6251140670 | North areas | Northeast and Northwest | 0 | |
6251142387 | The North had a rapid rate of what? | Industrialization | 1 | |
6251142951 | How many miles of railroad track by 1850? | 20,000 miles | 2 | |
6251145175 | Industrialization led to what? | growth of cities | 3 | |
6251146158 | Surge in Immigration of who? | Irish and German | 4 | |
6251147827 | Abolitionist sentiment was what? | A vocal minority | 5 | |
6251149200 | North political power | States:11 Reps:98 | 6 | |
6251149735 | South was what? | An agrarian society | 7 | |
6251151434 | Political and economic power in the hands of what? | The planter aristocracy | 8 | |
6251157455 | What percent of people owned slaves in the south? | 25% | 9 | |
6251158977 | Majority of southerners were what? | Yeomen farmers | 10 | |
6251161113 | Little of what i n south? | industrialization, urbanization, or immigration | 11 | |
6251162113 | Political power in the south | States:11 Reps:89 | 12 | |
6251163049 | Thesis comparing North and South | The North and South are different because the south is a farming region whole the north relies on industrialization. | 13 | |
6251165356 | What bonds the North and South together? | The American System | 14 | |
6382758085 | South was what kind of lifestyle | agrarian with slave ownership as pinnacle | 15 | |
6382774596 | What percent of African Americans were enslaved in the deep south | 90% | 16 | |
6382804977 | Deep south cotton plantations | backbone of cotton economy | 17 | |
6382833527 | Slaves were mostly what | field slaves | 18 | |
6382836346 | What was used to describe slavery by southeners | Peculiar Institution | 19 | |
6382848869 | Proslavery Argument | economics religion historical cultural/religion | 20 | |
6382854742 | Free blacks exist but still faced what | racial obstacles | 21 | |
6382868858 | What are attempts to "escape" slavery | music runaway Nat turners rebellion | 22 | |
6382916362 | Nat Turners Rebellion | rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the Southern United States. | 23 | |
6382924992 | South=minority | 25% are slave holders | 24 | |
6382936475 | South lifestyle symbols what | Southern success and the foundation of southern economy | 25 | |
6382960681 | What does a last name symbolize to a slave | freedom and identity | 26 | |
6382967343 | A reform that could have benefited slave families | selling them as one | 27 | |
6382993991 | Slave work | Dawn till it turned dark and through the night if the moon was out | 28 | |
6382998772 | When did slaves stop working | when their owner told them to stop | 29 | |
6383002239 | what did southerns believe inspired slave revolt and made them harden their attitudes about basic liberties for blacks | education and priveledge | 30 | |
6383037111 | How did southerners defend the slave argument | That they were apart of a prosperous and Christian civilization and that owners cared for their slaves for a lifetime | 31 | |
6383050149 | What percent of African Americans were free | 6% | 32 | |
6383061991 | Slaves worked where | either the plantation or the house as a domestic slave | 33 | |
6383085785 | Balance of power | helps minimize differences but threatens stability | 34 | |
6383106021 | State's Rights | If south relents, the right to decide their own fate means they might have to give up slavery if the North so desires | 35 | |
6383115582 | Slave Power | If north relents, it means the southern way of life is legitimized and might one day threaten the union | 36 | |
6383119529 | Nullification crisis | 1828-1833 Tariff on imported goods; the south has to buy more things from the north and the north is getting rich off the south. South Carolina refuses to pay. HENRY CLAY compromises to minimize the angst. | 37 | |
6383170669 | Westward Expansion | threatens to upset the balance | 38 | |
6383201668 | Missouri Compromise | If slavery should be in Missouri North- south is plotting to extend slavery South- North is trying to end slavery Why- by adding slave state south gains more power in gov Compromise by Henry Clay Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri a slave state. 36 30 line drawn | 39 | |
6383263971 | Texas and Manifest Destiny | Texas had won independence and asked to be a state North- unbalance in senate if slave state( try to stop admittance, no mad mexico) south- wants texas for more slavery Texas applies to be 25th state, immediately attacked by abolitionists, John Adams stalls in house for 9 years, election of James k polk ensures admission | 40 | |
6383317621 | Wilmot Proviso | The states we acquired from mexico could not have slavery North supports proviso while south does not saying that congress cannot limit the spread of slavery proviso dont work | 41 | |
6383347343 | Mexican Cession | When Mexico gave us those states from the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo | 42 | |
6383423395 | Compromise of 1850 | New territory acquired from mexico decides the slave issue for itself -Cali a free state -End slave trade in DC -Stricter Fugitive Slave Law -Popular Sovereignty appeals to both Stephen Douglass steers Clays compromise through with 8 different bills | 43 | |
6383465200 | Nullification Crisis and Slavery | If the North can get the tariff bill through congress could they get a no more slavery bill through too? Worried south North can pass laws for its benefit Andrew Jackson threatens to march army to SC and enforce tariff- compromise tariff by Henry Clay lowers rate (Tariff of 1832) | 44 | |
6383486778 | How effective was the political compromise in reducing sectional tensions in the period 1820-1850 | NOT EFFECTIVE | 45 | |
6383489046 | After 1850, what happened to the national debate on slavery? | IT GETS PERSONAL | 46 | |
6383498928 | Fugitive Slave Law(1850) | slave catchers head North and Northerners must help Northern Resistance: Underground Railroad, Personal Liberty Laws | 47 | |
6383504851 | Uncle Tom's Cabin(1852) | Harriet Beacher Stowe's best selling novel that depicted Southern Slave Life as horrible, spreads the message of how evil slavery was South loudly protests stereotypical story | 48 | |
6383519911 | Bleeding Kansas and Popular Sovereignty(1854-1856) | Popular Sov- political solution to westward expansion Kansas becomes battleground for anti and pro slavery forces | 49 | |
6383527326 | Brooks vs. Sumner(1856) | Massachusetts Senator Sumner verbally beats Southern Senator South Caroline Representative(nephew) defends colleague by physically beating Sumner w a cane | 50 | |
6383533709 | Dred Scott (1857) | Slave sues for his freedom because he was taken to free states Southern leaning court (robert Taney) decides he cannot- he is property Repudates Missouri Compromise- slavery is allowed in North | 51 | |
6383552318 | John Brown and Harpers Ferry(1859) | John Brown organized slave revolt attempted to seize the federal army and failed Reaffirms Souths worst fears, North treats hanged Brown as someone who died for the cause | 52 | |
6383625883 | Underground Railroad | operated by hiding fugitives in secret tunnels and false cupboards. traveled by foot at night without sense of direction | 53 | |
6383665262 | What will finally push the North and South over the edge? | Abe | 54 | |
6383668830 | What were Lincoln's personal and political views on slavery? | He thought it was immoral and wrong but said he would not take the slaves away from Southerners | 55 | |
6383688049 | How did the South react when abe was elected? | Hated him | 56 | |
6383691757 | The formation of the republican party(1854) | Minor parties unified by anti slavery stand(bleeding kansas) Gained more power as slavery debate became more personal | 57 | |
6383700277 | Emergence of Abraham Lincoln | overcame humble roots and achieved sucessful legal and political life Lincoln/Douglas debates give him national attention Moderate canidate who won republican nomination | 58 | |
6383715230 | South leaves union after Abe wins prez | Wins majority of popular vote yet carries no votes in south | 59 | |
6383720645 | Abes thoughts | There cant be a balance between no slave and slave there must be one or the other HOUSE DIVIDED SPEECH | 60 |
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