Oh boy here we go again Chapters 17 and 18 Flashcards
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Did the north or south have large population centers
north
did the north or south have a more diversified economy
north
Was the north or south more agriculturally based
South
Was the north or south in possession of greater means of transportation
North
What made cotton profitable
the cotton gin
who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Who was the 18th century yale graduate who lost his job as a tutor and instead got a job in engineering, leading to the development of an important agricultural implement in the South
Eli Whitney
What type of cotton was the cotton gin mostly used for?
Short staple cotton
The vast majority of white landholders owned how many slaves in America?
0
What issue was brought about by slavery in relation to jobs?
Many low-income uneducated whites often had to compete with slaves for certain jobs
How did small slaveholders usually work with their slavers?
Alongside them out in the field
What did large slaveholders rely on to maintain their lifestyle
beeg cotton
Why were there so many free blacks in the south by the 1860s
Revolutionary war
What did being free mean for black individuals in the south
No land, no guns, no liquor, no suffrage, had simple jobs
How did early abolitionists in the 1860s act?
Radical, wanted to outlaw slavery immediately and free all current slaves
Who was the author of “The Liberator” magazine, and a very radical abolitionist
William Lloyd Garrison
Who was the Author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
How did “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” portray slavery?
Very unfavorably and often exaggerated, but allowed people to understand the horrors of slavery
When was “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” written
1850s
Who started the “Beecher bible and rifle” colony?
Henry Ward Beecher
Where was the Beecher Bible and rifle colony started
Wabaunsee Kansas
Who led a bloody rebellion of slaves in VA
Nat Turner
Who caused slave policies to become stricter due to their bloody rebellion
Nat Turner
When was Nat Turner relevant
1830s
Who led a rebellion and was hung who wasn’t Nat Turner
Denmark Vessey
When was Denmark Vessey’s rebellion
1820s
Where was Denmark Vessey’s Rebellion
South Carolina
Who was the Mulatto slave who managed to escape slavery and wrote about his experiences/spoke out against slavery
Frederick Douglas
What was Frederick Douglas’s newspaper called
“The North Star”
What was the group which tried to slave African slaves back to Africa and failed
American Colonisation Society
What was the name of the country the American Colonisation Society tried to establish
Liberia
What was the capital of Liberia called (because it’s named after the president James Monroe of US)
Monrovia
Why did the American Colonisation Society’s plans to return African Americans to the newly established Liberia fail?
Many African slaves didn’t want to go back to Africa
Who won the 1840 presidential election and promptly fucking died
William Henry Harrison
Who was on ticket as Vice President and was placed on ticket to darw Southern votes and possibly some Democratic votes
John Tyler
What made John Tyler different from William Henry Harrison
He wasn’t fully committed to the Whig Party platform
How did William Henry Harrison die
he caught pneumonia cause he gave a lengthy ass speech in the middle of the winter like an absolute buffoon like what an idiot
Who were some of the most influential Whig leaders when Harrison died
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
How did John Tyler manages to piss off his presidential cabinet?
vetoes CLay and congress’s bill to create a new bank of US,
Who was the only person left of John Tyler’s presidential cabinet
Daniel Webster, his secretary of state
Which boundary disputes involved Britain and the US
Maine and Oregon
What did the Boundary dispute of Maine result from?
The Treaty of Paris from 1783 was not clear on boundaries
What was the conflict surrounding the boundary dispute of Maine end up being called
Aroostook war
Why did Britain start throwing a hissy fit over the boundaries in Maine
Britain wanted an overland route to Halifax, Nova Scotia to Quebec
Who was sent by the British to negotiate British settlement with the boundary dispute of Maine
Lord Ashburton
Who quickly hit it off with Webster
Lord Ashburton
What settled the boundary dispute of Maine
Webster-Ashburton treaty
What did the Webster Ashburton treaty do?
British got their overland route and the US got more than half of the disputed territory of the maine dispute
Which boundary dispute involved the 54 40’ north of the California border
Oregon boundary dispute
Who had claim to land north of the Colombia River (Oregon)
Britain
What did America do that violated Britain’s claim to the land north of the Colombia River (oregon)
Allow fucking thousands of people to pour into the territory
When did thousands of americans pour into the oregon territory
mid 1840s
who had an advantage in the treaty concerning the boundary dispute of Oregon
America
Why did america have an advantage in the treaty concerning the boundary dispute of Oregon
They had the most people in the territory by the time the treaty was being considered
What did the US claim to be the territory of Oregon
past 54 40’ line
What were major factors in the presidential election of 1844
boundary disputes
Who won the presidential election of 1844
James K Polk
Why did James K Polk win the election
said he would solve boundary disputes
What was James K Polk’s biggest concern after winning the presidential election
solving the boundary dispute between texas and mexico, also to a lesser extent settling the Oregon boundary dispute
What became a slogan during/after the election of 1844
54 40’ or fight (this is a really bad slogan, doesn’t even rhyme) (talking about oregon dispute)
What eventually became of the Oregon dispute
the 49 40’ line was accepted as where British’s land claim stopped and Oregon began
Why were the people upset by the 49 40’ line being accepted as the border of Oregon
because it was another compromise by Polk for northern states
Why did Polk accept a compromise for the 49 40’ line
He was less concerned with pissing off Mexico than Britain, also he was from Tennessee so he wanted to protect the southern states more
What was the most serious disagreement in the mid 19th century
Texas boundary dispute
for how long has the US been dealing with texas issues for
since 1830s
What did the mexican government claim was the boundary of texas
nveces river
what did the us claim was the boundary of texas
rio grande
