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Northwest Ordinance
A uniform national land policy; created the Northwest Territories and gave the land to the government, the land could then be purchased by individuals; when a territory had 60,000 people, it might be admitted by Congress as a state, with all the privileges of the 13 other states. -
Invnetion of the cotton gin
The cotton gin boosted the otherwise limited crop, cotton. Now that cotton could be produced with less work and in larger quantities, cotton plantations sprouted all over the South, leading to a higher number of slaves. This invention had many implications on slaves and the way they were treated. In addition to this, the North and South began conflicting over the issue of slavery and the morality of it. Even though the crop was being grown in the South, the North was profiting off it the most. -
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The Second Great Awakening
During this time period, the percentage of people attending church peaked at 75%. The two denominations that had the greatest impact were the Baptists and Methodists. Preaching of this time period converted many souls just like the First Great Awakening. Women also became more infleuntial in the church as their job was to bring their husbands back to Christ. Overall, the main point of this movement was to solve social issues with religion. -
Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay introduced a compromise that decided whether or not Missouri would be admitted as a slave state. Congress decided to admit Missouri as a slave state in 1820. But, Maine, which was apart of Massachusetts, was to be admitted as a separate, free state. Therefore, there were 12 slave states and 12 free states.The Missouri Compromise by Congress forbade slavery in the remaining territories in the Louisiana Territory north of the line of 36° 30', except for Missouri. -
American Temperance Society
In the early 1800s, many people developed drinking problems due to social norms and hard/monotonous life. This included women, clergymen, and members of Congress. The American Temperance Society was formed in 1826. Its members persuaded people to stop drinking.
Drinking decreased worker efficiency and threatened the family structure. -
The Foreign Policy with England
In 1842, Daniel webster, senate, issued the foreign policy, that involved Britain, to set a border between the U.S. and Canada, which connects to the Canadien Rebellion in1837. Tyler, president of 1841, claimed that the British attempt to sezies Mexico, if the U.S. didn't act, sending fear to the South
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Polk, Mexican War, and the Wilmot Proviso.
In 1845, James K. Polk became the 11th president of the U.S. Polk was consider the last strong pre-civil war president by two
terms , winning the Mexican war, reduce tariffs rates. The Mexican war began from the annexation of Texas, the expansion of U.S. territory, after the war America claimed
victorious and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended and the
war debts of Mexico cost them the land of Texas. The Wilmot
Proviso was used to eliminate slavery as a result of the war. -
California Gold rush
Miners all over the world discover a whole load of gold, and attracted over ten thousand of people. After the discovery of
the gold rush, crimes started to increased. -
Woman's Rights Convention
Gender differences were emphasized in the 19th century because the market economy was separating women and men into distinct economic roles (women were viewed as artistic and the keepers of society's conscience, while men were viewed as strong but crude). Feminists met at Seneca Falls, New York in a Woman's Rights Convention in 1848 to rewrite the Declaration of Independence to include women. -
President Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor, the 12th president, was national hero from the
Mexican war. He was ranked a major general and won the election to the White house. Zachary's top priority was to preserving the union, but lasted 17 months within his term. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was five different bills, that was passed by congress, to defused a political meetings between slaves and free states. -
Maine Law of 1851
Neal S. Dow thought that alcohol should be outlawed; "Father of Prohibition"; supported the Maine Law of 1851 which banned the manufacture and sale of liquor in Maine. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin Literature
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was published Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her goal of the book was to awaken the North to the evils of slavery. She focused heavily on the how slavery split families apart causing it to be popular in the united states and other countries. This popular book relied on powerful use of imagery and touching emotional strings of readers. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act allowed Kansas and Nebraska to decide themselves whether to allow slavery within their territory. This act went against the Missouri Compromise of 1820. -
John Brown, Kansas Civil War
He was dedicated to abolitionist cause of ending slavery. In his past he was criminal for horse stealing and moved to Kansas from Ohio. In May 1856 he led an attacked and hacked 5 proslavery men to pieces on Kansas-Free Soil causing an outburst in proslavery forces. A civil war in the Kansas erupted between the proslavery and antislavery forces and this continued until it merged with a large scale civil war of 1861 to 1865. -
Charles Sumners and Bleeding Kansaas
Charles Sumner was disliked by many people in the senate, however he championed for antislavery. He referred to people who support slavery as "vomit of an uneasy civilization" and made a hate speech on the slavery. Preston S. Brook approached Sumner and pounded him in the cane until it broke. The other senators didn't interfere. This caused even more tentions between the North and South because it was topic of slavery. -
Dred Scott v. Stanford
Dred Scott case was about a black slave, had lived with his master for five years in IIliinios and Wisconsin Territory. Backed by interest of abolitionists, he sued for freedom on the basis of his long residence on free soil. A majority of the Court decreed that because a slave was private property, he or she could be taken into any territory and legally held there in slavery. Proslavery states supported this while the North disagreed causing further tensions leading to a civil war. -
The Impending Crisis of the South
A book written by Hinton R. Helper, a white man from North Carolina, who attempted to prove that non-slaveholding whites were the ones who suffered most from the milestone of slavery. This book was hated and banned in the South. -
Lecompton Constitution
A document, made by proslavery forces, that stated people were not allowed to vote for or against the constitution as a whole but only for it to be either with slavery or without. If they voted against slavery there was already a provision of the constitution that would protect the owners of slaves already in Kansas.
