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15 Cards in this Set
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Republicanism was exactly the same from the North and South: T or F?
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F. They were significantly different. Republican theorists had defined governmental tyranny as the greatest political eveil and slave owning planters were in full agreement.
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Whaqt did they want to prevent despotic rule by tyrants or demagogues?
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To place authority in the hands of independent and incorruptible men of "virtue".
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Who began to see themselves as the embodiment of these ideals?
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Planters.
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What did European visitors commonly note among the regions?
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Profound social differences. New England: religious. Southerners: slavery=major cause of the ignorance and poverty of their region.
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How did slavery find its way into national politics?
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At the Philedalphia convention in 1787, most delegates accepted slavery. Southerners sought additional protection for slavery in ther second session of the new nationaql legislature.
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What still remained a contested issue nationally?
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Slavery. W
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What happened when congress ended legal American participation in the Atlantic slave trade in 1807?
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Northern representatives tried to regulate the coastal trade in slaves and provide for the emancipation of illegally imported slaves.
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What happened to political conflict over slavery as the northern states emancipated more african American laborers?
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Increased
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In 1817, what did the American colonization society encourage?
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Southern planters to emancipate their slaves.
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Was the American Colonization System a failure or success?
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failure. Only raised enough money to purchase freedom for a few slaves.
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Why did colonization fail?
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The South was changing in a dramatic fashion-and in ways that encouraged the expansion of slavery.b
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The demand for labor in the southwest far excceded the supply despite what?
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The influx of new slaves.
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How did the influx of new slaves happen?
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Thousands of others were sold and many were forced migrants from Southeast.
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What else did Westward movement change?
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The character of white society. Slave owning remained broadly diffused. Proportion of those who owned slaver decreased.
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What did wealthy and influential owners do to society?
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Dominated it and gave an aristocratic republican definition to politics.
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