American Antislavery 1820-1860 The antebellum American antislavery movement began in the 1820s and was sustained over 4 decades by organizations‚ publications‚ and small acts of resistance that challenged the legally protected and powerful institution of slavery and the more insidious enemy of black equality‚ racism. Abolitionists were always a radical minority even in the free states of the North‚ and the movement was never comprised of a single group of people with unified motivations‚ goals
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The American people from 1820 to 1860 found themselves living in an era of transition and instability. The society they lived in was changing and traditional views and values were being challenged. The response to this period of uncertainty was a movement towards reform and an ever increasing desire for order and control amongst the people. The largest driving force for reform was the nation’s commitment to progress and development and other vehicles of reform included burgeoning religious sects
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adjusting their clothes to the change of their action‚ the more people would criticize them at the point of their dresses rather than their political arguments. Such women’s struggle with their fashion and women’s empowerment is remarkable in 1820 to 1860. Those period was the “ Respect for Feminity‚” and people demanded women to be pious‚ faithful‚ obedience‚ and homely. Moreover‚ women held the duty to do the domestic
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Chapter 11: Society‚ Culture‚ and Reform‚ 1820-1860 Many reform movements occurred in this time; people dedicated themselves to creating free public schools‚ gaining equal rights for women and abolishing slavery among many other things. These movements came from many different sources‚ the largest being religion due to the Second Great Awakening. This period brought many revivals of churches and lead to the creation of new religious groups. The American culture also improved‚ fueled by new art
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Many aspects and events throughout the time period of 1860 through 1861 had an overall contribution to the secession of several Southern states. Slavery was one of the major issues that led many conflicts between the Northern states and the Southern States. These compilation of events progress to the secession of the Southern States from the Union afterwards and the formation of the Confederate States of America. In 1846‚ David Wilmot proposed the Wilmot Proviso‚ declaring Congress banning
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Constitution DBQ (rewrite) Prompt: Various concerns lead to the demise of the Articles of Confederation and the adoption of the United States Constitution. Discuss these concerns and the compromises that were made to arrive at the Constitution that is still in place today in the United States. The Articles of Confederation established the first governmental structure unifying the thirteen colonies and went into effect on March 1‚ 1781. Its purpose was to create a confederation of states where
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In 1860‚ the United States was primarily a land that contained small towns and farms. At the time‚ Americans had discovered that living on farms were more beneficial than factories‚ since the amount of land was immense‚ affordable‚ and labor was high-priced due to its insufficiency. However‚ in a matter of forty years‚ the nation had made an evolution and became the greatest industrial country in the world. Ever since the rapid increase production of raw materials‚ farm laborers had departed to work
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The collection of documents about the Missouri Compromise in 1820 offer a rare insight into the significance of the changes to American society in the first part of the 19th century. • How did Thomas Jefferson understand the debate over Missouri and slavery? What‚ in his opinion‚ was the significance of the controversy? o What was his opinion of the resolution to the controversy? Thomas Jefferson understood the debate over Missouri and slavery as a “momentous question” (Jefferson). Jefferson uses
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The Missouri Compromise is commonly thought of as the beginning of American sectionalism‚ although the signs were visible long before 1819. The crisis solved by the compromise certainly alerted the South for the need for political unity in order to maintain its way of life in the face of a more populous North. Likewise‚ it alerted both regions to the political problems inherent in westward expansion. The Missouri Compromise did not create sectionalism‚ but it is important as the first possible signs
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Missouri Compromise of 1820‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was an effort to conserve a balance of power between the slaveholding states and free states‚ by the U.S Senate and the House of Reps. The slaveholding states feared of being outnumbered in the Congressional Representation. They feared because they would lack the power to protect their interest in property and trade. After much debate the law passed the Senate on March 2nd‚ 1820 and
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