Chapter 17-The West: Exploiting an Empire Time Period: 1850-1900 1. Beyond the Frontier -line of white settlement at MO timber country by 1840s What’s in the West? What land? -“The Great Plains”/Prairie Plains: rich soil and good rainfall (Wisconsin down to Texas) -High Plains: rough‚ semiarid (Montana down to NMex.) -Rockies: formidable barrier (Alaska to NMex.) -Western Basin: home to many NA‚ desert‚ held in by the Cascades and Sierra Nevada‚ MOST travelers here (Idaho and Utah)
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By the 1850’s the Constitution‚ originally viewed as a document for national unity‚ had become a source of regional disagreements and tension that eventually resulted in the failure of the Union. The Constitution never outright mentions slavery‚ and created an unsolved problem that later resulted in compromises and the failure of the Union it formed. The Constitution contributed to the failure of the union because it did not acknowledge slavery which lead to tensions between the Northerners who
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The 1850’s were one of a chaotic time in American history. The North and the South were fighting over the slavery issues such as its legality‚ and the south’s economic dependency on it. The North viewed slavery as immoral and unconstitutional‚ but the South wanted slavery to stay because it was the South’s right to do so. Africans were long viewed by other people as the lowest beings‚ as property; therefore‚ in their favor the constitution justified slavery‚ William Lloyd Garrison even went as far
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issues that faced northern areas were different from those that faced the South. When new territories were added to the nation‚ it was politically relevant that they were added in such a way that the balance of power was maintained. The Compromise of 1850 addressed this balance. The Compromise was a group of five laws that addressed slavery and overturned the Missouri Compromise. The climate of the time quickly becomes one of the northern states against
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occurred in 1750-1850 This period of time (1750-1850) was the Industrial Revolution. This meant that the factory system and use of machines increased. There were also more wealth for Britain and increase of population! However there changes in social‚ religion‚ economic and more political changes‚ this resulted in incidences such as calls for education‚ voting‚ equality and so on. But the main changes were transport‚ industry‚ home/leisure and health. Transport changes quickly 1750-1850‚ it was an
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The Compromise of 1850 was comprised of five separate bills‚ and while it kept the country united‚ it was a temporary fix as it ultimately further dived the United States on the issue of slavery. Each bill played a different part in contributing to the whole effect the compromise had on the country. Before being divided into five separate bills they were one‚ the Omnibus Bill. As a single bill‚ there was enough opposition to keep it from passing‚ but after being separated‚ each of the five parts
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Before 1800‚ the English diet was mainly meat‚ supplemented by bread‚ butter and cheese (Chapaman). Parmentier tried to change that‚ by sending a potato plant as a gift to Queen Elizabeth I (Irish Potato Federation). The Queen held a feast featuring potatoes in
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Since 1776 American settlers owned African slaves for economic advancement‚ but by the mid 1800’s slavery became a custom of the past‚ and change was necessary for further American prosperity. Southerners were highly dependent‚ and supportive of slavery‚ however many moral arguments and political actions went toward the opposition to the spread of slavery including the Missouri compromise‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Missouri Compromise was one of the political actions
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Thomas Jefferson gained the presidency in the election of 1800. The election and subsequent shift in the government control was dubbed the “the Revolution of 1800.” It signaled the inundation of the Democratic Republican ideals in the Presidency and Congress in contrast to the Federalist ideals of the Adam’s administration. The election of 1800 was a revolutionary election for it significantly altered economics by resulting in lowering and removing taxes like the Whiskey Tax and government expenditures
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freedom-seeking slaves‚ the gold rush of California‚ and new opportunities sought by settlers. The rising population helped push Americans towards expanding westward. The early 1800s was a time when the United States was experiencing a rapid growth in population. The U.S. population grew from more than five million in 1800 to more than 23 million by mid-century. During that time‚ there the U.S had been experiencing a periodic high birth rate. The growth on the sizes of families only added pressure
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