PPT-America Debates Slavery :

The Missouri Compromise 1820 A James Monroe Museum Virtual Exhibit Image Credit Robert K Griffin The Liberian Senate Library of Congress Introduction The United States had debated slavery since its founding However tensions over the issue were growing by the time of Monroes presidency . In Europe EU enlargements and the economic crisis make these issues a hot topic Yet misconceptions are numerous Hard evidence is needed to ensure an informed construct ive and balanced public debate This edition of Migration Policy Debates looks at Illinois History. Jefferson Davis. U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1847-1851). Future President of the Confederates States of America. “Slave labor is wasteful labor, and it therefore requires a still more extended territory than would the same pursuits if they could be prosecuted by the more economic labor of white men.”. Walter Johnson refers to . Joseph Holt Ingraham’s work, ‘The Southwest by a Yankee’ (1835. ). Johnson . states that there is no more important topic in relation to slavery than the topic approached by Ingraham regarding ‘the relation of slavery to race… of the process of economic exploitation to the ideology of racial domination. Essential Questions. How did the modern system of slavery develop?. What was the history of the slave trade and the Middle Passage?. How did Africans manage to create communities among the brutal slave system?. Who . sponsors the Presidential . Debates?. Types of Debates – Toughest type. What . criteria do you have to meet to participate in a debate? . Is . a candidate required to participate in a debate? . 15.3: . Slavery Dominates Politics. Today’s Essential Question: How did slavery dominate national events after 1855?. Vocabulary . Republican . Party. – political party formed in 1854 to oppose slavery. Nature/Nurture. Free Will/Determinism. Individual/Situational. Ethnocentrism. Reductionist/Holism . Is Psychology A Science. G544. : Section B. Learning Objectives. All:. Will be able to . describe and . Economic growth in America was linked and influenced by a host of events elsewhere in the world, particularly in England.. The British Industrial Revolution spurred technical innovations that had far-reaching implications.. The Divide Deepens:. 1854-1861. Remember . . . . Missouri Compromise – 1820 – provided for the number of free and slave states to be equal.. Compromise of 1850 – At that time, Missouri was considered the northernmost boundary for slavery . . . . - Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass. “I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death.” . The first Africans in America arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 as indentured servants. From 1619 to around1640, Africans were able to earn their freedom by working as artisans and labor workers for the European settlers.. APUSH – Spiconard. i. Why Slavery?. Profits. Sugar, tobacco, and rice were extremely profitable. Plantation owners wanted to maximize their profits. Slave labor allows for maximization of profits. Africa has a history of slavery*. Today’s Essential Question: How did slavery dominate national events after 1855?. Vocabulary . Republican . Party. – political party formed in 1854 to oppose slavery. unconstitutional. – illegal because it violates the . Topic #7 Development of Colonial Slavery How did European slavery of Africans first develop? Portuguese fort named Elmina (“the mine”) Portuguese first began using slaves on the sugar plantations established on Sao Tome and Principe