Define and illustrate the following:
Interior Lines in battle
Interior Lines on the grand scale (for instance the use of rivers and railroads)
Monday, October 29, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Friday's Class (October 26)
We will be watching part of the wonderful Ken Burns' documentary for this class.
There will be two homework assignments for this weekend: first, illustrate on a map the general thrusts of the Anaconda Plan. Second, I will ask you to do a little research: List the advantages that the North had and the advantages that the South had. There should be at least three each. Be sure to explain them.
There will be two homework assignments for this weekend: first, illustrate on a map the general thrusts of the Anaconda Plan. Second, I will ask you to do a little research: List the advantages that the North had and the advantages that the South had. There should be at least three each. Be sure to explain them.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Review for Wednesday's Exams.
Most of the following will be on either the in-class exam or the take home test due on Friday.
All take home exams must be emailed to me by 4:00 Friday afternoon.
Friday we will be viewing the beginning of the Ken Burns documentary.
What are the basic outlines of the Dred Scott Case?
What was the conflict between property and personhood?
How did the Dred Scott case reflect the philosophy of government in the south?
What is natural law. What is positive law?
Describe the Missouri Compromise. When was it? Who wrote it?
Compare the centrality of factories in the north to the centrality of slavery in the south.
How did the north and south change in relation to slavery from 1830-60?
How was the early wealth of the north created?
What was that wealth invested into?
What did the south depend on the north for?
How did cheap labor, immigration, and industrialization relate to one another?
Describe the southern elite.
How did attitudes towards work differ between the elites of the north and south?
How did slavery differ between Virginia, South Carolina, and the lower Mississippi?
Describe the following conditions for industrialization in the north:
labor (skilled and unskilled); buildings, land, and equipment;
power (coal, water); capital; raw materials; ports; transportation
Contrast northern and southern agriculture. How did the growth of cities affect the specialization of farming in the north? What was the main influence on farming in the south?
Who was Henry Clay? Who was John Calhoun?
Why were "improvements" important to the north, and anathema to south?
Describe the biggest influences on the US in the mid-19th century:
slavery, immigration, technology (agricultural, industrial, communication),
democracy, and land.
According to Calhoun what was the only constitutional role for the federal government?
Describe the Compromise of 1850: how was a state traded for theory? Who brokered it?
Why were Californians against coming in as a slave state?
Why did their representatives vote with the south throughout the 1850's?
All take home exams must be emailed to me by 4:00 Friday afternoon.
Friday we will be viewing the beginning of the Ken Burns documentary.
What are the basic outlines of the Dred Scott Case?
What was the conflict between property and personhood?
How did the Dred Scott case reflect the philosophy of government in the south?
What is natural law. What is positive law?
Describe the Missouri Compromise. When was it? Who wrote it?
Compare the centrality of factories in the north to the centrality of slavery in the south.
How did the north and south change in relation to slavery from 1830-60?
How was the early wealth of the north created?
What was that wealth invested into?
What did the south depend on the north for?
How did cheap labor, immigration, and industrialization relate to one another?
Describe the southern elite.
How did attitudes towards work differ between the elites of the north and south?
How did slavery differ between Virginia, South Carolina, and the lower Mississippi?
Describe the following conditions for industrialization in the north:
labor (skilled and unskilled); buildings, land, and equipment;
power (coal, water); capital; raw materials; ports; transportation
Contrast northern and southern agriculture. How did the growth of cities affect the specialization of farming in the north? What was the main influence on farming in the south?
Who was Henry Clay? Who was John Calhoun?
Why were "improvements" important to the north, and anathema to south?
Describe the biggest influences on the US in the mid-19th century:
slavery, immigration, technology (agricultural, industrial, communication),
democracy, and land.
According to Calhoun what was the only constitutional role for the federal government?
Describe the Compromise of 1850: how was a state traded for theory? Who brokered it?
Why were Californians against coming in as a slave state?
Why did their representatives vote with the south throughout the 1850's?
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Geography Take Home Test, Part One, Due Wednesday
Draw the following on a blank map. Be accurate!
Cities:
Cincinatti
Louisville
Cairo
Memphis
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Savannah
Nashville
Knoxville
Richmond
Montgomery
Atlanta
Columbia
Pittsburg
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington D.C.
Norfolk
Charleston
Mobile
Trenton
Cities:
Cincinatti
Louisville
Cairo
Memphis
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Savannah
Nashville
Knoxville
Richmond
Montgomery
Atlanta
Columbia
Pittsburg
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington D.C.
Norfolk
Charleston
Mobile
Trenton
Why such mind boggling changes north and south?
We begin our exploration of the massive change in the U.S. between 1830 and 1860. Some argue that the tremendous differences between north and south made war inevitable. I do not believe that.
But combine tremendous increases in population, huge shifts in geography, and new technologies with incompetent political leadership and you have a big problem.
By the 1850's, the U.S. had a big, big problem.
First, however a review of Monday's class. Basically we discussed the conditions necessary for economic growth, capitalist style:
What did one need back then to get a factory underway?
LABOR: a large, cheap labor force. Both skilled and unskilled.
BUILDINGS, LAND, AND EQUIPMENT: the materials to build, the land to build on, land that is near labor, power, and supplies, and other factories and businesses to produce the supplies
POWER: Small rivers to power water wheels and coal to fire furnaces.
TRANSPORTATION: Roads, railroads, and canals to carry raw materials, replacement parts, and to ship finished goods out to other markets.
CAPITAL: investors to help raise money, banks to make and secure loans
RAW MATERIALS: iron, wood, cotton, hemp, etc
FOOD: Industrial workers do not raise their own. It has to be raised elsewhere.
Each of these elements build upon one another. How?
But combine tremendous increases in population, huge shifts in geography, and new technologies with incompetent political leadership and you have a big problem.
By the 1850's, the U.S. had a big, big problem.
First, however a review of Monday's class. Basically we discussed the conditions necessary for economic growth, capitalist style:
What did one need back then to get a factory underway?
LABOR: a large, cheap labor force. Both skilled and unskilled.
BUILDINGS, LAND, AND EQUIPMENT: the materials to build, the land to build on, land that is near labor, power, and supplies, and other factories and businesses to produce the supplies
POWER: Small rivers to power water wheels and coal to fire furnaces.
TRANSPORTATION: Roads, railroads, and canals to carry raw materials, replacement parts, and to ship finished goods out to other markets.
CAPITAL: investors to help raise money, banks to make and secure loans
RAW MATERIALS: iron, wood, cotton, hemp, etc
FOOD: Industrial workers do not raise their own. It has to be raised elsewhere.
Each of these elements build upon one another. How?
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Dred Scott: Discussion
Please post intelligent comments regarding the following:
Was the Dred Scott decision racist? Or was it political? Explain what the difference may be to you.
Was it constitutional to support property rights over Black civil rights? If so, do you think the Constitution was racist at that time?
Was the Dred Scott decision racist? Or was it political? Explain what the difference may be to you.
Was it constitutional to support property rights over Black civil rights? If so, do you think the Constitution was racist at that time?
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