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America and the Civil War
America is now free from the Civil War and made the democracy that fits the Goverment's and the people's needs. But they have differences as a nation, causing the bloodiest war in America, the Civil War -
Unitarianism is Born
Unitarianism is a philosophical movement that says realism is better than beliefs. CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify significant religious, philosophical, and social reform movements of the nineteenth century and their impact on American society -
3/5th Compromise
The Southerners wanted black people to be counted as one so they would get more representation. Although the Southerners wanted them to be counted as one, they still didn't want them to have any rights. The North figured out what the South was planning, so they came up with the 3/5th Compromise. This made all the blak people counted as "3/5ths" of a person. CONTENT TOPIC:
Compare and contrast the economic, social, and cultural differences of the North and South during the antebellum period -
Clay's American System
President Madison made a plan to have no economics involved with Great Britian. He made a plan to Congress including a national bank. The speaker of the House, Henry Clay, called it the "American System." Southerns were angered by the national bank and the tarriffs. CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify and evaluate the major events and issues that promoted sectional conflicts and strained national cohesiveness in the antebellum period -
Market Revolution Begins
The first half of the 19th century as the Market Revolution in the Union. The growth of free enterprise also boomed. -
Missouri Compromise
The Speaker of the House at the time, Henry Clay, needed to compromise with the North and the South. But the Missouri Compromise did the opposite of make peace. It allowed the South to regulate slavery. And the North was officially slave-free. This led the South to secede from the Union. CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify and evaluate the major events and issues that promoted sectional conflicts and strained national cohesiveness in the antebellum period -
Nullification and the Bank War
Vice President Calhoun, invented the nullification theory, that staes can declare if a law is constitutional and void in the state. The Bank War was about Jackson trying to defund the National Bank, turning it into a national bank. CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify and evaluate the major events and issues that promoted sectional conflicts and strained national cohesiveness in the antebellum period -
Manufactoring Booms in the North
The movement from housing to factories was needed because many people worked in industries. Goods also became more afforadble for everyone in the North. This made the North flourish greatly. CONTENT TOPIC:
Describe and evaluate the impacts of the First Industrial Revolution during the nineteenth century (e.g., the Lowell system, immigration, changing technologies, transportation innovations) -
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Was called the "Trail of Tears." This moved the Native Americans to the West because the Americans believed in the Manifest Destiny-the belief that the U.S was destines to move out West. -
Transcendentalism is Born
Transcendentalism was a movement that was discovered by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It was the belief of most Northerns, for they were getting more religious before the Civil War. The Bible told them slavery was forbidden, but the South was claiming it wasn't. It was the belief in equailty amongst everyone. CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify significant religious, philosophical, and social reform movements of the nineteenth century and their impact on American society -
Second Great Awakening
Many of the Northerners became more religious which caused more abolitionists. Free African-Americans built thier own churches, and many white people were agaisnt slavery because of the Bible readings. CONTENT TOPIC:
Compare and contrast the economic, social, and cultural differences of the North and South during the antebellum period -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Turner led a slave rebellion which was unsuccessful. They all were killed by the Southerners. This made many more slaves rebel and the South stricter on their rascist ways, CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify the major characteristics of the abolition movement in the antebellum period, its achievements, failures, and Southern opposition to it -
Oberlin College was Founded
Oberlin College was the first college to regularly accept female and male students. -
Lowell Textile Mills Strikes
In thr Mills salary, there was a 15% wage cut. This obviously angered many of the employees. 800 workers organized a strike, but many of them just setteled for lower wages.
2 years later, another strike occured. But the company replaced them with immagrants.
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Analyze the women
CONTENT TOPIC:
Describe and evaluate the impacts of the First Industrial Revolution during the nineteenth century (e.g., the Lowell system, immigration, changing technologies, transportation innovations) -
First Seneca Falls Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton held the first Women's Convention in Senaca Falls, New York. It was about women's rights and how men violated them. -
Compromise of 1850
The Congress met with the issue of letting the Republic of California into the nation as a free state or slaved. Clay made a compromise with the South and the North. Clay pushed for California to become a free state. So the Southerns got their deal as Popular Sovergnity. CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify and evaluate the major events and issues that promoted sectional conflicts and strained national cohesiveness in the antebellum period -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
This act was a Southern victory. It made it so that former slave owners could get their freed slaves and send them back into slavery. CONTENT TOPIC: Compare and contrast the economic, social, and cultural differences of the North and South during the antebellum period -
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas was up for popular sovergnity. Missouri citizens illgeally crossed the boarder to vote, but they weren't only ones. Abolitionists played dirty too, for they did the same. This was resulting in a violent fight, hence the name "Bleeding Kansas." CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify and evaluate the major events and issues that promoted sectional conflicts and strained national cohesiveness in the antebellum period -
Violence in the Senate
Senator Sumner was verbally attacking Senator Butler for his pro-slavery beliefs, Then Congressman Brooks, Butler's nephew, came into the Senate and beat Sumner with the cane that resulted in permanent brain damage. CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify and evaluate the major events and issues that promoted sectional conflicts and strained national cohesiveness in the antebellum period -
Dred Scott Desicion
Dred Scott was a freed slave that moved to Illinios, a free state. His slave owner came and took him back to Missouri to work for him again. The Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott because he was rpoperty, not a person. -
Harper's Ferry
Abolitionist John Brown led 21 men, black and white men, had gone into Harper's Ferry to protest against slavery, but they unfortunately were all killed. John Brown himself was publicly hanged. This angered Northers and scared Southerners. CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify the major characteristics of the abolition movement in the antebellum period, its achievements, failures, and Southern opposition to it -
Lincoln Got Elected
Lincoln being elected was the starting point of the Civil War. This angered the South and was the last straw for them. CONTENT TOPIC:
Explain the influence of Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy of the Union and his executive actions and leadership on the course of the Civil War -
The Civil War Started
The Civil War started with the Batlle of FOrt Sumter. South Carilonia had already seceded and refused to negotiate. CONTENT TOPIC:
Explain the influence of Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy of the Union and his executive actions and leadership on the course of the Civil War -
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter marks the beginning of the Civil War. South Carolina has seceded from the Union already. They also refused to compromise with Lincoln. The War had begun. CONTENT TOPIC:
Identify and analyze the technological, social, and strategic aspects of Civil War -
Gettysburg and the Address
This war gave the North great morale because they were losing before. They had lost many wars, so when they won this bloody one, it gave them a chance to win. Lincoln was feeling this too, for he gave one of the most memorable speeches in American history.
CONTENT TOPIC:
Explain the influence of Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy of the Union and his executive actions and leadership on the course of the Civil War -
Emancipation Proclamation was Passed
The Emancipation Proclamation was passed in the middle of the Civil War. Lincoln wanted to know he was serious about this war and freeing the slaves. CONTENT TOPIC:
Describe the basic provisions and immediate impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution -
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Reconstruction Era Began
Lincoln wanted to be less harsh on the South, while the Radical Republicans wanted nothing to do with them. They wanted to go as far as to punish them severly. They agreed on Reconstruction, but it didn't exactly fix problems between the North and South. -
Black Codes
The South found loopholes in the law as much as they could. They found one when they passed the dreaded Black Codes, which segregated African- Americans as best as it could. -
The North Wins and Reconstruction Begins
The North had won and slaves are free. But the South doesn;t give them that right. They still hate black people all over and keep them in Slavery using a defacto such as sharecropping and tenant farming. They will object for them to vote and have rights so the 14th and 15th amendments are passed. Now they can vote, but the South still feels indifferent. CONTENT TOPIC:
Compare and contrast the economic, social, and cultural differences of the North and South during the antebellum period -
Freedman's Bureau Formed
This was a federal agency which financially supports freedmen, hence the name, and refugees. The freedmen needed jobs and shelters to get out of the financial hole slavery created. -
14th Amendment was Passed
This amendment gave all naturaly born into the US or naturalized person instant and equal citizenship. -
15th Amendment was Passed
The 15th Amendment was the deal breaker for the South and North's fighting on voting rights. The South wanted the blacks to be counted as one for representation. But the North saw this as a win-win solution. They could be counted as one if they could vote.
