Unit #3- Benchmark #1- Slavery & Conflict Flashcards
Most enslaved Africans end up in the Caribbean & Brazil producing this crop:
Sugar Cane
What were three major economic consequences of the Triangle Trade on West Africa?
1-Slaves are the main export
2-Economic Stagnation
3- Loss of Labor & Human Capital
What were two major Demographic consequences of the Triangle Trade in Europe?
People moved from:
Country to Cities
Farming to Factories
What invention drastically increased cotton production by making production more efficient and profitable?
The Cotton Gin
What is the term used to describe cotton’s importance in the economy and politics of the Pre-Civil War South?
King Cotton
By 1860 the total value of all farmland and farm buildings in the South was equal to this:
The Value of Slaves
Cotton is _______ of all American exports by 1830.
1/2
What was the conflict caused by the end of the Mexican War?
Whether new states would be free or slave states.
Each side worried about the other becoming too powerful
What were some major Political Impacts of The Triangle Trade on America?
Central Conflict of American Politics Civil War Jim Crow Segregation Civil Rights
What did the Fugitive Slave Act force federal officials to do?
Return all missing slaves to their owners
-Even states where slavery had long been outlawed.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book to show the evils of slavery.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What was the fighting in Kansas called?
Bleeding Kansas
Popular Sovereignty is the idea that each state should decide this:
To be a Free State or to be a Slave State
What Supreme Court decision ruled that slaves were to be considered property, even while in free states?
The Dredd Scott Case
John Brown tried to take weapons held at this Federal Arsenal to arm slaves in an attempt to start the Civil War. He was captured and sentenced to death.
Harper’s Ferry
