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 . Setting the Scene…. Year – 1820. President. – James Monroe. Thomas Jefferson . voices . . his opinion of slavery. . 11 free states. 11 slave states . How do we admit Missouri?. The Missouri Compromise. 10.1. Industry in the North. 1850’s –more than 20,000 miles of track laid. Cities transformed over night. Many immigrants came. Strongly opposed to slavery. Agriculture in the South. 1850 . 1/3 of the nations population was in the South. Fitzhugh’s . Sociology for the South. , 1854. Sociology for the South. , 1854. Sociology for the South, or, the Failure of Free Society. (1854) was George Fitzhugh’s . attack . on the philosophical foundations of free . . Presbyterian and Congregational Reform Movements in Lorain County, Ohio, 1824-1859. Joshua . Fahler. Senior Honors . Thesis Kent State University. Presented May, 2007 Edited January, 2014. 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. These regional differences increased . sectionalism. –placing the interests of a region above the interests of the nation. 1820-1850. : Sectionalism was mild & resolved by compromise. 1850-1856. 16.1 – Slavery in the Territories. From the days of Jefferson and the Founding Fathers, slavery was a major issue for politicians. The Missouri Compromise. By 1819, there were 22 states (11 free, 11 not). 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.. Explain . the impact of the Missouri Compromise on the admission of states from the Louisiana Territory. . b. Examine James K. Polk’s presidency in the fulfillment of Manifest Destiny including the Texas annexation and Oregon. . 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!”. 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