Untitled Flashcards Set

Front: Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, boosting cotton production
Back: 1793

Front: Gabriel Prosser’s slave rebellion plot discovered in Richmond, VA
Back: 1800

Front: Millions of Americans begin migrating westward, especially to cotton-producing areas
Back: 1800–1850

Front: The Creek War leads to U.S. seizure of 24 million acres and Native removal begins
Back: 1813–1814

Front: Denmark Vesey’s planned revolt uncovered; The Citadel founded afterward
Back: 1822

Front: U.S. enslaved population reaches about 2 million
Back: 1830

Front: Nat Turner leads a violent slave rebellion in Virginia; harsher Black Codes follow
Back: 1831

Front: Arkansas joins the Union as a slave state
Back: 1836

Front: Texas and Florida admitted to the Union as slave states
Back: 1845

Front: Most Southern states eliminate property requirements for white male voters
Back: 1850

Front: U.S. enslaved population reaches 4 million; 95% of Black population lives in the South
Back: 1860

Front: Cotton production hits 5 million bales—75% of world’s supply
Back: 1860

Front: Southern population reaches 8 million whites, 3 million Black people
Back: 1860

Front: 1 in 3 Southerners is Black; in some states like MS and SC, Black populations outnumber whites
Back: 1860

Front: Cotton Kingdom stretches from South Carolina to Texas, driven by internal slave trade
Back: 1860

Front: Only 12% of the Southern population lives in urban areas
Back: 1860

Front: Who invented the cotton gin and increased demand for enslaved labor?
Back: Eli Whitney (1793 invention)

Front: Who led a failed rebellion near Richmond, VA, in 1800?
Back: Gabriel Prosser

Front: Who planned a slave revolt in Charleston in 1822 and inspired the creation of The Citadel?
Back: Denmark Vesey

Front: Who led a violent slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831?
Back: Nat Turner

Front: Who was a free Black astronomer and surveyor who helped plan D.C.?
Back: Benjamin Banneker