Antebellum
What does antebellum mean?
Before the war
What is Manifest Destiny
The belief that it is our right, job, by god that America grows and expands out west
What did the Indian Removal Act do?
It forced out the south eastern native tribes from their owned land
This man once removed from slavery was rumored to attempt to orchestrate the largest slave revolt in human history. And how did he become free in the first place?
Denmark Vesey who won the lottery and bought his freedom
This abolitionist is known as Moses and the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
What were the 3 major cash crops being grown in the south PRIOR to the antebellum period?
Tobacco, Indigo, and Rice
What deal gave the US a third of our country and who was that deal with?
The Louisiana Purchase-French Napoleon B.
What was the multi hundred mile path known as where natives were forced off their lands onto reservations
Trail of Tears
This man is about of one of the largest supreme court cases in human history when he attempted to prove he and his families freedom and then it escalated to representing all African Americans in the US
Dred Scott
These abolitionist were raised right in the heart of Charleston, SC and would become devote abolitionist after spending time with quakers in Philly
Who was the inventor and what was invented that brought cotton into the fold of cash crops in the South
Eli Whitney and his Cotton Gin
Not looking to start a war who sold Florida to the US?
Spain
What President signed the Indian Removal Act into effect
Andrew Jackson
Why did the great slave revolt fail and what do historians still argue to this day in regard to the whole scenario
Apparently one of the slaves who were told the plan told their master who then brought it the law enforcement. Historians argue that Denmark Vesey may have just been a scapegoat of widespread rumors and southern fears
This was a very violent abolitionist who believed bloodshed was the only option to free Africans. He led a failed raid of an arsenal and was hung
John Brown
Explain in detail how the new invention allowed cotton to grow exponentially in the South?
It cleaned and seperated the cotton seeds at a speed of 50 men with just a man and a horse
What drove so many settlers to California? What were these people known as?
The Gold Rush and 49ers
What did Georgia leaders do once the supreme court stated that they had no right to the native land?
They held lotteries in which the prize was natives lands and homes, where they would be attacked and chased out of
What was the premise or inspiration behind Denmark Vessey's slave revolt? Why did he and other African Americans believe it was justified?
The Bible
This person wrote a book known as Uncle Tom's cabin. She gave detailed insight to what slave labor and plantations were like to open up the eyes of people across the country
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Explain how the North and South were economically tied together in some way
The souths agricultural strengths like cotton would be sent to the industrial north where they would spin the cotton into clothing or cloth in factories.
What western territory was owned by the British and what was the name of that famous route that so many took out west?
Oregon and the Oregon Trail
What was the major tribe that was walked on the horrid journey to reservations and roughly how many died along the trip?
Cherokee and roughly 2,000
Give a brief summary of Dred Scotts court case starting from his first case where he won to what the final supreme court judges decided
Dred Scott argued he was free b/c living in a free state. He won, it went to a higher court and he was made a slave again. Abolitionist helped him take to the supreme court where they decided no African American slave or free is a US Citizen.
This man founded the first abolitionist newspaper known as the Liberator. He published over 1,800 papers spreading knowledge and concern over abolitionist endeavors
William Loyd Garrison