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Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
required non-slave states to assist in the returning of escaped slaves -
Cotton gin was invented
Invented by Eli whitney -
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Gabriel Prossers Rebellion
15 thousand slaves gather around Richmond
Failed to gain control of a main road to Richmond
someone tipped off the white authorities
prosser and 25 of his followers were executed -
German Coast
Several hundred poorly armed slaves march into New Orleans
US army and state militia stop the troops
more than 60 slaves died
The heads of the leaders were posted on poles along the Mississippi -
Erie Canal finished
the first most successful artificial waterway -
American Temperance Society
to change peoples attitudes towards alcohol and its role in social life -
Sabbatarian Movement
to end mail services on Sundays as an attempt to shut down all non-church activities -
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Slavery Declines
The economy is better balanced so there was less need for slaves -
Nat Turners Rebellion
Said that he saw signs from heaven calling for vengence against white opressors
Led a small group of followers
Killed his owner on the first day
killed 60 more white people the second and the third day -
New England Anti-Slavery Society
William Loyd Garrison helped found it -
Black Hawks War
forced tribes to secede land -
Texas becomes an independent state
General Santa Ana was captured and forced to sign a treaty recognizing Texas as an independent state -
Battle of the Alamo
A large army was created to beat America and won -
Massachusettes school board established
demanded that the state assume centralized control over the schools -
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4.2 million Irish and German immigrants entered the U.S.
Political problems and the Irish potato famine brought them to America -
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Oregon Trail Most Active
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Edmund Ruffin Reforms
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James K. Polk was elected president
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Know nothing party
American nativist political party -
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Mormon Migration to Utah
Smith was killed by a mob and they relocated -
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Mexican American war
Polks offer to Mexico was refused, so he ordered his troops to invade deeper into the border of Mexico and America -
Seneca falls convention
first convention ever devoted to women's suffrage or voting rights -
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California Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in California which caused a mass migration -
Fort Laramie Treaty
Tried to draw boundaries for tribes to make up for their reduced movements and loss of hunting -
The Gadsden Purchase
Established the final borders of the lower 48 states