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2nd Great Awakening
Series of Reform:
Horace Mann: educational reform, free education for all white men "great equalizer"
Dorothea Dix: Penitentiary reform -
Election of 1824
Adams wins despite losing popular vote due to deals in congress "corrupt bargain" -
Tarriff of Abominations
High tax on goods entering country, North loved, south spurned -
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Jackson's presidency
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S.C Secede/nullifcation
SC hella mad about tariffs, threatens to secede, Jackson gets a bill saying seccesion=treason and SC backs off -
Worcestor Vs. Georgia
Worcester = supporter of Cherokee resistance, sued to get Goergias law stripping Cherokee's of their rights overturned. Marshall court ruled that only the US government has the power to deal with Indian Nations. Georgia ignored the ruling, Andrew Jackson didn't enforce -
Trail of Tears
Five civilized tribes, Cherokee sues Georgia to keep their land. Andrew Jackson pushes for Indian Removal, Trail of Tears -
Wilmot Proviso and Spot Resolution
Slavery should not expand and reason for war is not just reasons -
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Mexican American War
Started by Polk when he let Texas join the union, sparked war with Mexico over border dispute -
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Dred Scott Case
Sued for his freedom because he lived in free state, Supreme Court (Taney) ruled Black people can't sue and that white people are not bound to respect any rights of black people, government has no power to take the property of Black people away from white people -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Gave America lots of land -
Seneca Falls Convention
Group of women met to discuss women's rights, creation of declaration of sentiments -
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California Gold Rush
Gold in cali -
Oregon Territory Compromise
54'40" or fight: Deal with England, gets them half of Oregon territory (49th Parallel) -
Compromise of 1850
California enters free, D.C Slave trade is banned, fugitive slave law expanded, popular sovereignty -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephan Douglass wants railroad to the west, needs southern support for admitting Kansas and Nebraska, proposes popular sovereignty, nullifying the Missouri compromise -
Election of 1860
Gradualist Republican Abraham Lincoln is elected, South can't bare the idea and secedes