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the Haitian revolution
The Haitian revolution marked the very beginning of the sectional crisis. It was a series of conflicts between Haitian slaves, colonists, and the British and French colonizers. it was one of the causes for france selling it's land in the louisiana purchase and scared Britian and France enough to make them abolish slavery.
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The missouri compromise
the Missouri Compromise was legislation that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine at the same time as a non-slave state so the balance was not disturbed. When Missouri applied to be a state, the number of slave and free states became unbalanced. The Compromise also proposed that slavery be prohibited above the 36 and 30-degree latitude line. ( www.archives.gov) -
missouri's admission to the union
When Missouri was admitted to the union in 1821, it exposed fault lines in American society.
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"doughfaces"
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the Whigs
the Whigs were a conservative political party in the United States. it was one of the biggest two parties, alongside the Democratic party which was slightly larger. It opposed Manifest Destiny, expansion into Texas, and the Mexican-American war. It had very little backing from poor farmers and workers. Trump is considered a modern-day whig by some people. -
anthony burns
Anthony Burns was a fugitive slave who was the principal in a famous court case brought in an effort to force him back to the south.
In 1854, Mr. Burns escaped and went to boston, where he wrote a letter to one of his brothers. The letter was intercepted by his 'owner', revealing Mr. Burns wherabouts. his owner traveled to boston to try and claim him under the Fugitive Slave act. He lost his case, and was sold to a man in NC. Antislavery activists bought his freedom, and he died in canada. -
texan revolt
the Texas revolution was when a bunch of colonists against the Centralist government of Mexico. The revolution began October of 1835.
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prigg v. pennsylvania
In 1826 the Pennsylvania legislature passed a law prohibiting the removal of black people out of the state for enslavement. In 1832, a black woman named Margaret Morgan moved to Pennsylvania. Her owner, John Ashmore, did grant her virtually complete freedom. The Ashmore heirs however wanted her back, so they sent Edward Prigg out to capture her. After returning Ms. Morgan to Maryland, Prigg was convicted in Pennsylvania for violating the 1826 law.
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the wilmot proviso
Amidst the Mexican-American war, President James Polk proposed an appropriation bill that would give 2 million dollars to purchase any territory from Mexico as reparations for the damages of the war. It was a well-known secret that Polk only engaged in war with Mexico for land, but the Wilmot Proviso was the first time Polk admitted his intentions himself. The Wilmot Proviso happened swiftly but still had a large impact on American politics. -
free soil
the free soil party was a short-lived political partythat merged into the republican party in 1854 or so. It formed during the 1848 presidential election, and was focused on opposing the expansion of Slavery into the western territories of the united states. -
the sectional crisis
the Sectional Crisis of the 1850s led to the outbreak of the Civil War. Southern politicians struggled to prevent northern abolitionists from weakening the protections of slavery.
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the compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of bills that were passed to address issues related to slavery. the bills provided for slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty in the admission of new states, prohibited the slave trade in D.C. and established a stricter fugitive slave act. www.archives.gov -
the fugitive slave act
The fugitive slave act was put into action when the Compromise of 1850 was. It was a series of laws that restricted slaves more and required their return to their masters. This also meant that every black person could be accused of being a slave, and were not allowed a trial. Northerners had to try and find the runaways as well, further infuriating the abolitionist Northerners.
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the election of 1852 and the end of the Whigs
this election gave the whigs their most stunning defeat and basically ended their existence as a legitimate political party. The Whigs got only 42 out of 254 electoral votes required to win. -
uncle toms cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel written by a woman named Harriet Beecher Stowe, the daughter of an abolitionist who was deeply affected by the Slave Laws. the novel was about a slave and his cruel owner, and showed notherners how bad slavery was and how it affected people, but the south claimed it was false. The author, Stowe, got to meet President lincoln.
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the kansas nebraska act
The kansas nebraska act was a bill presented by Senator Stephen Douglass that let states vote on wether they wanted slavery. Both kansas and nebraska thought they would win, so they were both supportive of it. Both sides lured people in to kansas so that they could win. This was also known as bleeding kansas. -
the Dred Scott case
Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom because he was still living with/ under the control of his master in a free state. The case was delayed 10 years, and when it was finally heard the Supreme Court turned it down on the grounds that he wasn't a U.S. citizen and then ruled that living in a free state didn't make him free, partially invalidating the existence of free states. -
the lincoln douglas debates
The debates were of course a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas The goal of these debates was to gain support and seats in congress for their party. There were seven debates across Illinois, and the 'winner' was Douglas because the Democrats got the majority of seats and he got a seat in the senate.
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john browns raid on harper ferry
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lincolns election
In 1860, Lincoln won the party's presidential nomination. In November 1860, he again had to face Douglas in an election who represented the Northern faction of a very divided democratic party. -
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the southern secessions
Some southern states decided to leave America because they were angry that the republican government might abolish slavery. South Carolina was the first to leave the Union and form the Confederate states. six other states followed.
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free soil, free labor, free men
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men is a novel by Eric Foner. It was published after the Civil War but is a useful and educational commentary on the ideology of the republican party before the Civil War. It is the only full-scale evaluation of the early values and opinions of the Republican party.
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