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Known as the "Great Compromiser"; He wrote the Missouri Compromise, The Compromise Tariff of 1833, the Compromise of 1850
He was involved in a "coruppt bargain" (Adams wins Presidency [1824], Clay is Secretary of State). |
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| American Transcendentalist; wrote Walden and Civil Disobedience. |
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| Educational reformer; wanted equal opportunity, tax-supported schools, better future for children b/c only the rich families could afford school at the time. |
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| Andrew Jackson's ignorance to Native American court cases; he ordered thousands of Native Americans off of American land and into the reservation of Oklahoma. |
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| The political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by Andrew Jackson and his supporters. |
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| Proposed the South Carolina Exposition and Protest which argued that tariffs were unconstitutional and states had the right to nullify laws. |
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| American Party against immigration |
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| The first example of an automated textile system; "Lowell Mills" |
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| One of the leaders of the Women's suffrage reform movement |
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| When Jackson declared NO with the nullification of the states (over tariffs); Government was not sure if nullification was constitutional |
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| Panics of 1819, 1837, 1857 |
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| Financial crisis: During end of Era of Good Feelings (1819); Over speculative fever [housing] (1837); Declining international economy and over-expansion in domestic economy (1857). |
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| Coming back to religion; people starting to believe in salvation again |
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| Women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York |
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| An American-born slave who was an abolitionist |
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| Patronage; Favors to people for political votes (practiced by Jackson) |
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| Women's rights leader, as well as an abolitionist and supporter of temperance. |
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| Jackson's attempt to keep America buying American products by putting high taxes on foreign goods; The south nullified this act, in which created the nullification crisis |
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| Reform movement to limit the consumption of alcohol to 1-2 drinks a day |
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| Trail thousands of slaves walked by order of Jackson-from Georgia to Oklahoma- thousands died on this walk. |
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| Political party opposed to Jackson and Democrats; |
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| Abolitionist (reform movement) |
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| "Perfect societies"; based on religion; simpler living, and communism. |
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| Abolitionist John Brown cut off slave holder's hands; first violent act leading to Civil War |
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| "Terrorist" John Brown escaped with others to hide out at Harper's Ferry (armory in the south) and arm slaves with weapons - slaves never came, Brown lost. |
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| Settled argument about what to do with newly acquired territory - California became a free state, D.C. ended their slave trade, popular sovereignty in the territories, and the fugitive slave law. |
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| Debated with Lincoln over popular sovereignty (determine slavery) |
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| Case ruled that freedmen are still not citizens of the U.S. |
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| Political Party made up of lower-class whites who want to settle west without the interference of freedmen or laws- they feel that its their right to settle as Americans. |
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| Put in place in favor of the south - basically, any black in the North could be claimed as a slave whether or not s/he escaped from the South or was a freedman of the North |
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| Tried to settle disputes for popular sovereignty in those territories; Le Compton Constitution (pro slavery), Bleeding Kansas (antislavery), Lincoln-Douglas debates, Republican party formation (against spread of slavery) |
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| The power is in the people's hands |
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| Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe; a best seller telling the truths of slavery- The North became more opinionated and the south felt attacked by this book |
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| Considered the bloodiest battle of the war; North barely wins, uses as reason to emancipate slaves |
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| Courthouse at which Robert E. Lee and his army surrendered to the Union |
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| States that were a part of the union but still had slavery; Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, and Delaware. Lincoln sent military forces and suspended the writ of habeas corpus to preserve what was left of the Union |
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| Confederate States of America |
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| "Country" the South called themselves (states that seceded from the union) |
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| President of the Confederate States of America |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Document written by Lincoln stating slaves of the Confederate states were free; border states kept slavery |
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| "First" battle of the civil war - Port in south attacked by southerners; Union defended it |
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| Last offensive battle for the Confederacy in Pennsylvania |
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| Speech given by Lincoln; gave people a cause to fight for |
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| Commander for the Union Army and President during Reconstruction |
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| Commander for the Confederate Army |
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| New York City Draft Riots |
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| Riots caused by Irish and other immigrants in protest to now freedmen taking their jobs |
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| (Ordered by Lincoln): Commander Sherman started in Atlanta Georgia, and he used the tactic total warfare and burnt a trail all the way to Savannah |
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| Battle where the North gained control of the Mississippi river |
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| Anyone born/naturalized in America is a citizen (reversed Dred Scott case) |
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| Suffrage for all males (women could still not vote) |
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| Nickname for Northerners taking advantage of the Reconstruction for political or economic benefit |
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| Protection of African American labor and travel rights (prevent discrimination), which was not enforced |
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-Republicans had to stop supporting southerners to get into office
-North promised to build a transcontinential railroad in the South (never happened)
-Military forces leave districts in the South |
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| (Act of Congress) provide shelter, food, and education to children |
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| (Black Codes); Segregation laws |
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| Within a year of the Civil War's end, every state in the South had members (Led by Nathan Bedford Forrest [named Forrest Gump after him]) |
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| Court case that decided facilities for blacks and whites were separate but equal (overturned by Brown v. Board of Education) |
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| Political party who had irrational ideas about slavery - to comepletely abolish it, sure morrally sound, yet realistically a cause for conflict |
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| Nickname for Northerners taking advantage of Reconstruction for political or economical benefit |
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| System in which a farmer would rent land/tools/animals, give most of crops produced to owner, which would eventually lead to debt |
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The philosophy that emphasized the a priory conditions of knowledge and experience or the unknowable character of ultimate reality or that emphasizes the transcendent as the fundamental reality.
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