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What statement does not describe most small farmers in the south?
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That they owned one or two slaves.
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Who practiced subsistence farming in the south?
Sharecroppers and tenant farmers.
Why were wealthy farmers the powerful people in the southern society?
They were more than farmers they owned vast amounts of land and slaves. The growth of cotton after the invention of the cotton gin added more money to the coffers of the wealthy and tobacco was another crop that gave vast wealth. There were poor farmers in the south as well , but the plantation owners controlled the south and held positions of power.
Most white men in the antebellum South could best be described as?
Non-slaveholding family farmers
Why did the slave trade increase?
slave trade increased because people in south started growing lots of tobacco, the people in the south had large plantations but not enough workers so when people started shipping slave to the new world, the farmers wanted more and more slaves. Thats why the south had more slaves than the northern colonies
Describe slavery in the New England Colonies and the attitude towards it?
the new England colonies did not have as many slaves as down south because up north most people opposed slavery.
What colony was settled by small farmers?
South Carolina
What southern colony was settled by small farmers?
South Carolina
Most of the inhabitants of the colonial American south were?
It was the landowning farmers
Why did many small southern farmers support republican politics in the south?
Yes
Why did small southerner farmers support Republican policies in the south?
They didn't have much economic opportunity in the old South.
What group made up about 75 percent of the white population in the south?
small farmers.
Why did many small southern farmers supported Republican policies in the south?
They didn't have much economic opportunity in the old South.
Which crops did small farmers in South generally grow?
cash crops like rice tobacco and indigo
Which crop did small farmers in the south generally grow?
cash crops like rice tobacco and indigo
Where do farmers live in 1800s?
Most farmers actually lived in the south.
What statement best describes the Compromise of 1850?
It Favored Both The Interests Of The NorthAnd The South
What were two main feautures of farming in the south?
Early agriculture can be separated into two main categories -- plantation farming with slaves and small free farmers.
