1. Ch. 7 Wrap-Up
Ch. 7
Sections 3 & 4
Page 251

2. Cotton Is King Popcorn p. 252 Played greatest role in South’s fortune
Stretched from SC through TX
Cotton gin invention/Eli Whitney
Tripled value of lands in South

3. Social Classes in the South
(Top to bottom)
Planters- owned largest plantations
Yeoman farmers- owned small farms with 0-4 slaves; vast majority of white population
Rural poor- not enough land to farm; fished, had veggie gardens, raised hogs & chickens; less than 10% of white population
African Americans- made up 37% of total Southern population

4. Slave Codes Laws that forbade enslaved men and women from:
Owning property
Leaving premises without permission
Owning firearms
Testifying in court against a white person
Learning to read and write

5. Missouri Compromise
MO applied for statehood. This stirred up the issue of whether slavery should expand westward.
MO’s territorial gov requested to be a slave state.
MO Comp- MO was admitted as a slave state, and slavery was prohibited in the LA Purchase N of latitude 36 degrees 30’N, except for MO.