Women & Republican Culture
What profession became an important opportunity for educated women?
Teacher
Which Revolutionary principle caused some Americans to question slavery?
Natural rights
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What does AME stand for?
African Methodist Episcopal
True or False: The 1808 ban ended slavery in the United States.
False--it banned international importation of slaves, not slavery entirely.
Who wrote Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
Washington Irving
What happened to slavery in many northern states after the Revolution?
States began gradual emancipation.
What invention made cotton much faster and more profitable to process?
The cotton gin
Who was Richard Allen?
An important Black religious leader.
What continued even after the United States banned the international importation of enslaved people?
The domestic slave trade / slavery
What did Noah Webster hope to create through his writings and dictionary?
A distinct American language and identity
What does gradual emancipation mean?
Ending slavery over a period of time.
Why did slavery remain especially important to the southern economy?
Southern agriculture depended heavily on enslaved labor.
What church did Richard Allen help establish?
The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
What happened to the demand for enslaved labor as cotton production increased?
It increased.
What was the main idea of republican motherhood?
Women should be educated so they could raise informed republican citizens.
Why was creating distinctly American literature important after independence?
It helped create an American cultural identity separate from Europe.
What did Congress prohibit in 1808?
The international importation of enslaved people.
Why were independent Black churches important?
They strengthened Black communities and created institutions independent of white control.
Why didn't the 1808 ban end slavery?
It stopped legal international importation, not slavery itself or the domestic slave trade.
Why did Americans believe women's education could benefit the new republic even though women had few political rights?
Educated women were expected to raise knowledgeable and responsible citizens.
What major contradiction existed between the ideals of the American Revolution and slavery?
Americans promoted liberty and natural rights while millions of people remained enslaved.
Explain the connection between the cotton gin and the expansion of slavery.
The cotton gin made cotton more profitable, causing cotton production to expand and increasing demand for enslaved labor.
What did the American Colonization Society propose doing?
Resettling free Black Americans in Africa.
How could slavery continue expanding even after importing enslaved people from abroad became illegal?
Enslaved people were still bought and sold within the United States, while the expanding cotton economy increased demand for their labor.