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Examples of slavery in ancient times
- -code of Hammurabi
- -bible-genesis, Joseph, Ham
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Differences between ancient and american slavery
- Ancient slavery
- -set period of time
- -unigenerational
- -social status
- -same rights
- American slavery
- -life
- -multigenerational
- -skin/race
- -no rights
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Seasoning
-plantations in carribean were far more harsh but plantations in the u.s. were far more wealthy
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How many slaves made to the Americas from Africa?
12 million
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Why did the north abandon slavery?
- -scared of slave revolts
- -economics
- -industrial, not agriculture
- -rocky soil, short growing season, no cash crops, subsistence farming
- -ADAM Smith said free labor is better
- -work harder, can be replaced, dont have to support them, paid only when worked
- -pressure from Europe
- -Christians found it immoral
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How the south defended slavery
- -bible
- -mentioned slavery
- -Ephesians, Joseph
- -essential for economy
- -civilizing slaves
- -states rights
- -support from Europe
- -Euro. needed their crops
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What was the abolition movement and who were some of the primary leaders?
- -a group against slavery trying to rid the existence of slavery
- -quakers, william loyd garrison, frederick douglass, harriet tubman
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What states seceded to create the confederate states of america and name it capitol?
- -S. Carolina, georgia, alabama, louisianna, mississippi, texas, and florida
- -richmond
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North strategic goals
- Anaconda plan
- -set up blockade to cut off trade btwn. South and Europe
- -use superior resources & strength to crush South
- -though it would be a short/one battle war
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South strategic goals
- Survive
- -use a defensive strategy utilizing interior lines
- -diplomatic help from Euro.-pressure north to stop
- -war culture that existed in south
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Why did John Brown attack harpers ferry?
he wanted ammunition to lead rebellions
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who were the main candidates in the pres. election of 1860 and what were the major platforms of each with regards to slavery?
- -Lincoln-eventual abolition
- -Breckinridge-full expansion of slavery
- -Douglas-popular sovereignty
- -Bell-slavery existing, no expansion
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descirbe the dred scott case (including the ammendment that effected it) and how the desision affected slave and free states
- -bought by peter blow
- -peter blow dies and hes is purchased by Dr. john emerson
- -he was taken to the free states of illinois and wisconsin
- -in 1843 the doctor died
- -he tried to get freedom but the wife said no
- -he went to court and tried to prove he was free but retried and was free'd
- -the mo. supreme court stepped in 2 years later and overturned the case
- -the case was taken to the nation court and Robert B. Taney said all blacks couldnt become citizens
- -in 1875 he declared bcs. scott was black he couldnt sue and stopped the mo. compromise
- -5th amendment
- -right to personal property
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Describe the circumstances surrounding the wilmot proviso
- -attempt to prevent slavery in territories purchased from mexico after the mexican war, led by david wilmot
- -offered as an amendment to many bills but never approved by senate
- -south wanted more states for votes in senate
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descirbe uncle toms cabin and why it was important
- -book by harriet beacher stowe about the life of slaves in the south
- -first real exposure in north to what slavery was like
- -inflammed abolitionists cause & made south more paranoid
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tariff of abominations and doctrine of nullification
- tariff
- -bill that raised tariffs on raw materials & manufactured goods
- -comp. from great britian on trade front was fierce and congress was continually dealing with demands to raise tariffs to protect northern domestic companies
- doctrine
- -Calhoun understood their heartache and wrote the doctrine of nullification
- -states had right to nulify or reject law considered unconstitutional
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popular sovereignty and bleeding kansas
- -neb. entered the union as a free state
- -kan. was going to enter as a slave state but got to choose by vote, popular sovereignty
- -abolitionists flooded into kansas
- -bushwackers burned lawrence trying to kill abolitionists
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missouri compromise
- -22 states, 11 free-11 slave
- -equal rep. in senate, free states had larger pop. and controlled house of reps
- -mo filled for statehood
- -James Tallmadge proposed missouri be free, shot down
- -maine passed as state, mo paired with maine for equality
- -maine free, mo state
- -missouri has no restrictions on slavery
- -mo slave, maine free
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stono rebellion
- -slave rebellion prior to american revolution led by illiterate slave with other slaves who killed 22 whited
- -established penalties against harsh treatment of slaves
- -negro act of 1750 banned assembly, educ., and movement of slaves
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