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APUSH Chapter 13 Vocabulary
APUSH Chapter 13 Vocabulary
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10th Grade
11/14/2010

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Nat Turner
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Leader of most fatal slave rebellion in the South (prior to Civil War)
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Mary Boykin Chestnut
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Southern upper class author that documented life during Civil War
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Denmark Vesey
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Black slave that planned large Slave uprising but was arrested before the uprising could begin
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Mason-Dixon Line
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Border that separated Northern (abolishment) states from Southern (slave) states
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Cotton Kingdom
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Largest cotton producing (southern) region in the U.S until the Civil War
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Slave codes
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Laws that gave a slaveowner absolute power over thier slave
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Overseer
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people that watched over a plantation owners slaves to keep slaves working and maximize profits
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Paternalism
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Hierarchy within a family based on partiarchy that often abused individual rights of slaves
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Miscegenation
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The mixing of different racial groups through marriage
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Code of chivalry
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A code of honor that encouraged "knightly" manners and "courtly" love
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Slave driver
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A person that oversees the slaves of his plantation owner
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Slave resistance
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Slaves resisting work by working slowly faking injury and sickness, or even commiting suicide
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"free blacks"
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Term used to describe African-Americans that were not slaves
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upcountry/low country
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distinction between less educated (southern) and educated (northern) people
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