This issue was the most drastic difference between the north and south leading up to the Civil War.
What is slavery
A way to interpret the Constitution that believed the government could expand their powers based on the Elastic Clause.
What is Broad/Elastic
This actually began during the American Revolution but increased during the reform era of the 1803's and was symbolized by the Seneca Falls Convention.
What is the Women's Rights Movement
The part of the country that was the most different from the rest of the US.
What is the South
Led by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, this aggressive faction of young Southern and Western politicians pushed for war (War of 1812) with Britain to defend national honor and expand American territory.
Who were the War Hawks
These women lived on a plantation growing up and later became abolitionists who fought against the very thing they grew up with.
Who are the Grimke sisters
A supreme court case that increased the power of the Federal government and ruled that a National Bank was constitutional.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
One of the first abolitionists who used fierce arguments to fight slavery in published newspapers and demanded the immediate end to slavery.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison