Geography & Economics
According to the "G-E-C Chain," this is the primary factor that dictates a region's economy.
Geography
The "unintended consequence" of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin was an increase in demand for this.
Enslaved Labor
The ability to act independently and make choices to preserve humanity.
Agency
Art school emphasizing the "Sublime" and God's presence in nature.
Hudson River School
Sentiments modeled after the Declaration of Independence.
Declaration of Sentiments
This geographic feature provided "free mechanical energy" for early textile mills.
The Fall Line
Term for a labor system where work is performed under threat of force.
Coercive Labor
Narrative focusing on the sensory trauma of the Middle Passage.
Olaudah Equiano
Architecture symbolizing a civilization modeled after ancient Greece.
Greek Revival
1850 Law that forced Northerners to capture runaways
Fugitive Slave Act
Why was Northern wealth "Liquid" compared to Southern "Fixed" wealth?
North wealth was in movable assets (banks/stocks).
Three defining characteristics of Chattel slavery in the U.S.
Permanent, race-based, and hereditary.
Tool called the "pathway from slavery to freedom" by Frederick Douglass.
Literacy / Education
1844-45 event where Americans could no longer agree on Bible interpretation.
Religious Schism
Militant Abolitionist who believed in purging slavery with blood.
John Brown
This region was known as the "Breadbasket" of America.
The West
Permanent, race-based, and hereditary.
The Planter Elite
How Harriet Jacobs redefined "family" through communal survival.
Fictive Kin networks
Publisher of "The Liberator" was
William Lloyd Garrison
Formula for Conflict
Unjust Law + Radicalization = Total War
The Erie Canal created a massive economic link between these two regions.
The West and the North
Why did Southern planters constantly need to look Westward for new land?
Cotton depletes soil nutrients quickly.
Secret "Hush Harbor" meetings that preached liberation and equality.
The Invisible Church
Coverture" meant a woman's legal identity was
covered by her husband.
The Fugitive Slave Act + John Brown's Raid =
The Civil War