THE PROBLEMS ------------- The islands of the British West Indies saw foreign competition from the slave grown sugar of Louisiana and Cuba. However‚ by the 1860’s‚ due to a loan from the British government‚ Trinidad‚ Antigua‚ Barbados‚ British Guiana and St. Kitts all survived the equalization crisis. The sugar industry in Jamaica‚ on the other hand‚ continued to deteriorate. Jamaica’s figures show a sugar industry‚ which failed to survive. Below is proof of this failure and decrease in sugar
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AP U.S. History Unit #1C: The Road to Civil War Banno / Malcolm Causes of the Civil War: * Theissueofstates’rightsvs.theauthorityofthefederalgovernment * Sectionalism (i.e. sectional interests‚ culture‚ system based on geographic distinctions) * Theexistenceofslavery * Theexpansionofslavery * Ineffectualpoliticalleadership * Eachregion’sperceptionsoftheother’sintentionsandactions Events and Terms that lead to war. Using the terms/events on the following
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Troy Female Seminary in NY * 1823: Horace Mann advocated universal public education * 1830: Removal Act of 1830 * 1830: Godey’s Lady’s Book * 1830s: Abolitionism * 1831: Nat Turners Rebellion * 1834: Factory Girls Association * 1838-1839: Trail of Tears * 1840s: Brook Farm * 1842: Dorthea Dix advocated hospitals for the insane * 1848: Seneca Falls Convention * 1850: Fugitive Slave Act * 1650s-1860s: slave codes The antebellum period experienced many
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state and Maine as a free state. * Compromise of 1850 ( 1850) - Admit California as a free state; uphold popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah; Includes Fugitive Slave Act; Settles Texas/New Mexico border disputes; Ban slave trade in Washington D.C * Kansas Nebraska Act (1854) - Divide the Kansas territory into Kansas and Nebraska. Have popular sovereignty decide whether they are slave states or free states * Indian Removal Acts (1830) - forced many Native Americans to move west of the
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Two party system would collapse and sectionalism would start to rise. Thomas Jefferson started the anti-federalist party that eventually became Andrew Jacksons democratic party going up against the Whigs. Instead it being Democrats vs Whigs it was North vs South. Neither side could agree on anything
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created tremendous changes within the United States during the early and mid- 19th century. During this time span the same forces behind America’s great industrial growth that created a sense of national unity for some‚ also contributed to the rising sectionalism that peaked in the latter half of the 19th century with the Civil War. I. the American population A. Reasons for population increase: 1. Improvements in public health: the number of diseases decreased along with the mortality rate; the birth
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Removal Act of 1830: 7. Why was the court case Worchester vs. Georgia in 1832 so important? 8. How did Jackson openly defy the checks and balances system of government after the court decision (Mention the quote – it’s pretty famous‚ and it sums up the kind of guy Jackson was)? 9. Describe the Trail of Tears for the Cherokee 10. The Tariffs of 1824 and 1828 benefited the North‚ but it really hurt the South. Why is that true‚ and how would that lead to Sectionalism? 11.
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debate (2005 DBQ; Form B FRQ) Federalist Era: 1789-1801 2002 FRQ; 2005 DBQ (indirect) Jeffersonian Democracy 2002 FRQ War of 1812: causes‚ results‚ impact on society No question ever! Jacksonian Era: 1828-1848 Occurs every 2 to 3 years Nationalism‚ Sectionalism: East‚ West & South Parts of numerous questions Secession & Lincoln’s/Republicans’ policies during the Civil War Indirect question in 1997‚ 2003 “Market Revolution”: Industrial Rev/Transportation Rev/ Transportation question in 2003
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Keegan Kylstra 12/9/12 APUSH Darnell Jacksonian Democrats: Ruthless Oppressors of the Common Man. There is no doubt that the Jacksonian Democrats changed American history. Their brand of fiery populism increased political participation throughout the nation‚ with millions of white men voting by the 1840 presidential election‚ as seen in Grolier’s Presidential Election Results. However as the King Andrew the First cartoon shows‚ Jacksonian Democrats were in reality‚ tyrannical opportunists who made
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abolitionist ideas in the House (Document C). Such an act was an outright rejection of legislators to even consider solving the problem of the giant elephant in the room. This concept of standing by passively was exemplified and later personified in the 1850s. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854‚ promoting popular sovereignty in the two territories‚ directly spoke for Congress abdicating its authority over the expansion of slavery‚ instead placing the sole responsibility in the hands of the people. This action
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