Expansion of Slavery Instructions 1 Look at content

Expansion of Slavery

Instructions • 1. Look at content on slide • 2. Click on audio symbol and listen to the recording • 3. Try not to laugh too much at Jen’s disembodied voice. Recording this was really, really embarrassing. • 4. Do not expect jokes. I was too embarrassed to be funny. At all. Sorry. • 5. Besides—this slideshow is about slavery! Did you expect it to be funny? ! Sheesh. • 6. When you are done, do the questions from the Schoolwires page.

When the Revolution ended. . .

In the South • George Mason: “[Slavery is a] slow Poison, which is daily contaminating the Minds & Morals of our People. Every Gentleman here is born a petty Tyrant…. ”

Constitutional Battles • Slave Trade • Three-Fifths Compromise

Then in 1790. . . Eli Whitney invented the “cotton gin” “Gin” is short for engine.

Short staple cotton arrives! What does the cotton gin do? Long staple versus short staple cotton. This is a cotton boll.

Growth of King Cotton

Yup, we love cotton!

Class structure in the South

But white people without slaves weren’t antislavery

The top 7. 6%

The North was no better

Abolition

Missouri Compromise, 1820

The two part compromise • Missouri is a slave state and Maine is a free state • Territory north of 36° 30’ would be closed to slavery

And now. . . • I hope you’ve enjoyed this slideshow. Please do the “viewing” check questions available through my Schoolwires page. See you tomorrow!