the way to the Pacific. The expansion was driven by a quest for inexpensive land for yeoman farmers and slave owners. The expansion of slavery was increasingly controversial and fueled political and constitutional battles‚ which were resolved by compromises. Slavery was abolished in all states north of the Mason–Dixon line by 1804‚ but the South continued to profit off the institution‚ producing high-value cotton exports to feed increasing high demand in Europe. The 1860 presidential election of Republican
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issue. This sectionalism had a large impact on Antebellum America. Although the North and South had some common bonds‚ their differences were far greater.The difference between the North and South can be exhibited with the Missouri Compromise and the Tariff Compromise of 1833. These contrasting views sparked great debate between the states‚ and the Federal government had to get involved. However‚ this created even more tension because states believed their rights were being violated from the Federal
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Unit 1 Colonial descriptions: * Virginia (1607) * Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America. It was founded by John Smith and was populated mostly by English males. * They were granted a charter from the king to establish a colony. They were to have a monopoly over the trade and colonization of that area. * These men that settled in Jamestown were mostly looking for economic opportunities (trade goods‚ own land‚ etc.) * John Rolfe helped to temprarily
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Lincoln: An illustrated Biography. New York‚ NY‚ Gramercy Books.Random House Publishing. Field Manual 6-22‚ Army Leadership: Competent‚ Confident‚ and Agile. 12 October 2006. Grant‚ U. S. (1885–86). Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.New York: Charles L. Webster & Company. Retrieved 5 October 2005 from http://www.bartleby.com/1011/101.html Phillips‚ D. T. (1992). Lincoln on Leadership—Executive Strategies for Tough Times. New York: Warner Books‚ Inc. 3. 4. 11 5. 6. 7. The History Place Presents. (1996). A
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--UNIT ONE & TWO: EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST--- MAJOR EXPLORERS Balboa 1511: goes to Panama and is the first explorer to see the Pacific and the Americas Ponce de Leon (Spain) 1513: getting older seeks Fountain of Youth -- goes to Florida to prevent aging Magellan wants to circumnavigate the world gets killed in the Philippines but one of his boats successfully makes it given full credit -- Spain gains worldly agriculture Cortes major Spanish figure followers were
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Tyler Gladney Exam 3 Highlight the Nullification Crisis and the role of Jackson and Calhoun: The Nullification Crisis started when John Quincy Adams was elected president in 1824. Andrew Jackson supporters were bitter that Adams had won the election so they devised a plan to sabotage his presidency. They pushed a proposal to drastically raise tariffs on manufactured goods through congress. They thought this would make him look partial to the north as they would benefit greatly from this proposal
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Daniel Webster was born on January 18‚ 1782‚ in Salisbury‚ New Hampshire. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1801‚ Webster became a successful lawyer in Boston. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1812‚ and later‚ in 1827‚ won a seat in the U.S. Senate. A leader of the Whig Party—a group that opposed President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats—Webster ran for the U.S. presidency in 1836. Four years later‚ in 1840‚ he was named secretary of state by President William Henry
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SYSTEM AND NATIONALISM (Pages 219-222) Identify and describe Henry Clay and the American System John Marshall Cases: Gibbons v. Ogden Dartmouth v. Woodward McCullouch v. Maryland How did these cases boost national power? Missouri Compromise James Monroe and the Monroe Doctrine AGE OF JACKSON (Pages 224-235) 1. Why did Andrew Jackson break away from the Republican Party to form the Democratic-Republican Party? 2. How did Jackson appeal to the “Common Citizen”?
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at Fort Sumter in 1861. William Henry Seward’s Irrepressible Conflict speech states “It is the failure to apprehend this great truth that induces so many unsuccessful attempts at final compromise between the slave and free States…” The Election of 1860‚ Seward respectively lost the presidency nomination‚ but Seward shortly joined Lincoln’s Cabinet‚ which both had a strong agreement that blundering political decisions could be corrected. The United States blundering political leaders during the course
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AP US HISTORY ELMORE FALL 2007 UNIT THREE: THE BIRTH OF A NEW COUNTRY The US Constitution is one of the most influential documents in the history of modern governance. The system of government established by the writers of this document not only reflected and helped to ensure the hopes and desires of many citizens of the newly independent American state‚ but‚ perhaps more importantly‚ this system has served as a dramatic symbol for those people throughout the world who have struggled
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