The popular view on how to end slavery up to the 1820’s was that it should be abolished ____, and that slaveholders
should be ____ for the loss of their slaves.
What is gradually; paid
300
What is the term for the period of U.S. history before the Civil War, or pre-Civil War
What is antebellum
300
Why did some Virginia lawmakers introduced a bill to abolish slavery in their state? Was the bill passed?
What is Because of Turner’s Rebellion; no
300
Before 1830, where were many U.S. slaves born?
What is Caribbean or Africa
300
One defense of slavery benefited blacks by introducing them to ____; allowed slaves the possibility of eternal life in heaven.
What is Christianity
500
What myth did Southerners use to defend slavery? It suggested that slaves were beloved members of the plantation family.
What is the myth of the happy slave
500
William Lloyd Garrison change the abolitionists’ goal from a ____ end of slavery to an ____ end.
What is gradual; immediate
500
Southerners defended slavery by comparing slaves it to northern factory workers. Explain their position
What is Southerners claimed that unlike Northerner factory owners who fired their workers, Southerners cared for their slaves for a lifetime.
500
The value of slaves was greater than which two segments of the economy combined?
What is manufacturing; transportation
500
What are 2 reasons the number of slaves in the U.S. increased from 1 million to 2 million after 1830?
What is increased demand for cotton to make textiles in northern factories; and the cotton gin