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American History: A Survey: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

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Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South Trades in the south included sugar, rice, tobacco, and COTTON created substantial wealth in the region Growth without Development The south remained agricultural through the 1860s Began the 19th century with few important cities and little industry. Plantation industry had been dependent on slave labor ?The south grew, but it did not develop.? Decline of the Tobacco Economy Market for Tobacco was notoriously unstable. Prices were subject to frequent depressions. Tobacco rapidly exhausted the land on which it grew. By 1830s many southern farmers were shifting their crops ? notably to wheat. Southern regions of coastal south continued to rely on rice, more stable and lucrative, however required substantial irrigation.

APUSH Ch. 16-18 Notes

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Ch. 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860 Slavery gets new life (death): As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin ? slavery was reinvigorated Members of the planter aristocracy ? dominated society and politics in the South All of the following were true of the American economy under Cotton Kingdom - cotton accounted for half the value of all American exports after 1840 the South produced more than half the entire world?s supply of cotton. 75% of the British supply of cotton came from the South quick profits from cotton drew planters to its economic enterprise But the South did not reap all the profits from the cotton trade Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because ? its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 25

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CHAPTER 25 Africa, India, and the New British Empire, 1750?1870 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Changes and Exchanges in Africa A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . New Africa States 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Serious drought hit the coastlands of southeastern Africa in the early nineteenth century and led to conflicts over grazing and farming lands. During these conflicts Shaka used strict military drill and close-combat warfare in order to build the Zulu kingdom. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Some neighboring Africans created their own states (such as Swaziland and Lesotho) in order to protect themselves against the expansionist Zulu kingdom. Shaka ruled the Zulu kingdom for little more than a decade, but he succeeded in creating a new national identity as well as a new kingdom.

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 24

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CHAPTER 24 Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas, 1800?1890 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Independence in Latin America, 1800?1830 A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Roots of Revolution, to 1810 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Wealthy colonial residents of Latin America were frustrated by the political and economic power of colonial officials and angered by high taxes and imperial monopolies. They were inspired by the Enlightenment thinkers and by the examples of the American and French Revolutions. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The Portuguese royal family fled to Brazil, where King John VI maintained his court for over a decade.

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 19

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CHAPTER 19 The Atlantic System and Africa, 1550?1800 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Plantations in the West Indies A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Colonization Before 1650 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Spanish settlers introduced sugar-cane cultivation into the West Indies shortly after 1500 but did not do much else toward the further development of the islands. After 1600 the French and English developed colonies based on tobacco cultivation. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Tobacco consumption became popular in England in the early 1600s. Tobacco production in the West Indies was stimulated by two new developments: the formation of chartered companies and the availability of cheap labor in the form of European indentured servants.

The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 14

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CHAPTER 14 Tropical Africa and Asia, 1200?1500 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Tropical Lands and Peoples A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . The Tropical Environment 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The tropical zone falls between the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the south. The Afro-Asian tropics have a cycle of rainy and dry seasons dictated by the alternating winds known as monsoons.

Frederick Douglass Speech Analyzes the Failures of Reconstruction, 1883

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Frederick Douglass (1883?) "The Serfs of Russia...Were Given Three Acres of Land"??? In this speech, given many years after Reconstruction ended, Douglass laments the development of sharecropping in the South, and links it to the failure of land confiscation in Reconstruction. Sharecropping arose as the freedmen continued to resist gang labor and conditions resembling plantation conditions.???

REA Online Practice US (20)

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PRACTICE TEST 2.0 01. The first nationality excluded from immigrating to the United States was the (A) Japanese (B) Mexicans (C) Chinese (D) Haitians (E) Ottoman Turks. 02. The basic viewpoint of the U.S. Supreme court in the 1920's was to (A) Uphold the anti trust laws (B) favor the position of organized labor (C) overturn progressive laws (D) support the government involvement in business (E) refuse to consider cases involving labor disputes. 03. The American Anti-slavery movement split in 1840 largely over the issue of (A) the participation of women (B) gradual vs. immediate emancipation (C) civil rights for free blacks in the North (D) Support for the black abolitionists (E) backing for Martin Van Buren for President.

Practice Test 2.0

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PRACTICE TEST 2.0 01. The first nationality excluded from immigrating to the United States was the (A) Japanese (B) Mexicans (C) Chinese (D) Haitians (E) Ottoman Turks. 02. The basic viewpoint of the U.S. Supreme court in the 1920's was to (A) Uphold the anti trust laws (B) favor the position of organized labor (C) overturn progressive laws (D) support the government involvement in business (E) refuse to consider cases involving labor disputes. 03. The American Anti-slavery movement split in 1840 largely over the issue of (A) the participation of women (B) gradual vs. immediate emancipation (C) civil rights for free blacks in the North (D) Support for the black abolitionists (E) backing for Martin Van Buren for President.

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