PPT-THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH THE OLD SOUTH & SLAVERY

18201860 A10Q 71030 Essential Question To what degree was the South developing as a distinctively different region from the rest of the United States during the period 1820 to 1860 To what degree did slavery shape life in the South during this period . Chapter 16. American Pageant. , 13. th. edition. Slavery during the Antebellum Period . Antebellum. Ante. = . before. Bellum . = war. Commonly used to describe the era before the Civil War (1830s,1840s, 1850s). Economic Revolution. Population. 1820 - 1840 – cities increased, immigration highest in NE, river cities boom. Nation’s mortality rates drop. Immigration. Between 1840 - 1860, Southern Irish and Germans are highest in numbers. America. Sectionalism & Reform. USHC 2.3 & 2.4. “Before the [Civil] War”. 1820 - 1860. Missouri Compromise. Civil War. Antebellum. NORTH. SOUTH. WEST. Economy. Political . Leaders. Political . 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.. Plantation Agriculture. Wasteful. Excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled the land. Weaknesses of the plantation system. 1. Relied on one crop. 2. Repealed European immigrants. 3. Significant population moved West. 1820-1860. A10Q. 7.10.30. Essential Question. To what degree was the South developing as a distinctively different region from the rest of the United States during the period 1820 to 1860? . To what degree did slavery shape life in the South during this period? . American slavery was rooted in both . racism. & . economic. . exploitation. and depended on . brutal repression . for its survival.. Slavery remained a cancer on American democracy; a moral outrage that mocked our nation’s claim to be a model of social & political enlightenment. This power point presentation is for educational purposes. It may contain copyrighted material. Please do not post, redistribute or copy without the permission of the author or Dr. Kevin Brady at the American Institute for History Education.. Barbados slaves codes brought to South Carolina. . Leads to massive Racism. . Imported in large numbers following:. Bacons Rebellion-1676. Invention of Cotton Gin- 1790 . Compromise of the Constitution. Missouri Compromise, 1820. Antebellum. Southern. Society. Characteristics of the Antebellum South. Primarily agrarian.. Economic power shifted from the . “upper South” to the “lower South.”. “Cotton Is King!”. By. Gabrielle, Hannah, Sydney, and Mercer. A. is for-. A. bolitionists. A. bolitionists-people who want to end or abolish slavery.. Among the abolitionists were two sisters who grew up in South Carolina-Angelina and Sarah Grimke. . Antebellum. Southern. Society. Characteristics of the Antebellum South. Primarily agrarian.. Economic power shifted from the . “upper South” to the “lower South.”. “Cotton Is King!”. * 1860. The Antebellum South Part I Antebellum Southern Society Characteristics of the Antebellum South Primarily agrarian. Economic power shifted from the “upper South” to the “lower South.” “Cotton Is King!” The Antebellum South By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY Early Emancipation in the North Missouri Compromise, 1820 Antebellum Southern Society Characteristics of the Antebellum South