ss 6 Flashcards
stuff that happened in 1845
negotiating mex cession, annexation of Tx, maybe mex-us war
stuff in 1861
civil war begins,
1862
battle of Galveston
1863
Sabine pass and emancipation proclamation
1865
civil war ends, Lincolns assassination, palamito ranch
what was last battle of civil war
palamito ranch
main cause of civil war
slavery and sometimes sectionalism
why did southerners rely on slavery
bc it provided labor and it was a “economic necessity” because they had no factories.
What invention let to the expansion to of cotton
cotton gin
what does the cotton gin do
cleans seeds out of cotton
who made the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
did the cotton gin increase or decrease the need for slaves and why
increase bc since cotton was being cleaned faster there had to be more cotton to clean
definition of agriculture
business of farming while making money
definition of secede and secede in a sentence
leaving a bigger group and southern states seceded from the Union
main reason the Union attacked confederacy in most tx battles
if union got control of tx they could prevent training and supplies given to soldiers. (anaconda plan)
blockade definition
using navy to stop access to bodies of water (prevents trading)
4 examples of black codes
AA cant vote
AA no jury service
AA only labor jobs
AA cant take white people to court
where did immigrants come from during the reconstruction period
Czech, English, Irish/European nations
what did native Americans agree to in the medicine lodge creek treaty
to move to reservations
what are buffalo soldiers
african american/former slaves/protect anglo immigrants from being attacked by native americans.
why did us government support slaughter of 31 million buffalo
to take out native american’s supply source so they would leave (got everything from buffalo, food, shelter, clothes)
who was quannah parker
female native American Comanche chief that opposed medicine lodge treaty/did not want to move. goal was not accomplished bc all other chiefs signed the treaty
after the removal of the buffalo & native Americans what happened to the land
anglo-american settlers moved onto the land and built farms and ranches
whats a sharecropper
someone who shares growing of crops
landowner provides
food, seeds, animals, land, tools
laborer provides farmer
labor
landowner gets
25% cotton sales, 1/3 sales from selling crops
laborer gets farmer
1/2 sale of crop, 2/3 sale of grain, 3/4 sale of cotton
sectionalism
focus on interest of one’s region
tarrif
tax on imported goods/north liked bc they had factories
what factors made westward expansion possible
reservations for N.A.-anglos moved in
railroads
