PPT-Ch 4 Slavery and Empire

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. Was the United States a house of cards before the Civil War?. Kansas - Nebraska Act - 1854. Author - Stephen A Douglas, Senator - Illinois. Act: Territory of Kansas would be divided into 2 states: Kansas and Nebraska. Artemus Ward. Dept. of Political Science. Northern Illinois University. aeward@niu.edu. http://www.niu.edu/polisci/faculty/profiles/ward. /. Introduction. During the early years of the nation, abolitionists criticized the . Overview. The lost chance. Economics of slavery. Why fight?. How did the Civil War change the economy?. The Lost Chance to Eliminate Slavery. In the early days of the new nation, there were hopes that slavery would fade away.. Piracy. Transatlantic Slave Trade. Lasted from the 16. th. to 19. th. century. An estimated 17 million Africans were captured and sold as slaves. Largest deportation in history. First system of globalization. Presentations. Eyewitness Accounts. Olaudah. . Equiano. Born in Nigeria. Kidnapped at 11 . B. rought to Virginia. Bought by naval captain. Schooled in Great Britain. Sold to Caribbean traders. Purchased his freedom. L/O – To define what an empire is and explore how the British Empire began. Starter. – What is an empire? Come up with a definition of your own . What was the British Empire?. What does the map suggest about Britain’s power in 1890?. Effects of Paraguayan War (arguably…). Major casualties, national exhaustion and frustration. Brazil back in debt to Britain . Slavery shown to be unviable (?). Emperor loses credibility (?). Provokes political rupture in Brazil (?). Dr . Camillia. . Cowling. 1940s recordings of Brazilian slave songs by Stanley . Stein. No tempo do . cativeiro. Aturava. . muito. . desaforo. Levantava. de . manha. . cedo. Com . cara. . limpa. Slavery and the Constitution. 1.. Which of the following statements best explains the conflict over slavery and representation in the House of Representatives. Check all that apply.. A. . . Northerners . War in Europe and Asia. The . 17thC. . was a century of total . war. Europe. The Ottoman Empire. China. India. Military Revolution. 4 essential ingredients – . Tactics. Strategy. . army size . . overall impact.. 1793-1860. 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.. At its height the Roman Empire included all the land around the Mediterranean Sea. In the early AD 100s, the empire stretched from Britain south to Egypt, and from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Syrian Desert. . - 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.” . InterACTIVE. Notebook Setup. 2/15/2018. Mughal Empire and Culture . This will be one page . Religion and Culture . Abu Akbar’s Reign. Mughal Rise and Politics . Sunni Islamic Turkish nomadic group .