1. American Society Flashcards
What is the line that divides North and South called?
Mason-Dixon Line.
What does the term antebellum mean?
The time before the wars of independence and ACW.
How big was the increase in population between 1850-1860?
30% at 32 million with 5 million slaves.
What did James McPherson say about the period of urbanisation?
“This was the highest rate of urbanisation in American history.”
What does Alan Farmer say about the South?
“It is difficult to generalise about the South.”
What % of exports were made by cotton?
50%.
What % of southern families owned no slaves?
75%.
What does Farmer argue about Southern profits?
“Inevitably, much of the profits of ‘King Cotton’ ended up in Yankee pockets.”
How many people died in the civil war?
600,000.
Where were the Whigs most successful? What about the Democrats?
Whigs were most successful in the North. The Democrats were most prominent in the South.
What was the democratic economic stance?
Leave it as it was, and lower tariffs as well as opposing the national bank and use of paper money.
Why did the Whigs support higher tariffs and the national bank?
So that internal improvements could be made.
Where were traditional Whig voters from?
Native Americans.
What was the Democratic view on slavery?
Slave laws should be down to state governments rather than federal governments.
