CHAPTER 16 HOMEWORK

Chapter 16 OI
Directions: Define the following Outside Information terms using your own words. You may use
complete sentences or multiple bulletpoints.

Fugitive Slave Act a series of laws and rules put in place that allowed for slaveholders to
recapture slaves and encouraged people to return runaway slaves

Missouri Compromise a compromise that allowed for Missouri to join as a slave slate as long as
Maine joined the United States of America as a free state to maintain
balance

Compromise 1850 compromises created to help tensions over slavery in the United States
because of all of the new territories they gained through events like the
Mexican-American war

Kansas and Nebraska a law that repealed the Missouri Compromise and made it so that the
Act states could choose whether they wanted to be free of slave states
through popular sovereignty

Nat Turners Rebellion a revolt by the enslaved in Virginia that was led by enslaved preachers
and Nat Turner which was deadly and killed many people

Underground Railroad A system of routes and safety places for enslaved African Americans to
be able to escape from their enslavement and gain freedom

Black Codes laws passed by the government in the South of the United States after
the Civil War that restricted the rights of African Americans, including
being able to own property or vote

William Lloyd Garrison a civil rights activist who published the Liberator, which was a
newspaper that campaigned for abolition and the end of slavery

Fredrick Douglas an escaped enslaved man who became an activist against slavery and a
leader in the abolitionist movement

Gag Resolution A resolution that stopped any discussion of anti-slavery movements and
petitions in the House of Representatives

Video Questions
Directions: Each question should be thoroughly answered in 2-4 sentences, keep in
mind that you need to know what is seen and what is said in the video. You should also
include multiple Outside Information (Important People, Events, Laws, Documents, etc.)
examples in all of your answers. You also need to bold all of the Outside Information
examples you use in your answer.

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1.​ Describe the development and expansion of slavery in America in the 1600s and 1700s.
a.​ Slavery mostly began after rebellions from indentured servants like in Bacon’s
Rebellion. This led to the shift to enslaved African Americans, and discussions
about their rights and contributions to America. They were not seen as equal as
shown in things like the 3/5th Compromise. Eventually, the international slave
trade ended but slaves continued to be traded within America, and they had little
to no rights and were actually seen as property, which led to the creation of acts
like the Fugitive Slave Act. Slavery is not as used in the Northern and Middle
States, and they even ban slavery.
2.​ How did the Cotton Gin affect the south and the north?
a.​ The Cotton Gin created by Eli Whitney allowed for cotton to be used as a cash
crop, meaning that it was much more in demand. Cotton must be harvested,
however, and slaves were used as free labor to pick the cotton for the
Southerners to sell and make a profit off of cotton. This free labor was much
more in demand, and this means that slaves were much more in demand as well.
The North, being built on industry and factories, demanded this cotton that the
South was growing, further fueling the need for slaves.
3.​ How will slavery play a part in the western expansion?
a.​ Slavery allowed for more cash crops to be harvested, which caused southerners
to want more land and to expand into the west to gain more farmland. However,
this westward expansion led to conflict over whether these new territories
should be free and slave states, which caused a lot of sectionalism and tension
between the north and south.
4.​ Describe the antebellum south politically, economically, and socially.
a.​ Their economy was agrarian because of the cash crops they grew, like cotton.
They had no need to industrialize because they did make a profit off of their
crops and the north demanded it. Most of their money was invested into slave
labor instead, even though only a fourth of the population were actually slave
owners. Hope encouraged them to support slavery, as well as the fact that slaves
had such a low status raised the status of the poorer Southerners. The South was
almost like an oligarchy because the rich plantation owners had the most power
in the government.
5.​ What was life like for African Americans in the North? What was life like for African
Americans in the South?
a.​ There were around 250,000 free African Americans in the North, but their lives
were still hard because they had a lot of competition for low-skilled jobs because
of the immigrating Irish people. There was a similar amount of free African
Americans in the South as well, and this could come from a multitude of different
reasons. Some of them were mulattos, which meant that their white father could
have freed them, they could have been freed after the American Revolution, or
they could have paid for their own freedom. However, even though they were
free, their daily lives were very restricted, especially after slave rebellions like Nat
Turner’s Rebellion.
6.​ What effect did Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on slavery?
a.​ Uncle Tom’s Cabin showed the tragedies caused by the trading and selling of
slaves, including how families are being broken up and separated from each
other. It was more efficient than other sources of showing these tragedies
because it was shown to a mass audience.
7.​ Describe the development of African American culture.
a.​ The enslaved people developed their own culture by combining African and
American cultures, and it developed even further after the Second Great
Awakening. They used traditions from West Africa that combined music and
religion, as well as responsorial style, and this was especially common in Baptist
and Methodist churches.
8.​ How did African Americans begin to resist slavery?
a.​ They rebelled in many ways, including but not limited to slowing down their work
speed or breaking the equipment necessary for them to work. They also ran
away, which developed systems like the Underground Railroad created by
Harriet Tubman. They also revolted against their slaveholders, which included
the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina, the Denmark Vesey in South Carolina
which was planned and not carried out, and Nat Turner’s Rebellion which
actually resulted in the deaths of Americans.
9.​ Describe the development of the Abolitionist Movement in America.
a.​ The movement began with the Quakers, which were the earliest opponents of
slavery. The American Colonization Society wanted to free and send slaves back
to America, but this was unsuccessful because the people being sent back did
not have actual connections to the continent due to how long slavery had been
happening. Other Abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and David Walker
wrote about slavery and called for the enslaved to be freed. Some abolitionists
were former slaves who wanted to help the other enslaved to be freed and for
abolition to happen.
10.​How did Southerners defend slavery?
a.​ The Gag Resolution made it so that slavery could not even be discussed in
Congress, but this was eventually repealed. Slaves were forbidden to learn how
to read or write to stop them from communicating and lower the chances of
them rebelling or revolting. Works against slavery were also banned to stop the
message from spreading. George Fitzhugh actually developed a pro-slavery
message about how slavery was helpful to slaves and justified slavery by saying
that African Americans were inferior people.

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