Jason Phillips‚ the Eberly Family Professor of Civil War Studies at West Virginia University‚ and author of the 2018 book‚ Looming Civil War: How Nineteenth Century Americans Imagined the Future‚ explains that throughout the 1850s‚ a series of events increased sectionalism‚ emboldened southern secessionists‚ and deepened northern resolve to defend the Union and end slavery.1 The Northern states of the US were industrialized and the prosperous economy conflicted with the agricultural Southern states
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Organizing Principle - During the "Reign of Jackson‚" politics became more democratic‚ the power of the Presidency increased‚ America became more optimistic and expansionistic‚ and sectionalism supplanted nationalism. Topics: Jacksonian Democracy‚ 2nd American Party System‚ democratization‚ sectionalism‚ reform movements‚ Native Americans‚ Bank War‚ Nullification‚ American Renaissance‚ Manifest Destiny‚ slavery Be aware of: Presidents test - due date Date Class topic ____________________________________Assignment
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happened‚ and led to it becoming a major turning point in US history. Americans have struggled with sectionalism since the colonial days‚ as seen in the issue of slavery and states rights‚ and the passing of documents and compromises such as the Articles of Confederation in an attempt to unify the colonies. During the period around the Civil War‚ the universal idea of manifest destiny reignited sectionalism between states because of arguments over whether to admit new lands in the West as slave or
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List of Real AP Essay Exam Questions (2001-2014) Chapter Question 4 In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s? 4 Analyze the origins and development of slavery in Britain’s North American colonies in the period 1607 to 1776. 4 Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct
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runaway slave‚ idea of citizens deciding whether territories would be free or slave states - known as popular soveirgnty‚ as well as the varying interpretations of the constitution‚ especially on the subject of slavery‚ there was great discord and sectionalism in the United States. This ultimately had a major impact on Southern Succession and the start of the civil war. The nation began rapidly expanding throughout the 19th century and many new states such as Utah‚
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Richard J. Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America. New Haven: Yale University Press‚ 1993. Kingswood Books‚ 2001. Chesebrough‚ David B. Clergy Dissent in the Old South‚ 1830-1865. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press‚ 1996. Chesebrough‚ David B. “God Ordained This War”: Sermons on the Sectional Crisis‚ 1830-1865. Columbia: University of South Carolina‚ 1991. Cornelius‚ Janet Duitsman. Slave Missions and the Black Church in the Antebellum South. Columbia: University of South Carolina
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Why did Judge Hall choose John Jameson for Celia’s defense? Given the impact of the slavery issue upon Missouri’s politics at the time‚ the Judge Hall hoped for the trail to be conducted as expeditiously and decorously as possible‚ in a manner that ran the least risk of arousing the ire of either camp. Judge Hall needed a capable attorney‚ one of considerable standing in the community. He needed an attorney with proven political sensibilities‚ one who had not participated significantly in the slavery
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Colonial 1. 1971 “Between 1607 and 1763‚ Americans gained control of their political and economic institutions.” To what extent and in what ways do you agree or disagree with this statement? 2. 1972 What role did unfree labor play in colonial American society? 3. 1973 From 1600 to 1763‚ several European nations vied for control of the North American continent. Why did England win the struggle? 4. 1974 “Puritanism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction.” Apply this generalization
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showered growing sectionalism. 3. Since the Democrats and Whigs didn’t take a clear position on slavery‚ antislavery northerners formed the Free-Soil Party. a. The Free-Soil Party drew away 10% of the votes from the Democratic candidate in the election. B. The California Question 1. Most Californians opposed slavery‚ but if it joined the Union as a free state‚ the balance would change. 2. In the south‚ imbalance was unacceptable. II. Compromise of 1850 1. Henry Clay
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TIMELINE Date / Name of document | Historian | Summary | 1852-1856 “The Origins of the Republican Party” | William Gienapp | Ethnocultural issues and nativism played key role in ushering in the disintegration of the party system 1850s. “less a product of antislavery fervor than of a sustained competition with the Know-Nothing Party over ethnic and cultural issues”*** Principle reasons for the start of the War = (1) challenge of slavery (2) US land expansion (3) “free labor ideal” | 1860 |
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