Slave Trade/Slavery Flashcards
What led to the Slave trade?
- Europe’s desire for tobacco and cotton.
- South’s desire for cheap plantation labor.
What was the Middle Passage?
A triangular trade route where Slaves were brought to America.
- Slaves from Africa brought to America
- Sugar, tobacco, and cotton from Americas brought to Europe
- Textiles, rum, and manufactured goods from Europe to Africa.
The Missouri Compromise
As Missouri was going to come into the union, it was going to off balance free and slave states. It was agreed to split the Massachusetts territory and create the state of Maine. Maine would be a free state and Missouri would be a slave state and it would preserve the balance. For a while, it worked.
The Compromise of 1850
Occurred when California came in. Always very populous, over 380,000 people when it became a state, would hold many votes. Large fight over it. California would become a free state. BUT new territories such as New Mexico or Utah would have a choice, not be forced to be a free state. Also they agreed to capture runaway slaves.
The Kansas Nebraska Act
Two states could choose whether to be free or slave states, but people were angry that they could choose, because they thought they would be forced to be slave states due to what occured in the previous compromises. SO it was clear abolitionists were getting stronger, that something had to happen, they couldn’t keep compromising.
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
A slave who escaped that was in a free state and wanted to become a free man. Is he considered free now that he was in a free state? NO- they considered him property that he didn’t have to leave. This angered the North.)
How did the Election of Lincoln impact the south?
His party was full of abolitionists (wanted to abolish slavery) so the south was very angry and influenced the civil war.
