chapter 16 terms. plymouth whitemarsh highschool
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| 109258349 | "King Cotton" | phrase used in southern USA to show importance of this certain crop to the confederate economy during and before the american civil war. 1/2 of the US exports prior to civil war | |
| 109258350 | Sir Walter Scott | major important novelist. major impact in his writing that he is considered responsible for the civil war | |
| 109258351 | Feild Slaves | worked in this area from sunrise to sunset. during harvest time worked close to 18 hours a day. women and men here worked the same hours. pregnant women had to work up until the birth of a baby. picked sugar cotton and tobacco | |
| 109258352 | House Slaves | usually lived more comfortably than feild slaves. better food and sometime had familys old clothes. some were educated by mistresses. requred to cook, clean, serve meals, and care for children. | |
| 109258353 | "Yankee made life" | everything done by them had to do with this term. laid in coffins made by them. wore clothes made by them and goods were manufactored by them. | |
| 109258354 | Foreign born percentage | 4.4 to 18.7. german and irish immigration opposed by nativist know nothing party which originated in NY in 1843. overwhelmed by the cotholic movment that had to do with the irish. | |
| 109258355 | Number of slaves families owned | small medium plantation contained from 5-50 slaves some only contained between 1 and 4 | |
| 109258356 | "poor white trash"/"Hillbillies" | these people dont have a lot of self respect and it was good for them to know that they werent at and were above slaves on the "totem pole" | |
| 109258357 | Southern Mountain Whites | poor whites living in the wester edges of the southern united states in pre-civil war america. separated from the rest of souther society, because of this they normally didnt own slaves and were critical of the southern economic system. | |
| 109258358 | free blacks | slaves basically without masters. even though considered "free" still didnt have the right to vote. didnt get jobs of choice (Frederick Douglass) and were treated like third class citizens | |
| 109258359 | Mulatto | a mixed person of white and black ancestry known commonly as someone with one white and one black parent. | |
| 109258360 | Northern "wage" Slaves | "Wage Slaves" livelihood depends on wages and dependence is total and immediate. owned and employed a person (sweatshops) low social status and under the threat of starvation and poverty | |
| 109258361 | Black Slaves | worked for no wages. were considered property of slave master and had no freedoms and the lowest possible social status. Absolutley had no rights no education and most were illiterate | |
| 109258362 | "Peculiar Institution" | euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the american south. used this word because the word "slavery" was deemed improper and banned in certain areas during first half of 19th century. | |
| 109258363 | Ringshout | type of services on the plantation. transcendent religious rituals practiced by african american slaves in which worshippers move in a circle while shuffling and stomping their feet and clapping their hands. | |
| 109258364 | paternalistic view of slavery | southerners saw themselves as parents to slaveys it was a way to justifiy slavery | |
| 109258365 | ACS | american colonization society | |
| 109258366 | relocation to liberia | free blacks located here to be better accepted and live a better life. fundraised by the ACS. werent always accepted here because of being too "americanized" | |
| 109258367 | 1833 | tide starts to change to more radical.... britain ends slavery in west indies american anti-slavery society founded second great awakening effect's going in high gear | |
| 109258368 | William Lloyd Garrison | prominent american abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. Best know the for Liberator. one of the founders of the american anti-slavery movement. believed in immediate emancipation of slaves in US. and was a prominent voice of the womens suffrage movement | |
| 109258369 | The Liberator | abolitionist newspaper against slavery | |
| 109258370 | Sojourner Truth | african american abolitionist and women's rights activist. Born into slavery and is best known for speech "Ain't I a women" which was delivered at Ohios women's rights convention | |
| 109258371 | Frederick Douglass | social reformer, orator, write and statesmen. Escaped from slavery and became a leader of the abolist movemnt. Major speaker for the cause of the abolition movement. Living example of slaves capacity to function as a citizen. supported womens suffrage and iks best known for his autobiographies especially the one about himself called the narrative of the life of _______. | |
| 109258372 | Liberty Party | 1840. minor political party, an advocate of the abolitionist cause. broke away from AASS to advocate the view that the constitution was an anti-slavery document. For 1840 and 1844 nominated James G. Birney | |
| 109258373 | Free Soil Party | 1848. short lived political party. drew strength from NY state. consisted of former anti-slavery members from Whig and Democatic party. Main purpose was opposing the expansion of slavery into western territories. | |
| 109258374 | Percentage of Slave owning families | 1733 families in 1850 owned 100+ slaves less wealthy slave owners included 345,000 families representing about 17,23,000 white persons over 2/3 of these families (255,268) about 1/4 white southerners own slaves or belonged to a slave owning family; small slave owners did not win a majority of slaves but made up a mojority of the masters-households normally noctained 1-2 families of slaves. | |
| 109258375 | slave codes | a way the south lashed back against abolitionism. (post-turner revolt) educating was illegal with mulattos, indians, and indentured servants (example of a slave code) | |
| 109258376 | Gag Resolution in the house | a way the south lashed back against abolitionism. a rule that limist or fobids the raising, consideration or discussion of a particular topic by members of a legislative or decision-making body. Originated in mid 1830's when the Us house of representatives barred discussion or referral to comittee of antislavery petitions. |
