AP US History-Chapter 12
The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860
Ms Thomas
Complete the following for Chapter 12
1. Read and outline chapter 12
2. Identify the following
a. Denmark Vesey’s Rebellion (1822)
b. Gabriel Prosser’s Rebellion (1800)
c. Nat Turner’s rebellion (1831)
d. Debate in the Virginia legislature over slavery, 1831-1832
e. Cotton Kingdom
f. Tredegar Iron Works
g. Nathan Bedford Forrest
h. Hinton R. Helper, The Impending Crisis of the South
i. George Fitzhugh’s theory of “Wage Slavery”
j. Southern Code of Honor
k. Northern “character”
l. Henry “Box” Brown
m. Frederick Douglas
n. Harriet Tubman
o. Underground Railroad
p. “Passive” resistance to slavery
q. Spirituals
3. Short Answer.
a. List the reasons for southern prosperity, 1815-1860
b. Why didn’t the South become industrialized in the decades before the Civil War?
c. How were the lives of “yeomen” different from the lives of planters?
d. Why did the ~70% of non-slave owning southerners support slavery?
e. Did religion in the South support slavery? Explain
4. Use the following documents to discover what slavery was like for the slaves. Note that most written records come from white observers, so the small number of slave autobiographies and interviews, along with songs and photos, are our best primary sources from the lives of slaves.
a. Answer questions 1, 2 and 3 on page 231 as you read
i. Note-you need to get the documents in class
5. Come prepared. You will be working in small groups: reading/examining documents, answering questions, presenting your findings to the class
6. Be prepared for a quiz on chapter 12