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100
How did Nat Turner change the institution of slavery?
After his rebellion, the treatment of slaves on the whole became much more harsh.
100
How did the cotton gin affect the institution of slavery?
It made the demand for enslaved people much higher to grow and harvest the cotton.
100
How did the cotton gin work?
Raw cotton was passed through a screen which was too small to allow seeds. Therefore, the machine removed the seeds effortlessly as opposed to the laborious process before 1794.
200
Virginia was considering emancipating the enslaved people within the state until which event in 1831?
Nat Turner's Rebellion
200
How would escaped enslaved people know which paths were safe along the Underground Railroad?
Safehouses and signals were silently passed using candles, furniture and patchwork quilts.
200
What two aspects of African culture can still be found fairly prominently in American music?
Drumming, use of a banjo, call and response, polyrhythms.
300
Which group of people in the Tidewater region of South Carolina still hold onto and cherish their African roots?
The Gullah
300
What contribution to American society did Harriet Jacobs have?
She wrote her autobiography about her life growing up as an enslaved person which illuminated many who did not know the plight of her people.
300
What 2 actions during the 1840-1860s did Frederick Douglass complete to assist the success of the Abolition Movement?
Wrote his autobiography, started The North Star (antislavery newspaper) and went on speaking tours.
400
The Whigs initial platform was what?
Anti-Andrew Jackson
400
William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zach Taylor, Millard Fillmore & Franklin Pierce are often called what collective name?
The Unknowns or the Do Nothings
400
What are these people called?
"49er's"
500
What were 2 causes of the Panic of 1857?
Over speculation of western lands; overbuilding of railroads; failure to repay loans to banks; metal currency instability
500
What two acts did John Brown complete to fight against slavery?
He slaughtered slave owners at Pottawattamie Creek, KS
He stormed a federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia to arm a nearby population of slaves.
500
Why is John Brown a hero and a villain?
Hero - fought against a horrific institution whole-heartedly
Villain - He killed people that opposed his ideas