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Chapter 16 and 17 Flashcards

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Frank Bell

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slave owner: Johnson Bell
constant whipping
wife was decapitated by Johnson
given a dollar a month to stay on plantation after war

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Tom Robinson

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slave owner: Dave Robinson
treated well and rarely whipped
freed after war
owned a sharecrop farm

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Eli Whitney

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created cotton gin

revolutionized cotton in south

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Fredrick Douglass

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freed slave

wrote the Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass

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Harriet Tubman

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led the Underground Railroad

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William Lloyd Garrison

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published The Liberator newspaper against slavery

triggered 30 year war of words

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Denmark Vessey

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planned uprising in Charleston, South Carolina

betrayed and killed

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Nat Turner

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1831

sent wave of hysteria over snowy cotton fields

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Wendell Phillips

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“abolition’s golden trumpet”

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Cotton and its Impact of South

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increased efficiency and profit
cotton became half of all American exports
75% of the world’s cotton was produced in the US

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Planter’s Artistocracy

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Oligarchy - south governed by few rich

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Rich/Poor discrepancy

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1700 families owned over 100 slaves
planters were wealthy and had power
poor inspired by plantation owners

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Mountain Whites

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white southerners around the Appilation Mountains against slavery

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Slaves

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prime slave costed $1,200
needed clothes, food, and shelter
attempted to run away and destroy tools

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Freed Slaves

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1860 - 250,000 freed slaves

unpopular in north and treated as immigrants

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Freed Slave Restrictions

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could own property
could not testify against whites in court
restricted from certain jobs
couldn't vote
were discriminated against
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American Colonization Society

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founded in 1817
wanted to transport slaves back to Africa
gradual emancipation

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American Anti-Slavery Society

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founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison

members included freed slaves and abolitionists

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Gag Resolution

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1836
required all anti-slavery appeals to be tabled without debate
John Quincy Adams waged an 8 year fight to repeal this

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Abolitionists

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movement to end slavery

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David Walker

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wrote The Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World in 1892
advocated a bloody end to white supermacy

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William Henry Harrison

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won election of 1840
member of Whig party
died after 4 weeks in office

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John Tyler

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vice president
became president after Harrison's death
Democrat pretending to be a Whig - only against Andrew Jackson
vetoed multiple bills
cabinet abandoned/alienated Tyler
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Henry Clay

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ran for president in 1832, 1836, 1840, and 1844
never became president
redrafted tariff bill of 1832 - lowered to 32%

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Daniel Webster
Secretary of State
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Lord Ashburton
nonprofessional diplomat | married to an American
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James K. Polk
``` became president in 1844 Democrat America's first 'dark horse" or "surprise" presidential candidate Speaker of the House of Representatives "Young Hickory" ```
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John Slidell
sent to Mexico in 1845 to obtain California and territory east from the Mexicans given $25 million
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Zachary Taylor
moved 3,000 troops from Nueces river to Rio Grande captured Monterrey defeated Santa Anna and large Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista won presidency in 1848
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Stephen Kearny
Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe to Los Angelos | won California with Stockton and Fremont
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Winfield Scott
New Orleans to Veracruz bombarded the Veracruz marched to Mexico City in Sept. 1848 - last battle
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David Wilmot
created Wilmot amendment slavery should not exist in any territory to be wrested with Mexico twice passed in the House but not the Senate
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Manifest Destiny
"re-annexation of Texas" "reoccupation of Oregon" an obvious and undeniable fate that America will be one of the most powerful countries in the world
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
America retained 7,000 square miles of 12,000 and gained the land of Minnesota with iron ore British got less land but won the Halifax to Quebec route
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Caroline
American steamer carrying supplies to insurgeners across the Niagara River attacked by British force in New York ship destroyed and sank and one killed
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Creole
1841 British officials in Bahamas offered asylum to 130 Virginian slaves slaves captured the American ship the Creole
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Texas Annexation
becomes part of United States in 1845 issue with slavery Mexicans cannot reconquer Texas
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Oregon Fever
Americans in Willamette Valley suddenly multiplied in the early 1840s seized hundreds of restless pioneers
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Election of 1844
Democrat James K. Polk Whig Henry Clay Texas becomes leading issue in campaign Clay with and against (hypocrite)
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Walker Tariff
Robert J. Walker - Secretary of the Treasury | reduced average rates of the tariff of 1842 from 32% to 25%
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Acquiring Oregon
1846 | British came around and themselves proposed the line of 49°
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Slidell's Mission
To obtain California and territory east from Mexico with $25 million
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Causes of Mexican War
April 25, 1846 Mexican army defeated U.S. cavalrymen Congress passed war declaration on May 13, 1846
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Major Battle of Mexican War
California - Stockton, Kearny, Fremont Monterrey to Buena Vista - Taylor Veracruz to Mexico City - Scott
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Results of Mexican War
``` Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 US obtains Mexican Cession Mexico recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary $15 million is given to Mexico ```
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Impacts of Territory Acquired in Mexican War
slave state issues
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Wilmot Proviso
slavery should not exist in any territory to be wrested with Mexico twice passed in the House but not the Senate
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Stephen Austin
settled in Texas (Mexican territory) with 300 other American families
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Sam Houston
took full advantage of Mexican Siesta captured Santa Anna "Remember the Alamo"
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Santa Anna
dictator of Mexico
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William Travis
lead 200 Texans in the battle of the Alamo
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American migration to Mexico (Texas)
immigrants must become Roman Catholics and Mexican Citizens
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Disputes between Mexico and Texas
slavery, immigration, local rights Mexico emancipated slavery Texans refuse to honor decrees
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The Alamo
Santa Anna trapped 200 Texans at the Alamo | all Texans killed
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Treaty of Velasco
1836 | agreed to withdraw Mexican troops and to recognize the Rio Grande as southern boundary of Texas

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