Study Guide I. United States Civil War: causes‚ course‚ and effects a. Cotton Economy and Slavery i. Cotton is King ii. Conditions of enslavement 1. “peculiar institution” of slavery frowned upon for a long time iii. Abolitionists 2. Underground Railroad a. Network of secret routes and safe houses used in helping slaves escape to free states b. Harriet Tubman i. Also known as Moses
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On June 19th 1862 the US Congress prohibits slavery in the United States territories nullifying the Dred Scott Case. This was the most important day in US history for African Americans. This is because it helped blacks gain the rights they deserve. It also gave them rights they never thought they could achieve. This Court case of Scott vs. Sanford was a catalyst to riots‚ other court cases such as Brown vs. Board of Education‚ Rachel vs. Walker and many acts and amendments resulted
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At first the civil War was about saving the Union‚ but it became much more when the debate of slavery in the North and South came about. Sectionalism became a problem. Copperheads were Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War; they wanted peace in the South. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States. Davis argued against secession‚ he was not as successful as President Lincoln. In the 1860’s‚ soldiers of the Union and the Confederate started deserting the army. The North and
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Civil War has been a topic debated for years because there were many causes of the Civil War that were interlaced together to produce the most devastating war in American History. The primary cause of the Civil War was the expansion of slavery and sectionalism. Although‚ Southerners believe the Civil War was fought over state rights but the real issue that led to the disruption of the union‚ however‚ was the debate over the future of slavery. That dispute led to secession‚ and secession brought war.
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The territorial expansion from 1800 to 1850 did not unite the nation‚ but rather tore it apart. The concept of Manifest Destiny had most citizens believe that the territory of the United States should extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Through the expansion of territory the issue of slavery between the North and the South did not unite the nation but rather split it apart. The territorial expansion can be seen as splitting the nation apart when Missouri was added to the nation from 1819-1821
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Manifest Destiny (????- 1850) APUSH Final Exam Review Project By: Kailee Weiler and Alexa Vagnozzi Manifest Destiny In the 1840’s the people of America began to believe that they were chosen by God to control the North American continent. Thus it became a factor which drove them to look west and claim new territory. Not only was it a movement to spread political system‚ but it was also to spread a racially defined society due the “American race” as the superiority. Texas The Mexican government
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The American Civil War that broke out from 1861 to 1865 resulted from a disagreement between the Southern and Northern states. Sectionalism‚ protectionism‚ slavery‚ and state’s rights were among the root causes of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was the U.S. President during the time of war and his contributions would have helped avoid the civil war that left approximately 600‚000 Americans dead. The war could have been avoided through quality governance led by President Lincoln. The conflict between
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mechanical components.So they didn’t need much slave because local people could handle the work needed for the industrialized production.However‚ the south’s economy was largely based on agricultural manufacture—cotton.Being the biggest part of sectionalism‚ economic difference increased steadily as the north industrialized‚ urbanized‚ and built prosperous farms‚ while the south concentrated on plantation agriculture based on slave labor[1].But whether different economic form really negatively contributed
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The years between 1820 and 1840 were filled with history altering social and political changes which continue to affect our society today. These changes all revolve around the new concept of mass democracy‚ in which the common man or farmer controlled the vote and the way things were ran in government. This was made possible by the new reduced voting restrictions that gave all white males the right to vote‚ and not just wealthy land owning white males. Mass democracy’s formation led to new campaigning
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Trace the roots of the Civil War. Why did sectionalism ultimately result in violence in the United States? Was the conflict inevitable or could it have been avoided? Explain. I believe that the Civil War began with the debate over the future of slavery. That very issue led to secession‚ and secession caused a war where the Northern states fought for the ground of the Union‚ and the South for their independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. It seems to me that
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