuggling

What were all slaves guaranteed?

* Hard work
* No civil or political rights
* Forced Separation Of Families

What are the Cash-Crops?

Cotton, Sugar, Rice, Tobacco

What grew during the Antebellum Era?

The gap between the **rich** and the **poor**

By 1850, How many families owned more than 100 slaves?

1,733 Families

Who benefited from Slavery?

The North

How did Eli Whitney’s cotton gin impact cotton production in the American South?

It exponentially increased the production of cotton as it allowed the most laborious and time consuming part, removing the seeds, completely out of the manufacturing process

Before the invention of the Cotton Gin, was slavery expanding or contracting?

Before the invention in year, 1793, slavery was contracting (declining) 

Who had it better than Slaves?

Poor Whites

What were the living conditions of Poor Whites?

* Lived in crude hats/cabins
* Poor Nutrition
* Dirt Eating

Who had the first slave system where all slaves share a common appearance and ancestry.

North America

Who profited greatly from Southern agriculture?

The Northern Industry

Why did 3/4 of southerners NOT own slaves?

They couldn’t afford it