PPT-American Slavery & Women, 1800-1860

Material Conditions Ideologies Resistances The Slave Trade Slavery first legalized in English Colonies in 1665 Most slaves imported from West Africa Some slaves were Native Women Slave Trade Map. Periodization. 1800. – The Election of Thomas Jefferson leading to the first peaceful transfer of political power from one political party to . another. 1848. – Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ends the Mexican War. Part 1: 1491 - 1877. Periods 1 - 5 (50% of the New Curriculum). Shoutout time: Shoutout to YOU for watching. Thanks for the support!. If it’s BOLD, KNOW it! Check out videos in the description. Period 1 Overview (1491 - 1607). f. inding . our. possibilities and limits. Case: . Oosterhesselen. 1740-1860. Erwin H. . Karel. /Richard . Paping. (Digital Humanities Pitch April 17th 2014). Background of the projec. t. Main question. . The Missouri Compromise (1820). A James Monroe Museum. Virtual Exhibit. Image Credit: Robert K. Griffin “The Liberian Senate,” Library of Congress. Introduction. The United States had debated slavery since its founding. However, tensions over the issue were growing by the time of Monroe’s presidency. . 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? . - 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.” . 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. 1. Canals, steamboats, and railroads revolutionized American economic and social life during the antebellum period between 1820 and 1860.. 2. Key transportation developments. Turnpikes such as the National Road promoted trade and communication with the Old Northwest.. 1820-1860. Individualism: The Ethic of the Middle Class. Individualism-. American Renaissance-. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Transcendentalism. Emerson was the leading voice of . “transcendentalism”. Embraced human passion, spirituality, deep thought, and mysteries of existence. Part 1: 1491 - 1877. Periods 1 - 5 (50% of the New Curriculum). Shoutout time: Shoutout to YOU for watching. Thanks for the support!. If it’s BOLD, KNOW it! Check out videos in the description. Period 1 Overview (1491 - 1607). 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. 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. 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).