sketches historical context Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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3/5 clause
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3/5 of slave population can be counted for representation
2
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importation clause
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congress could not ban slave trade for 20 years
3
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african slave trade act
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prohibited importation of slaves into the U.S.
4
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slave insurrection clause
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gives chief executive power and duty to suppress all insurrections to maintain law and order; fueled by fear
5
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fugitive slave clause
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provide for return of fugitive slaves in North to the South
6
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racial worldview (5 points)
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- universal classification of human groups as separate
- imposition of egalitarian ethos/ranking
- consensus among scientists that one’s outer characteristics are surface manifestations of inner reality
- inheritable
- each race was created unique and distinct by God (fixed and unalterable)
7
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black codes
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replaced slave antecendants
8
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slave narratives
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literature of resistance