Study Guide for Test 3 - U.S. To 1877 | HIST 2010, Study notes of World History

Download Study Guide for Test 3 - U.S. To 1877 | HIST 2010 and more Study notes World History in PDF only on Docsity! HIST 2010 - Study Guide for Test Three 1. Factors of economic growth in the mid- 1800’s- Shift from farm to city. 16 major cities in the north, 1 major city in the south. 2. John Deere’s plow-“the singing plow” 3. American System of Manufacturers-use of interchangeable parts, Mass production. 4. Railroad growth in the 1850’s- iron, coal, telegraph 5. “Free Labor” movement- Free to quit, not slaves 6. Immigrants- Cheap labor workers. Germany will benefit. Ireland will not. 7. John L. O’Sullivan- American columnist and editor who marketed the term “Manifest Destiny” to promote the annexation of texas and the Oregon trail. 8. Manifest Destiny-expansion driven by pride and nationalism. Move to the west. 9. The Oregon Trail- Oregon fever, desire for land. 2nd and 3rd sons of families. Woman has many responsibilities. 10. Mormons- Joseph Smith: His followers believe that n angle had given him golden plates, and he published the Book of Mormon. 11. Mormons- Brigham Young: known for polygamy practice. President of (LDS church). Founder of Salt Lake City. 12. Battles for Texas Independence- The Alamo, Golidad (more Texans are killed), San Jacinto. 13. Immediate Cause of the Mexican war-The Rio Grande Incident, started in 1846. 14. Opponents of the Mexican War- Northern Whigs condemned the war as the bulling of the weak neighbor. It was fought to extend slavery, strengthen slave power and a way of obtaining control of the free states. 15. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo- U.S. acquired Texas. Paid 15 million to the Mexicans 16. California Gold Rush- not many people made money of the gold rush. 17. States located in the Upper South, Lower South and the Border states- Upper South-TN,NC,AR,VA. Lower South- GA,FL,AL,LA,TX,MS,SC. Border States- DE,MD,KY,MO. 18. Reasons for the expansion of the Cotton Kingdom- Cotton Gin. Expansion west. Profit Margin. 19. Public school systems in the south- 20. Planter class- dominated in society but minority in the land. 21. Mortality among black children- They were not friends, they were taught like animals, to survive like animals. The harder they worked, the better they were treated. 22. Where slaves worked-women could work in the house, or field. Men worked in the field. 23. Family life of slaves- men acted as husbands, women acted as wives. They created their own community and culture. 24. Nat Turner- gathered revolting slaves. Killed 57 white men, women, and children. 25. Slave owners- 26. Southern defense of the slave system- It is needed to keep the cotton production kept up with the growing country. 27. How slavery affected everyone-1/3 of the south’s population was enslaved. The south depended on slavery for their cotton production. The north was completely against slavery (which caused conflict). 28. Free Soil Party- (Martin Van Buren) slavery not allowed in the territory. No African Americans in the territory. 29. Presidential campaign of 1848- Democrats adopted a platform that avoided a firm position on slavery in the territories. Whigs were anti-slavery. Free Soil Party’s platform was “free soli, free speech, free labor, and free men”. 30. the Great Debate of 1850- slave trade ended in Washington DC. Stronger fugitive slave laws to be enforced. 31. the controversy over the Compromise of 1850-Texas as a slave state or free state. 32. The Compromise of 1850-Slave trade ended in Washington DC. Stronger fugitive slave laws to be enforced. 33. Uncle Tom’s Cabin- The story that told the true life of a slave. Harriet beecher stowe. 34. Split in churches 35. Kansas-Nebraska Act- re-opened the issue of slavery in the expansion. 36. the American Party-“know nothing” anti-immigrant, anti-irish, anti-catholic. They were opposed to drinking. Party split over the slave issue. 37. the Republican Party- northern whigs, free-soilers, reformers. Minority wanted to do something about existing slavery. No southern support. 38. Bleeding Kansas- Kansas split 50/50 over slavery. Indians forced to leave. Election in dispute. John Brown lead a group w/ guns killing/fighting the pro- slavery men. 39. Dred Scott decision-Scott will remain a slave even though his owner is dead. 40. the Panic of 1857- mild recession. Caused mainly foreign. Sectionalism. 41. the Lincoln Douglas Debate- Lincoln wins the debate. 42. John Brown-hated slavery 43. Republican Party’s platform- “protection of American Industry” –the union must and shall be preserved – no secession. – no slavery in the expansion. 44. the Election of 1860- 4 candidates. The democratic party had a split party. Lincoln wins election. 45. Secession- The south secedes from the north. Jefferson Davis is elected president of the “new” nation. South Carolina was the first to secede. 46. Lincoln’s Inaugural Address- March 1816, cautious and moderate. 47. Upper Southern States-VA,AK,TN,NC join the confederacy after the fall of fort. Sumter. 48. Border States-DE,MD,KY,MO went to the union. 49. Comparative strengths of the North and the South- south had power over the cotton industry, without cotton. But the north had power over basically everything else. 50. European support for the war-Confederacy was going to boycott the sale of cotton to Europe to get them on their side.