North vs South (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
15 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
15 cards from this deck
What does 'antebellum period' mean?
What does 'antebellum period' mean?
Before the war
Year first African slaves arrived in Virginia
Year first African slaves arrived in Virginia
1619
When cotton gin invented
When cotton gin invented
Late 1700s/1793
Definition of secession
Definition of secession
Leaving the Union
Year of Missouri Compromise
Year of Missouri Compromise
1820
Three main areas of North-South tension
Three main areas of North-South tension
Slavery, economics, role of government
Type of economy in North
Type of economy in North
Industrial/manufacturing
Type of economy in South
Type of economy in South
Agricultural
Effect of cotton gin invention
Effect of cotton gin invention
Made cotton processing faster & more profitable
American Revolutionary War dates
American Revolutionary War dates
1775-1783
Which country's textile industry did Southern cotton supply
Which country's textile industry did Southern cotton supply
Britain
Definition of federalism
Definition of federalism
Division of power between state & federal governments
When abolitionist movement grew in North
When abolitionist movement grew in North
1830s-1860s
Cotton production increase 1830-1850 (in bales)
Cotton production increase 1830-1850 (in bales)
750,000 to 2.85 million
What South's agricultural economy depended on
What South's agricultural economy depended on
Slave labour on plantations