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 . 1820-1850. Prior to the 1820s the view of slavery was in conflict with the ideas of . the . American Revolution. , . particularly the statement by Thomas Jefferson in the . . Declaration of Independence . 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 . 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. Revivalism. &. Reform. Social Reforms. Several . social reform movements began during the early-mid 1800s. These movements aimed to transform society for the better. . . Many who participated in these movements were inspired by the . 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). 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. . 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 Repealed European immigrants. 3.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. Essential Question: To what extent did economic, social, political and technological trends . in the Northern states. form the 1840’s to 1861 tend to split the Union?. Impetus for Reform. Uplifting the Underclass. - 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.” . 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.. 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? . Rise of Non-Traditional Gender Roles. New goal = Nuclear family as a property-owning unit. Expansion of the market economy. Growth of wage labor. Class divisions. Mobility. Cult of Domesticity. A counterpoint to the Market Revolution.