Ch 14-4 & 15-1 Flashcards
Institution of slavery
they worked on agirculture on plantions.
Industry in the North-
factories, fishing, railroads, not many slaves at all
Cotton gin
a machine to get the cotton seeds out of the cotton. It was more efficient than by hand.
Southern economy vs. Northern economy-
northern economy was more based on machines and Southern economy was more based on slavery and agruculture.
South and selling cotton to Europe-
De facto popular cotton diplomacy stopped Southern cotton exports to the United Kingdom and Europe
Geographically where were most slaves sold from
West Africa
States of the Upper South-
north carolina, tennessee, virginia, west virginia, Kentucky, Maryland
States of the Deep South
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, Arkasaw
How did farmers and factory owners transport goods
natural waterways.
Credit
-giving somebody money ahead of time, that they will pay back later with interest
Legal
permitted by law
Literacy
the ability to read and write
Brief
short
Tenant Farmers
rented land form property owners. We’re poor.
Yeomen’s
farmer who owns a small farm.
Goal of large plantations
the goal of large plantations was to earn profits. To do that they hired a lot of slaves
Nat Turner (and his rebellion)
rebelled openly against the owner with other slaves. Killed 55 white people. Did it in Virginia
Spiritual
an African American religious folk song
Underground Railroad
a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
The Second Great Awakening
led by James Finley, religious reform, a push toward American identity and morals.
Utopia
community based on a vision of the perfect society
Temperance/ Alcohol
drinking little or no Alcohol.
Teachers in Massachusetts-
Horace Mann, a Massachusetts lawyer led Massachusetts to make a “normal school” which was a school to teach high school graduates to be a teacher.
Young women in the 1800’s
women were supposed to find a husband, have kids and take care of them all.
American artists of the 1800’s
Developed their own style and explored American themes. Some of them were Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau.
Thomas Gallaudet
developed a method to teach people with hearing impairments. He opened Hartford school.
Dorothea Dix
made it her life’s work to educate the public about the poor conditions for prisoners and the mentally ill.
Oberlin College of Ohio
admitted both women and African Americans.
Walt Whitman
an American poet, essayist, and journalist
