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Religioius Movemenets
One religioius group in the Spiritual Awakening was Unitarians that was founded by Ralph Waldo Emmerson -
Abolition Movements
An abolition movement in antebellum America was Nat Turners Rebellion. A group of slaves started a rebelling that scared many Southerners. -
Abolition Movement
Another abolition movement was newpapers written by the likes of Willian Lloyd Garrison and Fredrick Douglas. -
Womens Rights
A major womens rights movement was the organized conventions were they talked about many things including sufferage and abolition. One convention was the Seneca Falls convention. -
Womens Rights Movements
The establishment of womens colleges like Oberlin in Ohio. -
Economics
The North economics were basically all manufactured goods. -
Economics
The South economics was based on cash crops. -
Technology
One major technological advancement in the war was the railroad system. It allowed for easy transportation. -
Technology
Another technological was the telegraph. It was used for fast communication during the war. -
Lincoln Leadership
One demonstration of Lincolns leadership was how he communicated with soilders to get information first hand. He talked with them as if he was any ordinary citizen. Very humble human being. -
Lincoln Leadership
Another demonstration of this was clever he was. From his persuasive speech to how he addressed other poloticians. -
Provisions to ammendments
The biggest was the freeing of slaves. Others dealed on equality. -
Provisions to ammendments
Other provisions were equality, no classes of citizenship, and the right for former slaves to vote. -
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Causes of the Civil War
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Missouri Compromise
In 1818 Missouri settlers requested access into the Union. Northerners and Southerners disagreed on whether it should be a slave state or a free state. Under the leadership of Henery Clay, Congress found a solution. Missouri was to be admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state. And there was line with was 36*30* north latitude. Everything under was to be a slave state and above it, a free state -
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First Industrial Revolution
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First Half
Movement away from homemade goods into bought and sold commodities. Growth of Free Enterprise. Key changes in communication, transportation, -
Nullifaction
Calhoun was attempting to free the South from tarriffs on imports because their economy depended on cotton exports. So he came up with this theory of Nullifaction. Which basically said each state was determine a law constitutional. If a state declared an act by Congress or a law unconstitutional, they could nullify it. -
Manufacturing
Movement from house to factory. Formed employer/employee relationship. And goods became avaliable to everyone. Primarly in the North, however, There were textile mills were many women worked. Conditions were bad there and they went on strike. The first time their wages were cut by 15% and the second time they were replaced by immigrants. -
Bleeding Kansas
This was a series of border wars in the State of Kansas from the years 1854-1861. North and South were both aggressors in this violence. -
Violence in the Senate
Tensions were heated on the Senate floor over issues that divided the counrty in two. Senator Sumner gave a passionate speech on whether Kansas should be admitted as a free state. A South Carolina Senators nephew beat him with a cane later on after the Senate had adjourned. -
Dread-Scott Descison
This was a decsion made by the Supreme Court which cause an explosion of sectional passiions. -
Harpers Ferry
John Brown attaked Harpers Ferry in attempt to start a slave uprising. This caused tensions and to rise even further. -
Southern Secession
On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede. One by one, more and more Sothern States followed them. -
Compromise of 1850
This compromise came in the midst of a huge dispute over whether slavery would be allowed in new western states and territories. Within this was the Fugitive Slave Act and The Kansas Nebraska Act. Which basically allowed any captured runaway slave to be returned to their owners and subjegated them to very hash treatments. -
1860
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln, a northern Republican Abolishonist was elected as president despite getting the popular vote. This was basically the last straw for Southern States to succeed. -
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Another group was the African American Churches in the North made by former slaves who were either freed or runaways.