students’ knowledge of the geography of the area discussed in this chapter and of its historical development. Careful reading of the text will help students answer these questions. 1. Compare and contrast the areas of cotton production in 1820 with those in 1860. What accounted for this growth in production? What factors contributed to the spread of the “Cotton Kingdom”? 2. Note the relationship between areas of cotton production and the density of the slave population. What does this suggest about
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week 4) 4. ideological and cultural polarisation between North and South Constitution: three-fifth’s clause; fugitive slave clause; slave trade clause 1820 Missouri Compromise: - Missouri admitted as slave state - Maine created as free state - Line of 1820 (36 .30 ) 1828-1833 - South Carolina tariff nullification crisis 1831-1860 – antislavery activism (1831: William Lloyd Garrison - The Liberator) 1831 slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Southampton County‚ Virginia 1845 annexation
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transformed America between 1820 and 1860 brought all of the following changes except A) the development of a national market economy B) the appearance of a major manufacturing sector C) the creation of a more united country D) the alliance of the Northeast and Northwest E) the participation of farmers in the increasingly international economy Answer: C Page: 259 Difficulty: Medium Theme 5: Economic Transformations 2. The American population of the 1820s and 1830s was characterized
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constitution. In the late 18th century‚ the abolitionist movement began in the north and the country began to divide over the issue between north and south. In 1820‚ the Missouri Compromise banned slavery in all new western territories‚ which southern states saw as a threat to the institution of slavery itself. With the election in 1860 of Abraham Lincoln‚ who ran on a position of anti-slavery‚ the south felt that slavery was sure to be abolished‚ causing many southern states to secede from the
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Colonial 1. 1971 “Between 1607 and 1763‚ Americans gained control of their political and economic institutions.” To what extent and in what ways do you agree or disagree with this statement? 2. 1972 What role did unfree labor play in colonial American society? 3. 1973 From 1600 to 1763‚ several European nations vied for control of the North American continent. Why did England win the struggle? 4. 1974 “Puritanism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction.” Apply this generalization
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David W. "The Settlement and Growth of the Colonies‚" in Stanley L. Engerman and Robert E. Gallman (eds.)‚ The Cambridge Economic History of the United States. New York: Cambridge University Press‚ 1996. Goldin‚ Claudia. Urban Slavery in the South‚ 1820-1860. Chicago: University of Chicago Press‚ 1976. Gray‚ Ralph‚ and Betty Wood. "The Transition from Indentured to Involuntary Labor in Colonial Georgia‚" Explorations in Economic History 13 (October 1976): 353-70. Hodges‚ Graham Russell. Slavery and Freedom
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A SELECTION OF PAST AP U.S. FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS: Part 1: Colonial Period to Civil War Colonial Times 1607 -1775 1. From 1600 -1763‚ several European nations vied for control of the North American continent. Why did England win the struggle? (73) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. In the two decades before the
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Lecompton Constitution‚ 1857 * "Popular Sovereignty" * Lincoln-Douglass Debates‚ 1858 * Lincoln’s "House Divided" Speech‚ 1858 * Freeport Doctrine‚ 1858 * PresidentialElectionof1860 * Crittenden Compromise‚ 1860 * Secession. 1860 | Part I. * Shay’s Rebellion‚ 1786 * Northwest Ordinance‚ 1787 * Whiskey Rebellion‚ 1794 * Alien and Sedition Acts‚ 1798 * Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions‚ 1798-99 * The Louisiana Purchase‚ 1803 * Essex
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Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ all are highly acclaimed American poets of the 19th century‚ particularly ranging from between the years 1820-1860. Between the years 1820 -1860‚ is considered as the Romanic Period‚ which was the follow up from the Romantic Movement that started in Germany. The Romantic Movement surfaced in the America in 1820‚ and ended up coinciding with the period of national expansion‚ and the exploration or a unique American identity. American Romanticism played a key
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well. Through the development of new transportation technologies such as canals and railroads‚ America saw a large increase in the monetary flow and stability of the economy along with a changing social and political climate during the period of 1820-1860. The growth of the American economy began to boom in the first portion of the nineteenth century‚ when industry and agriculture called for the increase in transportation technology. Transportation alone did not improve the economy in America; a
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