PPT-1793-1860 The South and the Slavery Controversy

American slavery was rooted in both racism amp economic exploitation and depended on brutal repression for its survival Slavery remained a cancer on American democracy a moral outrage that mocked our nations claim to be a model of social amp political enlightenment. Cotton was needed for the fast developing textile mills in the North.. Cotton became very profitable to grow and came to dominate all aspects of Southern life.. Increased demand for new land to grown . Today’s Essential Question: What were . the political parties, platforms, candidates, issues, and outcome in the election of . 1860?. Vocabulary. political party. – political group organized to gain political power by getting its members elected to office. Chapter 15. Slavery in the territories: Lead-up to the civil war. What to do with the Mexican Cessation?. Wilmot Proviso. Proposed law in 1846 that all territory taken from Mexico would be free of slavery. Chapter 8. Slavery in the territories: Lead-up to the civil war. What to do with the Mexican Cessation?. Wilmot Proviso. Proposed law in 1846 that all territory taken from Mexico would be free of slavery. 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 Repealed European immigrants. 3.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? . 1852 / 1854-1861. Stowe and Helper: Literary Incendiaries. (1) . Uncle Tom’s Cabin . – Harriet Beecher Stowe (Abolitionist from Ohio) - 1852. *Written in response to the ungodliness of slavery and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.. United States in 1820. Stereotypes. North. Southerners were:. aristocratic (high-. felut’n. ). Lazy. Only successful due to slave labor . Stereotypes. South. Northerners were:. Greedy Capitalists. Materialistic. Increasing Sectionalism & the Road to the Civil War. From 1800-1860, the North & South became vastly different regions. “King Cotton” had transformed the South into a rural region with slavery, little manufacturing, & few railroads. Write HW in agenda. .. .. Multiple Choice Quiz. Agenda:. MC Quiz. Review. OER Thesis. HW:. Thesis Statement WAC. What do you see?. “loyalty to a particular region”. Sectionalism divided the country and ultimately led the nation into the Civil . More Issues in the 1850’s. Bleeding Kansas. Incendiary Literature (Uncle Tom’s Cabin). Brooks-Sumner Incident. Dred Scott Decision of 1857. Panic of 1857. John Brown- Martyr or Murderer. Election of President Lincoln. 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? . Birth of the Republican Party, 1854. Northern Whigs.. Northern Democrats.. Free-. Soilers. .. Know-Nothings. . . (Political party from 1854-1856 who was against Germans and Irish Catholic immigrants who they felt were ruining America).