Identify three ways in which westward territorial expansion of the South transformed southern slave society in the antebellum period.
ANSWER the following questions using the book Self, America’s History, Volume I: To 1877 (Bedford/ St. Martin’s, Ninth Edition, 2018) . Use simple footnote references when necessary [i.e. (H&H, p. 64) Do keep in mind that because this is an open book quiz, your answers should be more critically interpretative than factual in order to demonstrate that you understand the underlying cause and effect, how and why logic of the text. 1.Identify three ways in which westward territorial expansion of the South transformed southern slave society in the antebellum period. 2.What was the nature of slavery (feudal versus capitalistic) and, as a system did it make a profit or loss? As a result, was it doomed to fade out of existence or would it continue to develop? 3.Compare and contrast the ways various people responded to their concerns about developing problems with American life in the early 19th century. What did evangelical reform, calls for individualism, the women’s right’s movement, the temperance movement, and abolitionism have in common?
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