slavery in the new states but the north wanted it banned their. The more and more the south would try to get new states to become slave states the north would try to prevent it from ever happening this is why the compromise broke down. The compromise of 1820 was the
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of seventy people killed about sixty white people. After two days of the merciless killings‚ a militia subdued the insurgence. The Virginia lawmakers reacted by removing what few civil rights slaves and free blacks had. In 1850‚ the Compromise of 1820 helped save the sudden cessation of the Union‚ prevent a war‚ and alleviate the north and south hostilities. The law prevented any territorial expansion further south of slavery and strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act‚ which made northerners capture
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The Civil War in 1861 was the outcome of built up tension due to segregation in the Northern and Southern regions of the United States. From 1789 to 1860‚ the conflict of slavery gained attention of whether or not the act was ethical. Although many argue the Civil War was caused by infringement on the states’ rights‚ it was mainly because of incongruence in the actions of the Legislative‚ Judicial‚ and Executive branches on slavery that led to the Civil War. Legislative Branch The Louisiana Purchase
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In the meantime‚ the recently established Republican party‚ whose members were fully against the westward expansion of slavery into the new states‚ was gaining notability. The straw poll of a Republican‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His successful outcome‚ without a single Southern electoral vote‚ clearly indicated to the Southern states that they had lost all authority. The Southerners felt excluded from the political system but they turned to the only replacement
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it can be concluded that there is a false sense of constitutional government‚ equality‚ and opportunity for Native Americans. Americans’ treatment of the Cherokee tribe in the 1820’s and 30’s shows that a constitutional government is meaningless when it does not enforce its decisions and laws. The Cherokee Nation in the 1820’s had lost many of its land to angry
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Chapter 13. 416-425 1. Women Reformers of Seneca Falls Respond to the Market Revolution a. 1848- Charlotte Woodward persuaded six of her friends to travel to Seneca Falls to attend a “convention to discuss the social‚ civil‚ and religious condition and rights of women.” b. Surprisingly‚ almost 300 people (men and women) attended the 2 day meeting c. Declaration of Sentiments- The resolutions passed at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 calling for full female equality
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election of 1824 was a vivid example of a primary change in our nation’s presidential political system and its effect on the economy. During this time‚ there existed a single Democratic- Republican Party. Consequently‚ under the notion of sectionalism‚ there subsisted five individual candidates from each region. Preceding the election‚ candidate Andrew Jackson‚ being a former United States Senator and war hero‚ gained tremendous support. Meanwhile‚ his main adversary‚ John Quincy
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1. The Changing American Population 1. The American Population‚ 1820-1840 • The population increased rapidly • Much of it was moving from the countryside into the industrializing cities of the NE and NW • Much of it was migrating westward • Pop growth was due to improvements in public health and high birth rates • Immigration‚ choked off by wars in Europe and economic crises in America‚ contributed little to the American population in the first 3 decades of the 19th cent but revived beginning
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James Monroe & Postwar Nationalism James Monroe and Postwar Nationalism I. Economic Nationalism A. Democratic – Republicans: 1. gained control of government by 1815: a. considered problems from viewpoint of “national” interest b. adopted Federalist ideas on national problems B. Second National Bank: 1. charter of first bank expired in 1811 2. 1816 – Congress charters second Bank of the United States a. Democratic – Republicans supported bank in national interest C. Protective Tariff
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Susan B Anthony was born February 15‚ 1820 in Massachusetts. She was raised in a Quaker family with long activist traditions. During her early life she became to have a sense of justice and moral zeal. She was a teacher for 15 years. She was never married‚ was aggressive and compassionate by nature. She remained active until her death march 13‚ 1906. Susan B Anthony advocated dress reform for women. In 1853 she started to campaign for women`s property rights in New York state‚ speaking at the meeting
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