Slavery Unit

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    The USA bought Louisiana from France for 15 million dollars. The Purchase from from accounts for 15 current US states. This is Economic because the United States bought land from France
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. This is political because the government had to decide whether they would allow slavery or not.
  • Nullification Crisis

    Nullification Crisis
    Southern states believed that they could nullify(cancel) any federal law they beleived was unconstitutional. This is political because it is about southern states believing they could just cancel a federal law if they did not think it was constitutional.
  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    Nat Turner's Rebellion
    Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831.[1] Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 white people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the American South. This is social because it has to do with the slaves rebelling against the white people that owned them.
  • Cherokee Removal

    Cherokee Removal
    The American settlers removed the cherokee people from the land, so the american could set up their new lives there. This is social because the american ssettlers moved the people that were already there.
  • Mexican American War

    Mexican American War
    United States War Against Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. I think this is a Political because the USA government took away land from Mexico