The South and the Slavery Controversy "Cotton Is King!" Eli Whitney’s 1793 cotton gin invention revolutionized the Southern economy. Added to mechanical jennies to spin yarn‚ power looms to weave‚ and sewing machines to sew‚ the demand (and profits) for cotton fiber skyrocketed. Southerners scrambled to plant more cotton. The land was usually worn out then discarded ("land butchery"). The result was a Southern thirst for still more land. The demand for slaves to work the land also increased
Premium American Civil War Slavery in the United States Slavery
Abigail Adams | Accomplishments of the First Congress | Albany Plan of Union | Alexander Hamilton | American Revolution (Major battles‚ turning points) | American System of Manufacturing | Articles of Confederation (successes‚ failures/weaknesses) | Bacon’s Rebellion | Boston Massacre | Boundaries of America (1783‚ 1803) | Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge | Common Sense - Thomas Paine | Commonwealth v. Hunt | Constitutional Convention/Debate (major issues
Free American Revolution United States Thomas Jefferson
THE SHAPE OF EARLY AMERICA A. Early American Settlers • Came from the British Isles • Puritans who settled in Massachusetts • Wealthy Royalist cavaliers and their indentured servants migrated to Virginia • Quakers migrated to the Delaware Valley colonies of West Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Delaware B. British folkways brought to the New World • People in the South prefer fried foods- same as southern and western England • People in the hollows of Appalachia who manufactured “moonshine” are
Premium Management United States Human rights
During this time period there were many lives lost from bad ventilation‚ it had been so bad that it lost more people’s lives than a modern war. Now adult life are in jeopardy with them being shortened. From the smoke in the factories going in the air and lungs of people. Chadwick‚ Edwin. Report Of The Sanitary Conditions Of The Laboring Population Of Great Britain. On Line‚ 1842. Document three‚ where the first sentence can be found. The Graphic. Weekly magazine dealing with social issues‚1870. In
Premium Great Depression Unemployment United States
Chapter 30: Conservative Resurgence‚ Economic Woes‚ Foreign Challenges ‘74-89 (I thought we were done reading! ) Personal Pursuits and Diversions: Yuppies (young urban professionals) were all about fitness/consumerism: labeled the “Me Generation” for selfishness Jaws‚ Rocky‚ Star Wars‚ disco‚ Disney World‚ Super Bowl‚ cable TV‚ punk rock (SEX PISTOLS!) Stuff like Springsteen’s “Darkness at the Edge of Town”‚ movies Nashville and Chinatown showed problems/corruption Changing Gender Roles
Premium United States Sociology World War II
England in the late eighteenth – early nineteenth century Major World Events * 1810s – 1820s – Latin American wars of independence which saw many colonies in the region gain independence‚ freeing themselves from Spanish and Portuguese empires * 1810 – University of Berlin was founded and among its students and faculty were Hegel and Marx * 1812 – The French invasion of Russia‚ which led to‚ the eventual defeat of Napoleon’s French empire leading to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy
Premium Europe England Industrial Revolution
| | Study Outline Chapter 12: The Presidency I. Presidents and prime ministers A. Characteristics of parliaments 1. Parliamentary system twice as common 2. Chief executive chosen by legislature 3. Cabinet ministers chosen from among members of parliament 4. Prime minister remains in power as long as his or her party or coalition maintains a majority in the legislature B. Differences 5. Presidents are often outsiders; prime ministers
Premium Prime minister Presidential system Head of state
Iron horse: locomotive Central Pacific: RR between California and Utah Union Pacific: premiere RR franchise Interstate Commerce Act: In 1887‚ Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act which created the Interstate Commerce Commission‚ the first true federal regulatory agency. It was designed to address the issues of railroad abuse and discrimination and required the following: * Shipping rates had to be "reasonable and just" * Rates had to be published * Secret rebates were outlawed
Premium United States United States Congress United States Constitution
Chapter 23 Study Guide Vocabulary: 1. Paralysis – A state of helpless stoppage‚ inactivity‚ or inability to act. 2. Coalition – A temporary alliance of political factions or parties for some specific purpose. 3. Corner – To gain exclusive control of a commodity in order to fix its price. 4. Censure – An official statement of condemnation passed by a legislative body against one of its members or some other official of government. While severe‚ a censure itself stops short
Premium
APUSH Unit 7 Study Terms Nat Turner: -Preacher and prophet who believed God had given him a message to rebel; August 22 1831 group of slaves in Southampton County‚ Virginia started a rebellion with Turner as the leader; went from plantation to plantation‚ after 48 hours white forces stopped the rebellion‚ executed many‚ Turner was last to be captured; So what? -Killed over sixty whites -Last slave rebellion of this kind during pre-Civil War period (armed resistence hadn’t ended) William
Premium Slavery in the United States Slavery