Casandra Sobczak Period 7 Antebellum is a Latin term that means "before the war." Antebellum culture in America reflected the growing sectional crisis and was the time period before the American Civil War‚ which began in 1861. The revivalism that spread across the country during the antebellum era also gave rise to numerous social reform movements‚ which challenged Americans to improve themselves and their communities. Some of these social groups included women and slaves. The greatest reform
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These failed compromises served purposes other than their intended ones. They served to “feed the extremist factions” in each of the divided sections of America. The deterioration of these compromises aided the progression of groups like the Radical Republicans‚ Know- Nothings‚ Free-Soil Party‚ and Abolitionists. One of the compromises that served to feed these factions was the Missouri Compromise. As stated before‚ this compromise debated on the admission Maine and Missouri as slave or free states
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There were many reform movements which took place during the 1800s leading up to the Civil War‚ a primary effect of these movements. Still‚ each different campaign had at least one aspect of similarity: their cause. Antebellum reform was motivated primarily by humanitarian goals due to the influences of evangelicalism‚ human morale‚ and democratic ideals. Religion played a major role in the lives of all citizens during the building and expansion of the United States into the West. Its greatest influence
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James Dean Ms. Hitchock USH per. 4 10/7/13 Thesis: The Antebellum period (1781-1860)‚ a time of heated debate and opposition‚ was not a time of expanded democracy‚ conflicting with the words of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address‚ “by the people‚ for the people”. Although Antebellum period provided some democratic freedoms to some citizens of the American democracy‚ it was not a time where all persons in America were represented 1) TS: The Cherokees‚ a Native American tribe in the
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overhaul of the Federal government. With the exception of Rhode Island‚ these men came from all over the states: large and small‚ north and south. This diversity in delegates helped create a balance of ideas that would become known as constitutional compromises. Without these integral ideas coming together‚ we would not have the government we know today. The delegates of Virginia were the first and most voiced of the crowd. They came straight in with a clear idea of what they wanted to achieve. Edmund
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history during the Antebellum era saw many economic developments. Most historians that happen to be Economic Historians tend to say the period of the Antebellum era was between 1840s and the 1850s. Throughout this time many advancements in technology occurred as well as in the way people use that technology. Advancements in places such as the market economy‚ King cotton‚ textile mills‚ transportation‚ and slavery were just a few aspects that saw an advancement during the Antebellum era. This time period
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declaring its independence from Britain‚ America has developed on the foundation of compromise. Upon the drafting of the Constitution‚ the Founding Fathers were succumbed to compromise in order to incorporate the needs of the different parts of the nation. During the early eighteenth century‚ Americans achieved reconciliation of political disputes‚ predominately between the North and the South‚ through compromise. By 1860 this was no longer feasible and the nation was faced with disheartening threats
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American Liberty and Freedom The antebellum era understandings of American freedom and liberties of the 1800s varied in many ways. The path to freedom and liberty for slaves seemed out of reach without any action. Freedom was seen as something that had do with race‚ class‚ gender‚ and knowledge. The writings of personal accounts in this point in history give an in inside and personal vision of what this path was. American’s have the right to and the freedom to pursue happiness. In this point in
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Whiskey Rebellion * 1800: Gabriel Prosser’s Rebellion * 1800s: Prison reforms * 1800s: Indian Reservations * 1800s: Indian Territory * 1810-1828: Expansion of electorate * 1811: St. Josephs Rebellion * 1820: Missouri Compromise * 1820-1880: Cult of Domesticity * 1820s: Lowell System * 1821: Emma Willard founded Troy Female Seminary in NY * 1823: Horace Mann advocated universal public education * 1830: Removal Act of 1830 * 1830: Godey’s Lady’s Book
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characteristics‚ worked for a small‚ agrarian‚ and homogenous society that existed in the 1800s‚ today the two party system coupled with the separation of powers causes legislative gridlock as parties become more polarized and more competitive. Continuing to “Antebellum”‚ Aldrich points to the increase in voting rights and the rise of more ambitious political actors. Increased voting rights allowed for the mass-based party system. In the “Populist and Progressive period”‚ Aldrich asserts the developments allowing
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