HIST 226 Lecture 8: Texas History – The 1850’s, Succession, and the Civil War
Document Summary
Texas history the (cid:1005)85(cid:1004)"s, succession, and the civil war. Others sa(cid:455) a(cid:373) housto(cid:374) (cid:449)as this ca(cid:373)p(cid:271)ell sa(cid:455)s a(cid:373) housto(cid:374) (cid:449)as this. Pay attention to intro, first part of each chapter, and conclusion. Toward southern separatism: dynamic growth, optimism, and prosperity. Whether you owned a slave, were a slave, did not own slave, outside of slave system or not you were effected, impacted, and changed. If you were white you were perceived to be better. Even if you were at the bottom of the social ladder you were still better than blacks (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1013)(cid:1004)"s populist movement to build biracial coalitions. Ultimately failed because of the sense that white and black were separate. Shaped if you are a slave by slavery - attitudes, approached to things (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1009)(cid:1004)"s slave vs. free (different cultures, expectations, aspirations) A(cid:449) (cid:449)hite supre(cid:373)a(cid:272)(cid:455) i(cid:374) the north (cid:271)ut (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t see it (cid:449)ith the sa(cid:373)e te(cid:374)a(cid:272)it(cid:455).