Unit 2 Test Flashcards
Antebellum America (30 cards)
Market revolution
change from the colonial economy to the merket economy where things became more mordern
1850 - a stronger fugitive slave act
return escaped slaves to their owners,
even if in a free state
1st antislavery society created in Phila on
1780s
slavery eliminated from last northern
state
By 1804
he legal termination of the slave
trade, enforced by the Royal Navy
1807
newly independant Republics of Central & So.
America declared their slaves free
1820
slavery abolished throughout the British
Empire
1833
slavery abolished in the Fr. colonies
1844
Slave resistance
- Refusal to work hard
- Isolated acts of sabotage
- Escape via the Underground Railroad
The monroe doctorine
- Established America’s
dominance of West - Warned European
countries to stay away
missouri compromise
admitted missouri as a slave state only if maine would be admitted as a free state
whigs and democrats on the perspective of indian removal
whigs - opposed
democrats - for
whigs and democrats on the perspective of tarrifs
Whigs - for
Democrats - opposed
whigs and democrats on the perspective of internal improvements
Whigs - for
democrats - opposed
whigs and democrats on the perspective of the national bank?
whigs - for
democrats - opposed
What did the turnpikes/cumberland road to for America?
Made transportation to the west easier for new settlers
How did railroads benefit America?
Made it possible for entrepreneurs to build large scale transportation networks
Where did Industrialized manufacturing begin?
New England
Who were the Artisans?
Skilled and experienced craft workers who produced goods by hand
What is the Putting-out system?
Hired farming families to do specific tasks for the production process for a set wage
Why did the British ban emigration?
Because they feared their knowledge would get transferred to the US and they did not want that because it would be a big economic disadvantage
Who was Samuel Slater?
The first founder of the first truly successful cotton mill in the US
What is deskilling?
the lowering of skill needs in a national economy and the result was an unskilled lower-class
What is the Rhode Island System?
The creation of mill villages, families were hired to work there
