United States experienced industrial revolution. This happened on the North. The southern states remained using archaic form of slave exploitation and plantation system. At the Constitutional Convention the South had to agree to three-fifths compromise‚ when 5 slaves counted as 3 free men toward representation in Congress. This was probably the only case when Southern representatives mentioned that even though slaves are property they were human beings. Such “a sacrifice” ensured legal protection
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further industrialized with each passing day. With these major changes happening in the economy different group cultures and political values came about. The Civil War was mainly started by the sectional tension from the north and south‚ the Missouri Compromise‚ the removal of Texas‚ and politics of slavery. The prominent problem that was responsible for the disruption of the union‚ nonetheless‚ was the dispute over the prospect of slavery. That quarrel led to secession‚ and secession issued a war in
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wID Terms for Final 1. Nat Turner Revolt (1831): Slave revolt in the South led by a Virginian slave‚ Nat Tuner. Tuner said he was guided by God to free his people. The insurrection lasted 48 hours and 60 whites were killed. South’s bloodiest slave insurrection. Significance: fear among white southerners‚ increased severity of the slave codes‚ collapse any movement of emancipation in the South 2. Anti-slavery argument (1830s-1860s): America is God’s Promised Land‚ except for slavery which
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Sam White APUSH 2 Timeline Colonial Era (1620-1763) 1. 1620 Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock 1.1. Mayflower Compact agrees to submit to will of the majority 1.2. Earliest democracy from puritan roots 2. 1691 Glorious (Bloodless Revolution) 2.1. Lead to Salutary Neglect 2.2. Allowed independence to flourish 3. 1670 Bacon’s Rebellion 3.1. Former indentured servants revolt 3.2. Early instance of class warfare 3.3. Indentured servitude begins to die off as popularity of slavery rises
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Terms to Know 13th Amendment: Abolished slavery. First of three "Reconstruction Amendments" passed after Civil War (1865-70) 14th Amendment: (1) All persons born in the U.S. are citizens; (2) no person can be deprived of life‚ liberty or property without due process of law; (3) no state can deprive a person of equal protection of the laws. Second of three "Reconstruction Amendments" passed after Civil War. 15th Amendment: States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race. Third
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and the South. Over time issues involving states versus federal rights‚ slavery‚ economic and social differences were temporarily resolved by compromises. While most may say that slavery was the main cause to the Civil War‚ there were also many causes that led to slavery. The very start of the Civil War could have all started with the Three-Fifths Compromise of 1787 as it led to increasing sectionalism. Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the states. His
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In 1803‚ President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans‚ and it doubled the size of the United States. To Jefferson‚ westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent‚ virtuous citizenry for its survival‚ and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land
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became known in the summer of 1845 when a newspaper editor‚ John O’Sullivan stated‚ “Our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions." Throughout the years of 1800 to 1850‚ there were many events‚
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of Confederation‚ slavery was an issue that had to be dealt with. When the final vote for the ratification of the Constitution some states would not sign on it if slavery were made illegal. They decided to deal with it in twenty years. After the compromise of 1820 they limited slavery to the south‚ which would split the country into two for the next forty years. The South would feel that slavery was the best thing for the slave for it gave them something productive to do. The North however as a majority
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fracturing of the United States and the beginning of the Civil War were driven by a combination of deep-rooted issues‚ including the contentious debate over slavery and states’ rights‚ economic disparities between the North and South‚ and the failure of compromise efforts to reconcile these conflicting interests. The institution of slavery was at the center of the growing divide between the Northern and Southern states. As the country grew
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