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The South Lashes Back (S/P/E)
• Political: relates to how the Virginia legislature
defeated many emancipation proposals
• Social: deals with the further division of the
North and South because of the major slavery
issue
• Economic: relates to the financial differences
between the Southern “servants” and
Northern “wage slaves”
The South Lashes Back…
• All ideas of Southern abolitionism were wiped
out by the VA legislature in 1831-1832.
• Southern plantation owners made slavery seem
positive by encouraging religion and the value of
family
• Many Southerners fought the North by gloating
about how nicely they treat slaves
• Because of anger in the South, the freedoms of
speech and press were endangered and the Gag
Resolution occured in 1836
Cause and Effect (The South Lashes
Back)
• Cause: The reluctance to discuss the slavery
problem in the South because of strict
punishments (such as whippings and
imprisonment).
• Effect: Whites for slavery tried to portray slavery
as a positive good to defend it and keep the
cotton business quick and efficient. They did this
through liberation, the encouragement of the
Bible, and a strong family feel.
The abolitionist impact in the North
• By 1850, Southern planters owed Northern
bankers 300 million dollars which was
eventually lost when the Union dissolved.
• Elijah D. Lovejoy of Illinois was called the
martyr Abolitionist after being killed by a mob
in 1837 because of his controversial printing
press.
• Free soilers people who did not want Slavery
in the West.
Cause and Effect (The Abolitionist
impact in the North)
• Cause: Elijah P. Lovejoy was an abolitionist
who was “not content to assail slavery”
insulted the chastity of Catholic women and
printed controversial things through his
printing press.
• Effect: His printing press was destroyed four
times, and he was killed by a mob in 1837.
S/P/E (The Abolitionist impact in
the North)
• Social: Even Northerners did not like the
extreme abolitionists in the North and were
very hostile toward them.
• Economic: The only thing keeping the Union
together was the economic ties between the
south and North. It can be said the reliance on
cotton kept them together from 1850 to the
start of the civil war.
S/P/E(Continued)
• Political: Politicians that were abolitionists
even shied away from the Garrisonians
extreme abolitionist ways including people
like Abraham Lincoln.
Varying Viewpoints
• Phillips: slavery did not benefit the South,
slaves did not live up to the expectations that
they were able to reach
• Genovese: agreed with the independent
lifestyle of slaves, and the strong core value of
paternalism
• Levine: slaves maintained a separate culture,
despite the bondage of slavery
Cause and Effect (Varying
Viewpoints)
• Cause: Slavery adapted mostly due to
geography and the environment.
• Effect: Slaves were greatly influenced by
where they were and it changed their diet,
their work routines, all due to there location.
S/P/E(Varying Viewpoints)
• Economic: The legal status of slaveholders as
well as slaves changed along with the change
of the economy, so as it got worse holders
couldn’t afford to buy slaves so slavery
became a hereditary condition.
• Social: the paternalistic slave system gave
white plantation owners an obligation to
protect an African American cultural space of
family and religion
S/P/E continued..
• Political: the legal status of slaves changed,
making certain political freedoms (such as the
right to vote) difficult.