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AP US History Chapter 9: Sectionalism Flashcards

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7882540658Sectionalismloyalty to a particular region, led to the Civil War0
7882540659The Northconsisted of NE and Old NW, bound together by improved transportation and a high economic growth rate based on commercial farming and industrial innovation, vast majority still involved in AGRICULTURE, most populous, high birthrate and immigration1
7882540660Northeastconsisted of New England and the Middle Atlantic States2
7882540661Old Northweststretched from Ohio to Minnesota3
7882540662Industrial Northeastthis region had initially centered on the textile industry, but by the 1830s it was producing many different products4
7882540663Organized Laborindustrial development led many people to be dependent on factory owners for wages, problems of low pay, long hours, and unsafe working conditions led them to organize, first US labor party in 1828 in Philadelphia elected a few members to city council5
7882540664Commonwealth v. HuntMassachusetts Supreme Court ruled that "peaceful unions" had the right to negotiate labor contracts with employers6
7882540665Labor Problemsdespite union efforts, workers were limited by periodic depressions, employers and courts that were hostile, and an abundant supply of cheap immigrant labor7
7882540666Urban Life1850 comprised 15% of total population, cities like Boston and Baltimore grew, slums expanded, crowded housing, poor sanitation, infectious diseases, high crime rates, despite these problems, new opportunities still brought immigrants8
7882540667African Americans250,000 African Americans lived in the North in 1860, only 1%, represented 50% of all free blacks, could maintain a family and sometimes own land, but they didn't have equality because of prejudices that prevented them from voting and holding jobs, brought in as strikebreakers9
7882540668Old NorthwestOhio 1803, Indiana 1816, Illinois 1818, Michigan 1837, Wisconsin 1848, Minnesota 1858, new states came from territories ceded to national government, bought in under Northwest Ordinance, unsettled frontier, Mississippi was large part, military conflicts that drove Native Americans from land and building of canals and railroads linked the two areas10
7882540669Agriculturelarge grain crops of corn and wheat were very profitable in Old Northwest, new technologies helped family farms to succeed, grain had to be shipped immediately11
7882540670John Deereinvented the steel plow12
7882540671Cyrus McCormickinvented the mechanical reaper13
7882540672New CitiesBuffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, villages at key transportation points grew into huge cities, served as transfer points for shipment of farm products to the east as well as distribution centers for manufactured goods14
7882540673Immigrationby 1832, immigration grew drastically, 4 million new arrivals in 20 year period, arrived in Boston, NY, or Philly, few journeyed to the South, many stayed where they land, strengthened the US economy by providing a steady stream of cheap labor and increased demand15
7882540675Irishhalf of the immigrants, mostly tenant farmers driven to US by potato famine, had limited interest in farming and little money, discriminated against as Roman Catholics, congregated for mutual support in North, entered politics, joined the Democratic party16
7882540676Tammany HallNew York City's Democratic Organization17
7882540677Germanseconomic hardships and failure of democratic revolutions caused 1 million to seek refuge in US, most had moderate skills as farmers and artisans, moved westward in search of cheap farmland, established Homesteads, generally prospered, slowly became more active in public life, supporters of public education and opponents of slavery18
7882540678Nativistsmany native-born Americans feared the new immigrants would take their jobs and weaken the Anglo culture, Protestants who distrusted the Roman Catholicism and Germans, rioting and formation of a new party, faded in importance as the Civil War approached19
7882540679Know-Nothing Partynativist party preceded by the nativist movement in the 1840s, Supreme Order of the Star-Spangled Banner20
7882540680Th Southdistinct region that permitted slavery, including border states who didn't join the confederacy21
7882540681Agriculturefoundation of South's economy, though by 1850s producing 15% of manufactured, tobacco, rice, sugarcane, far exceeded by cotton22
7882540682King Cottondevelopment of textile mills, Whitney's cotton gin made cotton cloth affordable, Britain depended on South's cotton to run its mills, moved west into new states, depleted the soil, provided 2/3 of all US exports23
7882540684Peculiar Institutionuneasiness with the fact that slaves were human beings and the need continually to defend slavery, colonial times had been justified as economic necessity, 19th century argued it was beneficial for both24
7882540689Denmark Veseystarted a slave rebellion in 182225
7882540690Nat TurnerSlave from VA that led group of slaves to kill their slaves holders and familes. Turner caught and executed on Nov.11, 1831. Slave states stricker control on slave population.26
7882540691Free African Americans250,000 in South, many slaves were emancipated during American Revolution, others were mulatto children, others through self-purchase who were paid wages for extra work, most lived in cities they they could own property, were not equal, were not permitted to vote, barred from certain occupation, had to show legal papers proving their free status27
7882540695Poor Whites3/4 owned no slaves, could not afford river-bottom land, many lived as subsistence farmers28
7882540696Hillbilliespoor whites who lived in hills as subsistence farmers, defended the slave system, thinking they could own slaves one day and be superior29
7882540697Mountain Peoplesmall number of farmers lived in isolation from the rest, slopes of Appalachian and Ozark mountains, disliked planters and their slaves, many would remain loyal to the Union30
7882540698Cities in Southonly limited need for major ones, only New Orleans could be counted among nation's 15 largest in 1860, Atlanta, Charleston, Chattanooga, and Richmond were important trading centers, relatively small populations31
7882540699Southern Thoughtsouth developed a culture uniquely its own, slavery became the basis of its political thought, other nations began to grow hostile toward it32
7882540700Code of Chivalryagricultural South was a largely feudal society, a strong sense of personal honor, the defense of womanhood, the paternalistic treatment of all who were deemed inferior33
7882540701Educationupper class valued a college education for their children, more than North did, acceptable professions were farming, law, ministry, and military, lower classes schooling beyond grade school was not a possibility, to avoid slave revolts slaves weren't given any education34
7882540702Religionslavery question affected church membership, Methodist and Baptist churches gained in membership while splitting with Northern counterparts, Unitarians challenged slavery and faced declining numbers, Catholics and Episcopalians declined35
7882540703The Westchanging definition as the result of increased expansion, consisted of California and Oregon in the 1800s36
7882540704Native Americansoriginal settlers in west, did not move voluntarily and pioneers but instead pushed westward by white settlers37
7882540705Native American Exodus1850s vast majority were living west of Mississippi River, those in east had been killed off, emigrated reluctantly, been forced to leave their land by treaty or military action, Great Plains provided little relief38
7882540706Life on the Plainshorses proved to be a revolutionary benefit, allowed many groups like the Cheyenne and Sioux to become nomadic herders following the buffalo, could more easily avoid advancing settlers, etc.39
7882540707The Frontierconcept remained same across generations, movement represented a fresh start and new opportunities waiting, place promising greater freedom for ethnic groups40
7882540708Mountain Menwhites in the western areas who would serve as guides and pathfinders for settlers crossing the mountains into California and Oregon in the 1840s, helped Lewis and Clark41
7882540709White Settlers on Frontierlife for white settlers was similar to that of early colonists, worked hard from sunrise to sunset, lived in log cabins and other improvised shelters, more died at an early age from disease and malnutrition42
7882540710Women in Westperformed a myriad of tasks, doctor, teacher, seamstress, cook, chief assistant in the fields, isolation, endless work, rigors of childbirth meant limited lifespan43
7882540711Environmental Damagesettlers wold clear entire forests, had exhausted soil after only 2 generations with poor farming methods, trappers and hunters decimated beaver and buffalo populations44

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