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Confederate VP Alexander Stephens states in a speech the ideology of the Confederacy more succinctly. It claimed the war had always been about states rights, so many Confederates went against it
Attack on a federal fort in Charleston SC where the South demanded the US give up control of the fort. They began blockading supplies to the fort and Lincoln attempted to just bring food to the fort, but the South didn't like that and begun bombarding the fort causing the North to surrender and the Civil War to begin
Movement that forced Natives, specifically Native children, to attend Indian Schools where they were taught to speak English, dress as an American, and do everything an American would do
Popularized by Frederick Jackson Turner in the 1890's, he said the frontier was this moving line that divided civilization and savagery. He said it was essential because it provided an area for the country to develop into and that the West was a safety net for the US social and economic problems
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri and moved to the state of Illinois and sued the slave owner who tried to bring him back saying he was now free. However, the Supreme Court ruled against him which reaffirmed that slavery would be allowed everywhere and all compromises were now void
Proposed by Henry Clay who was known as the Great Compromiser as a way to settle the question of slavery in new areas while also making sure the Union stays together. It allowed: California to become a free state, modern Texas boundaries, popular sovereignty of slavery in Utah and New Mexico, slave trade in DC abolished, and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act
Act passed by only Arkansas that forced all free black citizens that currently lived in the state to leave and would suffer consequences if not. The numbers of only a few hundred free black citizens made Arkansas the lowest number for any state in the US
Required citizens of all states to turn in people who had escaped from slavery and denied them the right to a jury trial. Bounty hunters became popular as a result during this time and it also caused many people in the North to protest because of the overreach of the South power
Raid by John Brown who was a rapid abolitionist believing the country had to get rid of slavery. So, Brown and around 20 followers went and planned to seize guns from the US arsenal at Harper's Ferry and get slaves to join them. However, within 12 hours, the news got out and Lee broke the rebellion and killed many followers or were hung after.
System of people and places to harbor slaves as they headed North to freedom. These routes were continuously modernized which added new routes and new ideas on how to escape, but as a result, made compromising on slavery between the North and South much more difficult
Who nailed his 95 problems to the doors of the Catholic church?
A crisis where in 1828, a tariff was passed by the government on foreign goods. The South wanted low tariffs, however South Carolina wanted to completely eliminate tariffs from their state. VP John Calhoun argued states had the final say for laws, and Jackson was mad. Henry Clay made a deal for middle ground on tariff %, but secession already occurred.
Who discovered the Americas and Newfoundland?
Compromise and also a conflict passed by the House that split the state of Texas based off of slavery. Calhoun wanted to annex Texas while Adams wanted to keep Union as it was. The eastern half of Texas is no slavery, while the Western half allows slavery.
What is a South American civilization?
Enforced by President Jackson, it was an act that forced Native tribes east of the Mississippi River to sign treaties to give up land, even if they had to do it by violently moving them. The act granted the US the ability to give out land West to 5 civilized native tribes in the east who agreed to leave.
This occurred in an election between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson where Jackson was winning the majority of the South while Adams was the opposite. This resulted in no clear winner because of how close it was, and Henry Clay dropped out and told his supporters to vote for Adams. Jackson won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote to Adams as a result where the phrase was coined The Corrupt Bargain.
Prince Henry the navigator shifted farming from Primitive to ___________.
What civilization did Tenochtitlan belong to?
What was the secondary goal of Hernan Cortes?