Chapter 18- The Industrial Society‚ 1860-1900 Industrial Development The Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia‚ P.A. symbolized America’s quick transition into an industrial nation‚ showcasing items such as the Corliss engine. The flourishing economy and determination of investors and entrepreneurs catapulted the United States into the global market‚ even ahead of the leading European competitors of Great Britain‚ France‚ and Germany. Expanding markets and labor conditions grew the industry and
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Top 10 List loaded with content and previous DBQ topics Highly recommended that you know everything on these lists for the AP History test! Top 10 List: Colonization through the Civil War Top 10: Colonial Differences – NE (Mass.)‚ Middle (Penn.)‚ South/Chesapeake (Virginia) 1. NE – Religion played a much greater role than in the South – Puritans (Mass. Bay colony)‚ Pilgrims/Separatists (Plymouth) – most southerners were Anglican but there were few churches as people were more spread out
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Final Study Guide: American History 1st Topic: European Exploration and Colonization of North America. Mayflower Compact * Was an agreement signed by all of the pilgrim men which said that they would remain loyal to the king and. * They would have just and equal laws * It provides the foundation for American democratic government Jamestown (Important to Know England sent a crew to establish a colony in America; they settled near the Chesapeake Bay and named it Jamestown after
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The Oregon Trail is a 2‚000 mile route for large wagons. The trail began by fur trappers and traders from 1811 to 1840. The only way you could pass was by foot or on a horse. By the 1846-1869 the trail was used by about 400‚000 settlers‚ ranchers‚ farmers‚ miners‚ and businessmen and their families. William Clark founded the path but it wasn’t discovered until 1859 that they could actually walk the path that connected the Missouri River to the Columbia River. The West part of the trail connected
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states or a free states. The North valued the abolition of slavery while the South thrived on slavery. Many compromises were created due to this conflict between two
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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 towards prohibiting slavery in new territory. It was a two-part political action by Henry Clay‚ he would first admit Missouri to the union as a free state‚ and was balanced
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balanced Senate. In December 1819‚ Maine applied for statehood as a free state. In the end a compromise was reached where Maine would enter the Union as a free state‚ Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state without restrictions‚ but in the remaining Louisiana territory slavery would be prohibited north of 36o30’ (the Mason-Dixon Line). This is now known as the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise is commonly thought of the beginning of American Sectionalism‚ although signs were visible
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south‚ imbalance was unacceptable. II. Compromise of 1850 1. Henry Clay of Kentucky proposed a compromise that would later become the Compromise of 1850. 2. The compromise drew attack‚ especially regarding California. b. John C. Calhoun asked that the slave states be allowed to secede from the Union. 3. A compromise was enacted that year and seemed to settle most disputes between free and slave states. 4. With the Compromise of 1850‚ Texas agreed to give up its land claims
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Missouri Compromise‚ John Brown’s raid‚ The 1850 Compromise‚ The Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the constant conflict between the North and South. The Northwest Ordinance said the there could be no slavery in states north of the Ohio River‚ however slave holders moved west to new states. This then led to the Missouri Compromise which said no slave states passed the 36 30 degree. John Brown’s raid on the federal arsenal was considered by many to be the cause of the civil war. The 1850 Compromise was also
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accumulate duties on the tariffs. South Carolina again nullified this bill. Clay’s Compromise Clay’s Compromise was a response to the Force Bill. The compromise entailed a new tariff that slowly decreased the tariff. This caused of states that claimed nullification to back down and the United States avoided a large scale skirmish. South Carolina repeal of Nullification South Carolina decided to accept Clay’s compromise. The state repealed some of their nullifications. However‚ it displayed the differences
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