What invention led to the increased concentration of slavery in the south? what was included in the slave codes? what is the term for a master setting a slave free? which two men led slave revolts during the 1800s? what was a southern argument in favor of slavery?

What invention led to the increased concentration of slavery in the South?

The invention that led to the increased concentration of slavery in the South was the Cotton Gin. With the Cotton Gin, cotton production rate increased and more slaves were needed to harvest cotton. Before the Cotton Gin separating the fiber from the cotton itself was labor intensive and took a long time.

What was included in the Slave Codes?

Slave Codes were a series of laws that restricted the conducts of slaves. Slave Codes included severe punishing such as burns, lashes, cuts, and other punishments. They would be persecuted without indictment, they had their mobility restrained, they could not go where they wanted without their’s masters agreement. After the Civil War, slave codes still existed, ex-slaves could not rent or lease land outside of a town, they could not vote and even were prohibited from using the same places or doors from others.

What is the term for a master setting a slave free?

The correct term for a master setting a slave free is manumission or affranchisement. Manumission is also the right term when a slave purchased himself by paying the master an amount.

Which two men led slave revolts during the 1800s?

Nat Turner was a self-educated man that started a slave revolt in 1831. He and his group of 60 murdered his master and his family. The group went off to more killing but the group scattered, Turner hid for a month but eventually, he was discovered and was executed.

Madison Washington also led one of the most successful slave revolts in the US. He was inside a boat being transported for the slave in New Orleans, he managed to gain the deck of the boat and him with other 18 other slaves rebelled, they killed one of the slave traders. The slaves took over the boat and navigated towards Nassau.

When they reached there they were freed in April 1842 and this revolt was considered the most successful in the US history.

What was a Southern argument in favor of slavery?

The Southern had many arguments in favor of slavery, the first one was economy, they defended that if slavery was put to an end the US economy would be heavily impacted. Slave force was needed for the Southern economy, especially on plantations. The cotton economy would collapse, tobacco crop would dry in the fields and rice would cease being profitable.

Another Southern argument was that if slavery ended it would cause a major rise of unemployment and violence.

3. republican abraham lincoln

4. south carolina

5. charleston, south carolina

6. confederates

7. minie bullet - made defense even safer, it spun faster, traveled further and was five times more accurate than any single-man weapon. able to kill at half a mile, it was the largest contributor to battle wounds

      or the the gatling gun - the most successful of several rapid-fire guns that were born before the war. its efficiency in killing only made war more deadly.

idk which one u learned about. pick one.

8. the south was fighting to maintain its way of life, whereas the north was fighting to maintain a union. so they had will, and the north were fighing on unfamiliar territory

9. union had the large population, people to fight in the war and work in the factories to make war materials, industrial base, the factories to make these war materials. the union also was wealthier than the confederacy and could finance the war.

10. stonewall jackson

11. chancellorsville

12. gettysburg

13. sherman

some of these might be wrong but i tried my best.   : )

d. it gave farmers a way to organize for more political power