Lecture Notes Review on Slavery, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, and Early American History

A set of flashcards designed to help review key concepts and events related to slavery, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, early American history, and significant legislative and societal changes in the 19th century.

What did Orlando Patterson refer to as a ‘state of social death’ due to slavery?

The enslaved person is cut off from family, ancestry, and community, losing their legal and social identity.

What is ‘natal alienation’ in the context of slavery?

Enslaved people are separated from their birth families and culture, and children born to slaves have no legal family rights.

What was the significance of the latifundia in Roman slavery?

Latifundia were large agricultural estates in the Roman Empire worked by slaves.

What actions did early Christianity take regarding slavery?

Early Christianity did not abolish slavery but ended gladiatorial combat and banned branding slaves on the face.

What was the major economic driver behind the growth of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?

Sugar plantations required extensive slave labor to meet European demand for sugar.

From 1700 to 1800, approximately how many enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic?

7,000,000 enslaved Africans were transported.

What was the Asiento in relation to the slave trade?

A royal license given by Spain to another country or company to supply slaves to Spanish America.

How did Thomas Clarkson contribute to the abolitionist movement?

He gathered evidence of slavery's cruelty, including chains and ship diagrams, to show the inhumanity of the slave trade.

What was the Embargo Act of 1807?

A law that shut down all foreign trade to pressure Britain and France without resorting to war.

What was the outcome of the Battle of Tippecanoe?

U.S. forces under William Henry Harrison attacked Prophetstown, weakening Native American resistance.

What was the main goal of Polk's presidency in the 1840s?

To expand U.S. territory and support the annexation of Texas.

What was the Missouri Compromise?

A 1820 agreement that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, banning slavery north of the 36°30' latitude line.

What did the Monroe Doctrine declare?

It declared that the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European colonization and any interference would be seen as a hostile act.

What event is described as ‘Custer’s Last Stand’?

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, where Custer's forces were defeated by Native American warriors.

Why did Johnson's Reconstruction policies face opposition?

They favored the rapid restoration of the South with few protections for freed slaves, leading to the implementation of Black Codes.

What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?

To break up tribal lands into individual family plots to force assimilation and undermine tribal landholding.