A House Divided Part 1 Flashcards
Who are the Pharisees?
A Jewish religious group.
What is Nationalism?
An idea that Lincoln proposed where he called all of the United States a single country.
Why didn’t some people like Nationalism?
They didn’t like that idea because most saw all states as their own nations that just collaborate.
What is Atheism?
The belief that there is no higher being above humans and that the state is the highest power.
What is Pluralism?
The belief that all religions are true and they are tied together by the state.
What did Henry Adams say about America?
He stated that America’s previous religious state will never be back.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
A proposition that would make Missouri a slave state and any state above the 36th Parallel would be a free state.
What is a Protective Tariff?
A high tax that is put onto foreign items to get people to buy the same thing that is locally made.
What is the Problem with Tariffs?
In retaliation to getting a tariff put on their merchandise, many countries will place a tariff back.
Who are Yeomans?
Farmers who used few slaves and generally didn’t have more than 200 acres.
Who are the Planters?
Farmers who used many slaves and commonly had up to 1000 acres of land.
How did the Southern States see the Government?
They saw the government as a force that only punished crimes.
How was the South compared to other areas?
The South was much more inward and was more of a Homebody Culture.
How did the Southerns generally live?
They followed family traditions religiously.
How does the Bible see Slavery?
It saw it as evil.
What mentality led to the growth of Slavery?
Some people thought that just because someone was foreign, that they can be enslaved.
How did Slavery start in the United States?
Many foreigners traveled here but didn’t have enough money for the trip, so they were indentured and were eventually enslaved.
Why did the Controversy on Slavery start?
The controversy started because the Northern states gave up slavery but a lot of Southern states kept it.
What was bizarre about Southern Slavery?
The Southerners actually made slaves part of their families and taught them.
What is Abolition?
The removal of slavery.
What is the Nat Turner Rebellion?
Nat Turner is a slave who helped other slaves escape and killed people.
What was different in Abolition between the North and the South United States?
The North wanted a decisive end for slavery and the South started to see that slavery was bad but they took the release of slaves VERY slowly.
Who are the Radical Abolitionists?
Abolitionists who turned to violent and radical means of trying to end slavery.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
A Radical Abolitionist who stated that the Constitution should be burned because it allows slavery,
