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. 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. American Romanticism. Important Historical Background. Period of rapid growth: Louisiana Purchase, nationalism, and self-awareness.. War of 1812- America is “for real.”. Mexican-American War (1846-1848) – Texas comes in as a slave state. OBJ: Were democratic ideals spread throughout society? To find out we’ll look at the reforms, intentions and actions of the members of these movements.. THE REFORMERS. WHITE, MIDDLE & UPPER MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN. 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). Light Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, Transcendentalism . Romanticism as a Journey. Away from . Corruption of civilization. Limits of rational thought. Romanticism as a Journey. Toward. Integrity of nature. We will walk with our own feet. we will work with our own hands. we will speak our own minds. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. Political and Social Milestones. The Louisiana Purchase - 1803. The Gold Rush - 1849. became vastly different regions. “King Cotton” . had transformed the South into a rural region with slavery, little manufacturing, and few railroads. From 1800-1860, the North and South . became vastly different regions. 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. The Age of Reason or The Enlightenment. . Founded on. Deism. Logic. Inalienable rights. It also brought . Industrialization, growth of cities, and factories . American expansion (Lewis and Clark and Manifest Destiny) . 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. 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. 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. Manifest Destiny Review – Turn and Talk What is Manifest Destiny? Discuss TWO examples. Informal Reading Check What does “54° 40’ or Fight” mean? How was the Oregon territorial dispute solved? 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).