The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People (Brinkley), 7th Edition

Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Study Questions

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1			What was "the most important economic development in the South of the mid-nineteenth century"? What caused this, and what was its economic impact?
2			What groups made up the planter aristocracy? Why did their influence far exceed their numbers?
3			Why did so few nonslaveholding whites oppose the slaveholding oligarchy? Where did these opponents live?
4			What were slave codes? What function did they serve? How were they applied, and what resulted from their violation?
5			To a slave, what was life under slavery?
6			What was life like for free blacks? How was freedom gained, and what were their opportunities once free?
7			How did slaves respond to slavery? What evidence exists to show that slaves did not accept their condition without protest and that, in some cases, they were strongly defiant?
8			What role did religion play in the life of slaves? How did slaves influence religion in America?
9			How were language and music important in the life of slaves?
10			What role did the family play in the life of slaves?

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