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War of 1812
In the War of 1812, caused by British restrictions on U.S. trade and America’s desire to expand its territory, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain. It looms large for Canadians and for Native Americans, who see it as a decisive turning point in their losing struggle to govern themselves.
Facts: 1.Happened between Great Britain and the United States 2.ended in a stalemate
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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free.
Facts: 1. The Missouri Compromise provided for a trade-off 2. Maine became the 23rd state on March 15, 1821
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Monore Doctrine
A foreign policy statement, which created separate spheres of European and American influence. The United States promised to stay out of European business and told the Europeans to stay out of the Western Hemisphere's business.
Facts: 1.The term "Monroe Doctrine" wasn't used to describe these policies until many years later in 1850. 2.Secretary of State, and future president, John Quincy Adams was one of the main authors of the doctrine
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Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. Rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, at least 51 being white. Nat Turner's rebellion raised southern fears of a general slave uprising.
Facts: 1. Turner was an educated minister as well as a slave. 2. In the wake of the rebellion, states passed laws making it illegal to teach African-Americans how to read or write.
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Compromise of 1850
Passed in the midst of fierce wrangled between groups favoring slavery and groups opposing it. It attempted to give something to both sides. Part of the Compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act, which proved highly unpopular in the North. North gains California as a Free State. The South gains the reinforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law.
Facts: 1. The debate lasted nine months. 2. The original proposal was presented by Kentucky Senator Henry Clay.
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Fugitive Slave Act
A group of bills that helped quiet early calls for Southern secession. This new law compelled citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves. Industrialization and immigration in the North had created a society that was largely urban.
Facts: 1. By the mid-1800s, thousands of slaves sought refuge in the free states. 2. On June 28, 1864, both of the Fugitive Slave Acts were finally repealed by the Congress.
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Anti-slavery novel by author Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans/slavery in the U.S. and "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War". Many Northerners realized how unjust slavery was for the first time. Southern slave owners worked even harder to defend the institution.
Facts:1. Date Of First Publication, 1851 2.The novel is told largely in the third person but often in the second.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed each territory to decide the issue of slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty. Kansas with slavery would violate the Missouri Compromise, which had kept the Union from falling apart for the last thirty-four years. Those from the North generally opposed slavery in Kansas
Facts: 1. Led to the outbreak of the Civil War. 2.The Act was proposed by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois.
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Bleeding Kansas
A series of confrontational events. The confrontations occurred due to different ideologies on the issue of slavery. The admittance of Kansas as a slave state or free state was at the heart of the controversy. Soon after its creation, settlers from both the South, including Missouri, and the North came to Kansas.
Facts: 1.the name given to a series of violent confrontations in Kansas 2. A crucial point that led to the road to the American Civil war
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Brooks Attacks Sumner
The Caning of Charles Sumner, or the Brooks–Sumner Affair, when Representative Preston Brooks used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist, in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely criticized slaveholders, including a relative of Brooks.
Facts: 1. Was an avowed Abolitionist and leader of the Republican 2.Crossed into Kansas and attacked anti-slavery settlers.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Lincoln-Douglas debates were significant because of the issues discussed between the candidates during the debates. By the 1850s, slavery had become a major political issue. Douglas was an incumbent senator who had established himself as a supporter of popular sovereignty on the subject of slavery.
Facts: 1.Douglas portrayed the Republican Party as an abolitionist effort 2.Lincoln and Douglas engaged in seven debates throughout Illinois before huge crowds
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Raid on Harpers Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. The South uses the John Brown raid to make the point, slavery can never be safe.
Facts: 1. Southerners were relieved that no slaves had volunteered to help Brown. 2. George Washington established an armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1794
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Election of 1860
The Republican Party, which fielded its first candidate, was opposed to the expansion of slavery. Abraham Lincoln, was seen as a moderate on slavery, but Southerners feared that his election would lead to demise, and vowed to leave the Union if he was elected. The South was very displeased with the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the US in 1860.
Facts:1.The most pivotal presidential elections in American history. 2.Took place in Virginia
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