part 1 - industrial revolution, king cotton, etc.

Question 1

“King Cotton” & “Slavery is a necessary evil”

Answer 1

• cotton boom in the 1800s
• southern america supplying cotton worldwide
• slavery boomed in response to the increase in demand
• slavery is being justified with the phrase “necessary evil”

Question 2

Domestic Slave Trade (2nd Middle Passage)

Answer 2

• increased transportation and selling of slaves from upper south to lower south to supply the increased demand for slaves
• very brutal and cruel process

Question 3

Missouri Compromise - why? what? effects?

Answer 3

• missouri tried to enter the Union as a slave state
• alarmed the northeners
• COMPROMISE: Missouri enters as a slave state, but maine also enters as a free state => KEEPS A BALANCE
• COMPROMISE: a line across Louisiana territory and slavery is allowed below and not allowed above
• Effects: temporary solution and almost caused a civil war; increasing tensions

Question 4

Prosser’s Rebellion

Answer 4

• In Virginia
• Blacksmith named Gabriel armed slaves w/ weapons
• storm hit and uprising was postponed
• slaves told masters about the plan
• Gabriel and slaves were executed

Question 5

self made man

Answer 5

• the idea that people can rise up the social and economic hierarchy through hard work, discipline, and skill

Question 6

divisions of labor

Answer 6

• specialization in a specific task
• increases productivity

Question 7

cotton gin

Answer 7

• helped process cotton rapidly
• increased demand for laborers [slaves] because cotton was being processed quicker

Question 8

power loom

Answer 8

• mechanized the weaving process and reduced the need for human labor

Question 9

McCormick’s Reaper

Answer 9

machines developed in the early 1800s to help farmers harvest grain