Lowcountry vs Backcountry
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- Q1
How were people in the Backcountry viewed by those in the Lowcountry?
Educated
Powerful
Wealthy
Uncivilized
45s - Q2
What is subsistence farming?
Farming that makes a lot of money
Large plantations
Plantations with large amounts of enslaved people
Farming for ones own consumption, not for cash crops
45s - Q3
True or false: the economy was slow to improve after the Revolutionary War
False
True
45s - Q4
True or false: both the Lowcountry and the Backcountry suffered economically from the war.
True
False
45s - Q5
Where did most political representation rest?
Backcountry
Lowcountry
Midlands
Georgia
45s - Q6
What role did the city of Columbia play in easing political tensions?
Became SC new capital
Gave all the power to the Federalists
Helped cash crops sell to England
Increased farming
45s - Q7
What issue did Lowcountry planters fear the Backcountry did not support?
Farming
Slavery
Cash crops
Taxes
45s - Q8
What did the Compromise of 1808 do?
Agreed to have representation become equal
Compromise on enforcing taxes
Compromise on growing cash crops
Compromise on political parties
45s