Ap Us History Dbq

1. What were a few of the notable characteristics of Chesapeake life in the seventeenth century?

2. Which statement highlights the difficulties faced by those working on the Panama Canal? (number 2)

a. Explain the connection between the invention of the cotton gin by Eli _________ in 17___ and the rapid expansion of short-staple cotton production based on slave labor in the South. If the cotton gin actually made picking seeds from cotton much easier, why did planters perceive a vastly

Due to America’s expansion in the West, it made a very negative impact on the Native Americans there. For example, numerous amount of native Americans died due to the new diseases that they were being exposed to; such as influenza and smallpox. Additionally, Settlers tooks over large amounts of the Native Americans’ hunting grounds. Due to their inhabitants of the hunting grounds, it chased the animals that they would hunt. Lastly, the Native American population decreased. Seeing all this change being brought on to their land, Native Americans began to resist. America responded by attacking the Shawnee villages on the Tippecanoe River while Tecumseh was away, looking for allies. __________________________________________________________________________________

2. The Northwest Territory, depicted in the map above, stops at the Mississippi River because…

off of the slave ships, they were sold to the highest paying slave owner so they can work

By 1850, the northern states and the southern states had heavy debates and violent occurrences to describe slavery and, the need to have or not to have slaves. African American slaves provided free labor in the southern states since crops needed hard labor to flourish and what could have been a better choice for plantation owners to make profit other than owning black slaves than white servants. African slaves were cheap, inexpensive and could provide with hard labor which was exactly what the plantation owners

From the onset of the slave trade, the first Africans brought to the United States were forced from their native land, into a

4. The land owners were loosing touch with the land because they were no longer involved with the process of growing produce

Laws made for slaves were known as “Slave Codes”. This was required in all southern states to have a set of Slave Codes. States either made up their own codes or copied from another state. Such laws as “The slaves owe to his master and all of his family total respect and absolute obedience. He must instantly obey all orders he receives from them.”, and “No slave can own anything of his own without consent of the master. No slave can sell anything he has made without the master’s consent.”. These laws being set in place insured for the whites that basically no African-American slave has rights.

The African Slave Trade (pg 27): Portuguese traders likewise ousted Arab merchants as the prime purveyors of African slaves. Some Africans were held in bondage as security for debts; others were sold into servitude by their kin in exchange for food in times of

During the slave trade era (1619-1863), millions of Africans were brought to the U.S. to be sold as slaves. The need for slavery existed in the plantation of

together, had cultural activities and because of the near equal ratio of men to women were able

African Americans were forced to migrate to the United States, as they were being sold as slaves. The lives of slaves differed whether they were in the north or south (Spring, 2013). Northern states had fewer slaves than the south which maintained a plantation system dependent on slaves (Spring, 2013). This impacted the availability to an education for many African American slaves (Spring, 2013).

However, in 1847, a new rule called the “Quarter Acre Clause” was passed under the poor law which stated that “only people who occupied less than a quarter acre of land were now eligible for relief” (Kinealy “Politics” 3). In order to receive assistance and feed their families, people surrendered their land and were rendered homeless.