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Bell Ringer #9 – 12/6/10 We will move to Ch 8 this week. Read about the plantation called “Leighton” at the top of page 263. Write a paragraph about plantation life in the South during the 1800s.
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War of 1812 U.S. blamed British for supplying Tecumseh’s men w/ weapons. To retaliate, Congress declared war on Britain in 1812. Strategy was to attack Canada (British territory) After U.S. controlled the Great Lakes, the British surrendered in 1815.
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President Andrew Jackson Jackson elected 1828; claimed to stand for the economic well-being of American workers. However, Jackson was criticized for slave power – to expand and strengthen slavery.
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Jackson wanted Indians removed “for their protection” and sent West. In 1838 Cherokee Indians and other nations were forced to move West from North Carolina to present-day Oklahoma. Trail of Tears
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Slavery Terms Abolitionists – Wanted to abolish (end) slavery. Knew slavery was morally wrong. Plantation – large-scale farm. Many in the South contained slaves. Underground railroad – secret chain of locations on escape route from the South to Canada. Harriet Tubman - led more slaves to freedom on U.R. than anyone else.
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Crops tended by slaves Upper South – Region did not have long enough growing season for cotton. Tobacco, corn, hemp were most profitable. Lower South – Cotton was the cash crop. Planters began growing it in the late 1600s. Sugarcane was also profitable.
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Georgia Slave Cabin
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