Sectionalism
The North was known for?
What is Industry
How did the Atlantic slave trade begin?
What is The crops grown in the colonies were labor intensive, and slave labor became a popular option for those who owned the plantations.
What was the region's leading export in the 1800s?
Cotton
What was the Abolition Movement
What is movement created to abolish slavery
What was the Manifest Destiny?
What is the belief that the U.S was destined to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast
What was the South known for?
What is Farming Economy
Why were Africans willing to sell other Africans into the slave trade?
What is Slave traders wanted goods, weapons and rum.
What did Southerners do in fear of enslaved African Americans revolting ?
What is Further limiting African American rights
What are the ideas of the Women's Rights Movement?
What is women should be equal to men, women should be able to vote, own property, get an education, and get a job
What war did the Treaty of Paris 1783 end?
What is the American Revolution
Laws that were put in place to prevent slave rebellions
What is Slave Codes
How did Europeans explain and justify slavery?
What is They claimed that Africans were inferior
What were slave codes?
Southern states passed laws, to keep slaves from running away or rebelling
What were the ideas of the Religious Movement?
What is the 2nd Great Awakening, to Unite the nation through religion, refocus on morals in America
In 1803 The Louisiana Purchase allowed the U.S to pay for much for Louisiana territory?
What is 15 Million
Network of "Safe Houses" to transport runaway slaves to the North
What is Underground Railroad
Where were most of the slave ships headed?
What is Most of them are headed to the Caribbean at first and then also Brazil.
What are some of the businesses black people owned?
What is Inns and Barbershops
What were the ideas of the Temperance Movement?
In 1836 Texas declared it independence from Mexico. In 1845, the Texas Republic joined the U.S as the 28th state this is called?
What is 1845 Texas Annexation
Why were literacy rates lower in the South?
What is Education was not a priority in the South
If only 6% of the people shipped from Africa were transferred to North America, how did the United States end up with 4 million slaves by the start of the Civil War?
What is Although there were no slaves being transported, the slaves in the states were encouraged to have their own children. Slaves were treated better when they were pregnant, so they survived and had more children.
Who were two enslaved African Americans who tried to revolt and failed?
Who is Denmark Vesey, Gabriel Prosser
What were the ideas of the Utopias Movement?
Encouraged people to free themselves from the rules of society, encourage people to go to nature and find their inner truth, challenged the traditions society was based on.
What war did the Treaty of Paris 1783 end?
What is the American Revolution