Monday, December 19, 2011

QUIZ ON WED 12/21

The South Quiz: Wednesday Dec 21, 2011

Start preparing for this quiz now: 1) review your binder materials, 2) make flashcards for key vocabulary, 3) create a study guide based on the list of vocab, key topics below

Vocabulary
Antebellum
Cotton belt
Resistance
Overt
Covert
Yeoman
Plantation
Petit marronage
Grand marronage
Slave codes

Topics:
South Statistics from textbook and powerpoint
Social Hierarchy of Whites
Life for Plantation Owners, Yeoman farmers, and poor whites
Life in Slavery
Ways of Resistance
Covert vs. Overt Resistance
Attempted Rebellions: Prosser, Vesey, and Turner
Slave Codes
Poetry, Slavery and the African American experience