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Abolitionism

chapter 16

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Chapter 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy ?Cotton is King!? The South produced more than ? of the world?s supply of cotton Cotton accounted for about ? of all exports after 1840 Britain was the leading industrial power and? Its single most important manufacture was cotton cloth 1/5 of British population worked in cotton manufacturing About 75% of its cotton came from the South Southern leaders believed the British would protect them in a war with the North because of their dependence on the South for cotton? Cotton King The Planter Aristocracy The South could be described as an oligarchy What is an oligarchy? Government run by a few (usually wealthy have the power) Widened the gap between the rich and the poor Wealthy children went to private schools, therefore

Founding Brothers AP US questions

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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Pulitzer Prize for History
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Founding Brothers Talking Points Ch. 2 The Dinner- As you take notes or outline chapter 2 you should focus your attention so as to be able to discuss the significance of the following terms and/or answer the following questions: How the various stakeholders (Hamilton , Madison , Jefferson) would respond to the question of why the passage of debt assumption was so threatening to the republic? Discuss stakeholder?s positions on Federalist Papers, Ham?s debt funding plan, residency question Discuss Virginia?s, Patrick Henry?s position on debt assumption , residency and debt settlement

Slavery FRQ

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Tenny 3 Jackson Tenny Slavery Free Response Essay Slavery was an economic and social system that shaped both the black and white society in the United Sates from its origins in 1619 Jamestown to its abolition by the 13th Amendment in 1865. For two and a half centuries, slavery affected family life, social status, wealth and political power in the South. Men, women and children were affected by the ?peculiar institution? and the economics of ?King Cotton?, especially after the invention of the cotton gin. Life for everyone in the Antebellum (pre-civil war) South totally revolved around slavery.

American Pageant 14th Edition Chapter 16 notes

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I. ?Cotton Is King!? Eli Whitney aided to rise of slave use in the South Quick profits drew planters to the bottomlands of the Gulf states Planters bought more slaves and more land in order to buy more slaves and more land Northern shippers made profit from the trade Cotton accounted for half of American imports after 1840 and the South produced more than half of all the cotton in the world- Britain highly depended on this cotton II. The Planter ?Aristocracy? The government of the South was more run by a planter aristocracy The planter aristocrats enjoyed large shares of wealth, able to educate their children in the finest schools

American Pageant 14th Edition Chapter 15 notes

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ralph waldo emerson
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Lucy Stone
thomas paine
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
second great awakening
Walt Whitman

Second Great Awakening swept through America?s Protestant Churches I. Reviving Religion Regular attendance to church was common- Calvinists rigor was leaving the churches Rationalist ideas from the French Rev. Era and Thomas Paine?s The Age of Reason declaring churches were monopolies in profit and power Paine promoted Deism- didn?t believe in the bible rather science and reason and believed some Supreme Being created a knowable universe- helped branch Unitarian faith

Slavery

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Masters and Slaves In the South during the first half of the 19th century, an elite group of whites dominated the society and made profits on the labor of black slaves The Divided Society of the Old South Slavery?s existence in the old South rested upon inequality People living within the realm of a slave-based economy were granted status according to class and caste A diverse spectrum existed between planters and field hands The World of Southern Blacks Slaves, struggling against tremendous odds, managed to create a full, rich culture Slaves created a community that made psychic survival possible Slaves? Daily Life and Labor 90% of South?s 4 million slaves worked on plantations with the rest working in industry or in cities

APWH Chaper 28 notes

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
United States Declaration of Independence

Chapter?28: Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World Chapter Outline Popular sovereignty and political upheaval Enlightened and revolutionary ideas Popular sovereignty: relocating sovereignty in the people Traditionally monarchs claimed a "divine right" to rule The Enlightenment challenged this right, made the monarch responsible to the people John Locke's theory of contractual government: authority comes from the consent of the governed Freedom and equality: important values of the Enlightenment Demands for freedom of worship and freedom of expression Demands for political and legal equality (a) Condemned legal and social privileges of aristocrats (b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau,?The Social Contract

APWH Chaper 30 notes

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Chapter?30: The Americas in the Age of Independence Chapter Outline The building of American states The United States: westward expansion and civil war By 1820s all adult white men could vote and hold office Rapid westward expansion after the revolution Britain ceded all lands east of theMississippi River?to United States after the revolution 1803, United States purchased France's Louisiana Territory, west to the Rocky Mountains By 1840s, coast-to-coast expansion was claimed as the manifest destiny of the United States Conflict with indigenous peoples followed westward expansion 1830, Indian Removal Act forced eastern natives to move west of the Mississippi Thousands died on the "Trail of Tears" to Oklahoma Stiff resistance to expansion: Battle ofLittle Big Horn, 1876, Sioux victory

chapter 29

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American Revolution

Chapter 29 Background: Marie Gouze-French journalist, actress, and playright under name Olympe de Gouges, helped womens rights and rights were guaranteed in the Declaration of the rights of man and the Citizen. Gouges campaigned for education and equal rights and appealed to queen marie Antoinette to use her influence for women?s rights. Gouze illustrates Enlightenment ideals even though she was executed. -Revolution breaks out first in British colonies of North America, then in France, Latin America Enlightenment ideals: to try to build a government based on the people, not rulers -republican government with representatives -done by a group of white men but they invited new groups as well to join -encouraged consolidation of states as forms of government

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