Impending Crisis Flashcards
What was the Mason-Dixon Line.
The line separated non-slave states from slave states from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware
What was the plantation myth? (On exam, there will be a graph)
Myth:Everyone owned slave.
Truth: 1% owns 100 slaves.
Dan Emmett, “Dixie”
Nabobs
"New Wealth" Natchez Region (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas)
Sambo Myth
Animal murderers
Arson
Poison
Sick at harvest
Who was Frederick Douglas?
Author of “Narrative of a Slave”
Who were the two apologists?
- John C. Calhoun, slavery, old civilization, North enslaving South, basis culture/economy.
- George Flitzhugh, “Cannibals All.” Slaves better off Northern Labor. Happy Mammy, Bible endorses slavery.
slavery supported constitutionally, 1/10 Amendments, 3/5 Clause.
Who were the two abolitionists?
- Hinton Helper, “Impending Crisis.” Slavery incompatible economic progress.
- Burleigh, “Slavery and the North.” Unchristian, against Constitution, politics degraded.
What was the third party in 1848?
Free Soil Party: Anti-War, free land, no slavery in west.
John C. Fremont
What was the Know Nothing Party?
The party that hates everything such as immigrants. (Similar to the KKK).
A bunch of Haters…
Amistad court case of 1839
Last pro-abolition decision.
- Censorship
- Gag rules
- South Carolina seizes abolition materials in post offices.
- House of Representatives, table anti-slavery petitions.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
- California was a free state
- Stronger Fugitive Slave Acts and abolish slave trade in DC but not slavery.
- New Mexico and Utah territories = popular sovereignity.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
aka “Black Moses.” She was a spy and worked in The Underground Railroad.
What were the Slave Fugitive Laws of 1793/1850?
Against law aid/obstruct slave arrest, assist capture, slaves no legal rights, can’t justified in court.
Commissions, no judge/jury. Commissioners $ slave returned.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
If Maine is a free state, Missouri has to be a slave state (36”30’ line)
