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Quiz for The Production of Indigo

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. According to Eliza Pinckney (Document 3.6), why did Cromwell attempt to sabotage the indigo crop in South Carolina?

Cromwell held a vendetta against her father because of the lack of payment once he was in South Carolina.

Cromwell envied her skill with indigo because he had struggled with it for so long.

Cromwell feared for the future of the profitability of indigo in his own nation if it became successfully cultivated in South Carolina.

Cromwell believed that he would receive knowledge about the cultivation of rice and no such knowledge was shared.

Correct: The answer is c. Cromwell feared that the successful cultivation of indigo in South Carolina would harm the economy of his native nation.

Incorrect: The answer is c. Cromwell feared that the successful cultivation of indigo in South Carolina would harm the economy of his native nation.

2. What logical conclusion can be made about the cultivation of indigo in South Carolina (see Documents 3.7, Document 3.8, and Document 3.9)?

There was a positive correlation between the successful cultivation of indigo and the increase in slave labor in South Carolina.

Because of the difficulties of indigo cultivation, South Carolina’s planters did not invest in the crop for long.

The cultivation of indigo prompted cooperation and unity between Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina planters.

The successful cultivation of indigo eventually squeezed rice planters out of the South Carolina economy.

Correct: The answer is a. Because of the labor-intensive process of indigo cultivation, slaves were needed to help indigo planters.

Incorrect: The answer is a. Because of the labor-intensive process of indigo cultivation, slaves were needed to help indigo planters.

3. The Pamphlet on Cultivating Indigo (Document 3.8) notes the placement of an egg near the indigo sifters. What did the egg demonstrate?

The lack of food in the lives of slaves in the seventeenth century.

The amount of blue silt in the air during the sifting process.

How careful indigo sifters needed to be in such a fragile environment.

The mixed purposes of the sifter areas.

Correct: The answer is b. The egg was placed among the sifters to demonstrate how much silt was in the air.

Incorrect: The answer is b. The egg was placed among the sifters to demonstrate how much silt was in the air.

4. What reason does Habersham (Document 3.10) offer to explain his desire for the increased cultivation of indigo in the colonies?

Habersham did not want the colonies to have to import indigo.

Habersham wanted to provide more opportunities for slave labor in Georgia.

Habersham wanted to compete with South Carolina.

Habersham did not think that there was a future for rice or peanuts in Georgia.

Correct: The answer is a. Habersham did not want to have to send money overseas when Georgians could grow their own indigo.

Incorrect: The answer is a. Habersham did not want to have to send money overseas when Georgians could grow their own indigo.

5. What was one of the major difficulties of cultivating indigo in the Carolinas (see Document 3.6, Document 3.7, Document 3.8, Document 3.9, and Document 3.10)?

It was land intensive.

It was labor intensive.

It was dangerous.

It was not profitable.

Correct: The answer is b. The cultivation of indigo was incredibly labor intensive, including the planting, sifting, and bottling.

Incorrect: The answer is b. The cultivation of indigo was incredibly labor intensive, including the planting, sifting, and bottling.