Slavery 11/2

Question 1

When were the first Africans brought to American colonies?

Answer 1

1619, Virginia

Question 2

What is an indentured servant?

Answer 2

kind of forced labor, worked for mostly 7 years + then free, children = free

Question 3

Why didn’t this system of indentured servants work?

Answer 3

too expensive, more workforce needed

Question 4

Why were Africans chosen as slaves?

Answer 4

color of their skin = punishment of god -> inferior, could easily be identified by whites

Question 5

Describe the development in the 1660’s.

Answer 5

Poor Whites were rebelling (Bacon’s Rebellion) -> afraid of fraternity with Blacks -> had to lower status of Blacks -> fixed equation between Africans and slaves

Question 6

What do the Virginia slave laws say about children from mixed relationships?

Answer 6

depends on mother -> if black then slave, if white then free

Question 7

Why is there a passage in them talking about baptism and slavery?

Answer 7

question remained whether a Christian Black was equal or if his religion changed his status in any way

Question 8

What happened to some slaves during the War of Independence?

Answer 8

those who fought for the USA: free blacks (~10.000)

Question 9

Why was the topic of slavery in the draft of the Declaration of Independence but not in the final version?

Answer 9

didn’t want to risk a split of the Union

Question 10

Why did slavery play a bigger role in the South than in the North?

Answer 10

different economy: in North house slaves and mostly industry and manufacturing, in South field slaves and plantations

Question 11

Who were the first to protest against slavery in North America?

Answer 11

Quakers

Question 12

When did the Congress prohibit the import of slaves?

Answer 12

1808

Question 13

Name 3 regulations of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850!

Answer 13

can be brought back to where they came from
if you find fugitive: 5-10$
not trials or hearings for slaves

Question 14

Which invention of 1793 meant the intensification of the plantation system in the South?

Answer 14

cotton gin

Question 15

What was the general attitude towards slavery in the USA?

Answer 15

widely accepted

Question 16

Hwy were there growing tensions about slavery in connection with the Western Expansion?

Answer 16

balance in the Senate, question if extend slavery to annexed states

Question 17

When and what was the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 17

1820
Missouri = slave state -> split of Massachusets -> now Maine = free state
slavery-free states in territory of LP 36’30’’

Question 18

Which concessions were made to the North and to the South in the Compromise of 1850?

Answer 18

to North: Oregon, California -> slave-free
to South: Utah, New Mexico -> free decidion but very likely slave states
Fugitive Slave Laws introduced

Question 19

Why did the Kansas Nebraska Act mean the abandonment of the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 19

Kansas = likely to become slave state BUT above 36’30’’

Question 20

What was the decision on this act mainly based upon?

Answer 20

a section one came from rather than party membership

Question 21

In how far did the situation in Kansas show that the compromises did not succeed?

Answer 21

despite compromise: Bleeding Kansas (minor civil war)

Question 22

What happened to the party system after the Kansas Nebraska Act?

Answer 22

Whigs split -> Democrats/Republicans
Democratic Party = mostly party of South but some support in North
Republican Party = a new party mostly in the North