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Start of Industrial Market Revolution
The Industrialization of America between 1820 and 1838 brought many new inventions and improvements to the country. The new improvements include the First Turnpike in Lancaster PA which was connected by 2400 miles of roads. The steamboat, the Cumberland National Road that spans from St. Louis to Baltimore. The Conestoga covered wagon, the Erie Canal, and steam trains which allowed the US to build over 30k miles of railroad between 1813-1860, transformed the US into an industrialized nation. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise created by Henry Clay, played a very important role in US History. It allowed Missouri to become a slave state and in return Maine became a free state, this balanced the representatives in congress. The Missouri Compromise created the 36, 30 line which both sides agreed that there would be no slavery north of this point. Even though both sides agreed this still caused problems with some radical politicians that wanted to preserve slavery. -
Tariff of Abomination
The tariff of Abomination was in theory good for the entire country. It was created to make foreign goods more expensive that way people would buy American made products. This was very good for northern factories, but very bad for the south. This made products very expensive for southerners, resulting in Sectionalism and the Nullification Crisis. John C. Calhoun argued that states have the constitutional right to block it, causing South Carolina to adopt the Ordinance of Nullification in 1832. -
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VA Slave Debates
In reaction to the Nat Turner slave revolt in VA which resulted in 65 whites dead and a statewide manhunt. Nat Turner was found and killed long with 30 others. There was a change in the way slaves were viewed, slavery became tougher, “necessary evil” to “positive good.” Additionally, the breeding of slaves in VA started and their children were sold to other southern states for profit. Furthermore, a question arose about what to do with emancipated slaves. -
End of Industrial Revolution
There were differences that causes sectionalism. Due to the fact that most factories were in the northern states most of the railroad and new improvements went to the north. This left the southern states with almost nothing, and the southern states built what little railroad they had with slave labor while the northern states built it with primarily paid Irish Immigrants. -
Treaty of Guadulupe Hidalgo
The treaty of Guadulupe Hidalgo in 1848 was the treaty that ended the Mexican American war. The United States would then pay Mexico 15 million dollars for the areas of NM, WY, NA, CA, TX, AZ, CA. Additionally, the new border would be at the Rio Grande River. The Problem with the treaty is that there was no rule that slavery could not expand west it just cannot expand north. This caused many problems between the Free and Slave states because of the imbalance of power in congress. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 established CA a free state. Mexico and Utah would enter the union as Popular Sovereignty states, they would vote if they would be a slave state or not, and new fugitive slave law. Compromise of 1850 served as a delay of confrontation between the north and the south much like the Missouri Compromise. With that said, this compromise still limited slavery, worried the southern politicians because their power in congress was fading. Slavery was the southern economic system. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The fugitive Slave Act of 1850 made many of the northerners upset. This is because the federal government now has the power to track down runaway slaves in the north and bring them back to their owners in the south. The federal government could also pay bounty hunters to do the same. The resulted in many free blacks in the north to be wrongfully accused of being a runaway slave and many were sent to the south to become slaves.