The problem of slavery in a 'free' society

Question 1

Key commodities

Answer 1

Tobacco
Rice
Sugar

Question 2

Servitude vs free labour

Answer 2

Black others vs white selves

Question 3

Key locations

Answer 3

Jamestown
Senegal

Question 4

Difference between Declaration of Independence and Constitution

Answer 4

The ideology of the new country
What was used to carry out the ideology

Question 4

Founding the government

Answer 4

Movement from loose to political government
Reform was needed

Question 5

1860 presidential election

Answer 5

7 Southern states pulled out of election
Lincoln elected
Civil War started 2 months later

Question 6

Northern economic transformation

Answer 6

Market revolution intertwined with evangelical revival
Jacksonian democracy across the white man

Question 7

Westward expansion

Answer 7

Increased cultural conflict
Jacksonian government removed Indians to reserves to give Americans more land

Question 8

Relation between racism and greed

Answer 8

Status of slavery in western territories
Presence of racial slavery mostly in southern US

Question 9

Racial slavery emerged in the colonies

Answer 9

In response to lack of labourers
Cash crop
Commercialisation

Question 10

Slave crops

Answer 10

Tobacco (upper south - Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia)
Rice (lower south)

Question 11

Crops were

Answer 11

Labour intensive
Needed a lot of people to grow them

Question 12

White indentured servants

Answer 12

Grew crops in the colonies
Popular during 17thC
Proportion of labourers changed to favour slaves over servants in 1680

Question 13

Slavery aided in the concept of

Answer 13

Free labour

Question 14

Most northern workers

Answer 14

Free to go wherever
Not owned

Question 15

Northern workers ‘liberties’

Answer 15

Made it possible to argue against the exploitation of free labour
Differed to slaves

Question 16

Free labour championed as a better alternative to slavery

Answer 16

Actually allowed bosses to exploit/abuse workers behind the guise of freedom

Question 17

Existence of racial slavery in the south helped

Answer 17

Exploit many of the labour views in the changing/developing industrial world
Particularly in the north