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Early Abolitionism
American Colonization Society: focused on transporting blacks back to Africa. -
Early Abolitionism
American Colonization Society: focused on transporting blacks back to Africa. -
Congress Legislates a Civil War
The Kansas-Nebraska Act wrecked two compromises: the Compromise of 1820 was repealed by the act; the Compromise of 1850 -
The South Lashes Back
This series of emancipation setbacks was known as the nullification crisis -
Radical Abolitionism
American Anti-Slavery Society to oppose slavery. -
The South Lashes Back
Thee government ordered the southern postmasters to destroy abolitionist material due to anti-abolitionist mobbing and rioting at a postal office in Charleston, South Carolina. -
The Burdens of Bondage
Enslaved Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad rebelled and took control of the ship -
The Burdens of Bondage
Enslaved Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad rebelled and took control of the ship -
Misunderstandings with Mexico
The population of California consisted of Spanish-Mexicans and Indians. -
Polk the Purposeful
The independent treasury was restored -
Fighting Mexico for Peace:
Nicholas P. Trist: chief clerk of the State Department; signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -
"Californy Gold"
Gold was discovered in California. -
"Cotton is King!"
Britain's most important manufactured item was cotton cloth. -
"Cotton is King!"
Britain's most important manufactured item was cotton cloth. -
Defeat and Doom for the Whigs
In the Democratic Convention in Baltimore, the Democrats chose Franklin Pierce as their candidate for president.