Chapter 16 quiz Flashcards
How did the South remain distinct from the North?
Politically, Culturally, and ideologically
What did overcultivation cause in the Southeast?
It depleted arable land, causing slaveholder to relocate their agricultural enterprises to the new Southwest, increasing sectional tensions over the institution of slavery
What provided the funding for the Southern defense of slavery as a positive good?
States’ rights, nullification, and racist stereotyping
What did African Americans develop to resist the dehumanizing nature of slavery?
Overt and covert ways
What are overt and covert ways?
Overt: Shown openly
Covert: Not openly acknowledged
What did abolitionists develop to campaign against slavery?
A variety of strategies
- Sent petitions to Congress
- Held abolition meetings and conferences
- Boycotted products made with slave labor
- Printed literature
- Gave speeches
Nullification
Nullification is a legal doctrine which argues that states have the ability - and duty - to invalidate national actions they deem unconstitutional
What did the Northwest Ordinance ban and where?
Slavery in the Northwest Territory
What did the Missouri Compromise postpone?
The north and south were able to postpone a major sectional crisis
What is the Southern economy reliant on?
Cash crops such as tobacco, rice, cotton
What did Eli Whitney invent and why was it significant?
The cotton gin which makes the cash crop economy profitable
What did cotton lead to?
Demand for land for cotton production leads to huge increase in demand for slave labor
Market Revolution
Northern industry demand for southern cotton
Why was the market revolution a fundamental transformation in the United States economy?
The widespread mechanization of industry and expansion and integration of various economic markets both domestic and foreign
What are key factors that contributed to the economic shift?
- Technological advancements in modes of transportation
- Growing demand and employment in factory jobs followed by increased urban migration
- Agricultural shift away from subsistence farming (for self-sufficiency) towards commercial farming
