History 1301 Unit 3 - Chapter 11, Top Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, Graded A+

History 1301 Unit 3 - Chapter 11, Top Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, Graded A+ Eli Whitney--Invented cotton gin (1793), making the production of cloth much cheaper, which revolutionized clothing and contributed to the South's dependence on plantation slaves. Nat Turner--A Black preacher who led a bloody slave revolt in SE Virginia in 1831 that resulted in the deaths of nearly 60 whites, his execution and that of dozens of slaves. William Lloyd Garrison--An uncompromising abolitionist and social reformer, he launched a radical anti–slavery movement with the publication of "The Liberator," a weekly newspaper, from 1831 to 1865. Denmark Vesey--A Free black man who was hanged along with dozens of others in 1821 for organizing a slave rebellion aimed at capturing Charleston, South Carolina. J.D.B. De Bow--Editor of an influential weekly newspaper that called for the development of industry and shipping in the South. Old South--The slaveholding states between 1830 and 1860, when slave labor and cotton production dominated the economies of the southern states. This period is also known as the "antebellum era." Vesey Conspiracy--An unsuccessful 1822 plot to burn Charleston, south Carolina, and initiate a general slave revolt, led by a free African American, Denmark Vesey. Underground Railroad--A network of safe houses organized by abolitionists (usually free blacks) to help slaves escape to the North or Canada. Yeoman Farmers--Southern small landholders who owned no slaves, and who lived primarily in the foothills of the Appalachian and Ozark mountains. They were self–reliant and grew mixed crops, although they usually did not produce a substantial amount to be sold on the market. American Colonization Society--Founded in 1817, the society advocated the relocation of free blacks and freed slaves to the African colony of Monrovia, present–day Libera. Cotton Gin--Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, this device for separating the seeds from the fibers of short–staple cotton enabled a slave to clean fifty times more cotton as by hand, which reduced production costs and gave new life to slavery in the South. They often accompanied their parents and were cared for by older children.--What did the young children of plantation slaves do while their parents worked? Cotton Gin--The invention that permitted the great expansion of cotton cultivation was the ...?