(Lecture 19) The Road to War in the South Flashcards
Where does the Confederate Flag originate?
Battle Flag of the 28th Virginia Infantry
When did slavery become the minority form of labour organisation?
1860
what was the north’s position on slavery?
anti-slavery not abolitionist
why were the south dependent on slaves?
cotton economy
why was the north increasingly independent from south?
railroad
what was southern society built around?
paternal influence
what did the slave economy entail in mid 19th century?
price rise.
cotton hard on the soil.
exhausted land.
smaller planters dropped out.
what happened to the proportion of southerners who owned slaves between 1830 and 1860?
dropped by a third
what happened to the average farm size between 1850 and 1860?
grew by 20%
What did John Brown do?
gathered money from northern reformers.
attacked Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.
wanted to inspire a revolt.
executed for murder and treason.
what did Ralph Waldo Emerson say about Brown?
“A saint, whose martyrdom will make the gallows as glorious as the cross”
Who did the Republican Party speak to?
small farmers, merchants and journeymen
what did the Republicans think about the US?
stagnant, hierarchical, and economically backward
which region did the Republicans appeal to?
The north
What were the factors of Republican win in 1860?
moderate on slavery.
tariff.
homestead act.
democratic vote split.
