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=Information Guide Section 2 = = **__Vocabulary- __ ** =
 * **__Cotton gin __: ** M achine invented in 1793 that cleaned cotton much faster and far more efficiently than human workers.
 *  ** __Spirituals__: ** R eligious folk songs which expressed religious beliefs used by slaves. Some included coded messages about a person’s escape or an owner’s unexpected return.

 =__ Important People- __ =

 =__ Major Events: __ =
 * **__Eli Whitney__:** Invented the cotton gin in 1793. He also contributed to the mass production concept by inventing interchangeable parts.
 * **__Nat Turner__:** Led the most famous rebellion, he helped free slaves, and 70 of his followers killed 55 white men, woman and children.
 * **__Frederick Douglass__:** One of the most important leaders in the abolitionist movement. He was asked to engage in a series of lectures, and became recognized as one of America’s greatest African-American speakers.

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 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Turner’s Rebellion:** Led by Nat Turner, located in Virginia, it became one of the most famous slave rebellions in 1831. 55 white men, woman, and children were killed by Turner’s 70 followers. 16 of Turner’s men were killed, and most were captured. Nat Turner was tried and hanged. This rebellion caused the whites to kill more than 200 enslaved African-Americans in revenge. One effect was that states got a tighter grip on slavery, and spread a lot of fear in the South. The state legislatures wouldn’t allow free blacks to own weapons, buy liquor, or hold religious gatherings without whites in attendance. Tension between the North and South rose as the slavery grew, and everything was taken more seriously.
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Invention of cotton gin:** Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, the cotton gin was used to renovate the process of cleaning seeds from cotton. It caused the spread of slaves because the machine made cleaning cotton more efficient. For example, only one pound of cotton could be cleaned when the cotton gin didn’t exist versus the fifty pounds cleaned with the cotton gin. Since the cotton was cleaned about fifty times faster, it could be exported for more money as it began to thrive. It also caused westward expansion because cotton farming was becoming easier, thanks to the cotton gin. The cotton was easier to clean, so more plantations flourished in the West. This caused more slaves to be sold into the West; so many Native Americans were forced out of their land.

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 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Why did slavery spread in the South?** Slavery spread in the South because the cotton exports increased, so the plantation owners were granted more money to purchase slaves. In 1820, 22 million dollars were earned from cotton exports. By the 1830’s, earnings from cotton exports nearly multiplied by ten, which got them close to 200 million dollars. This allowed the plantation owners the amount of money to purchase slaves to grow more cotton for export. The more cotton grown, the more slaves they needed. With more slaves, they made more plantations. With more plantations, they spread further westward, thus pushing out the Native Americans.
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**What were some hardships faced by enslaved people?** Hardships faced by enslaved people on the plantation were that they would have to pluck cotton from dusk to dawn, they continued to become spread out over states, and most were killed during Nat Turner’s rebellion. Also, slaves were separated from their family, and the family was torn apart.


 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**What were the three ways slaves resisted slavery?** Slaves held spirituals, where they told coded stories of slaves that had recently escaped, or the unexpected return of a slave owner. Some slaves resisted by simply visiting family members, while others tried to escape by running to the North. Others took more drastic actions by holding rebellions, such as the famous Turner’s Rebellion.