14. How did the invention of the cotton gin affect the demand for slaves?
15. Why did cotton planters begin to move west?
16. Why did the South develop so little industry?
17. Why did slave owners prohibit enslaved African Americans from learning to read?
19. What were the slave codes designed to do?
20. Who was Nat Turner and what did he believe his mission in life was?
21. Take notes in the chart below on how conditions differed between free African Americans and those of enslaved African Americans.
Answer all separately
Conditions for Free African Americans:
- Had more rights and freedoms
- Could own property and businesses
- Able to educate themselves and their children
- Could vote in some states
Conditions for Enslaved African Americans:
- Forced to work without pay
- Denied basic human rights
- Subject to violence and abuse
- Families could be separated at any time
- Prohibited from learning to read or write