Fight for Rights
the first women's rights convention
Seneca Falls Convention
What are the main provision of the Missouri Compromise?
No slaves north of the 36'30 line, below = slaves
What is one relationship between cotton production and the growth of slavery between 1800 and 1860?
cotton production increased, slave labor increased
The Women at the Seneca Falls convention created a document to argue for women's rights based on this US document
The Declaration of Independence
The Force Bill was the compromise that enforced...
The Tariff of 1828 (Abominations) would be lower but it would be enforced
Dred Scott decision was a turning point in American politics because
The decision further divided the North and the South in the debate over slavery
Compromises like the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, etc. all had to happen because of this change in the US
Expansion West
This man attempted to gain freedom due to his temporary living arrangements in the Illinois
Dred Scott
were against slavery
abolitionists
All slaves in rebelling states (southern confederacy) were free
The Annexation of Texas was originally opposed because...
What made it made expensive for the South to buy European goods and forced them to buy goods from the North instead
Tariff of 1828
the major debate that divided the North and South was not slavery, but rather
States Rights
The Emancipation Proclamation is viewed as a military strategy for these TWO reasons
1. Freed southern slaves to fight with the North
2. Allowed middle states to keep slaves in order to keep their support for Union
As the country expanded west, Andrew Jackson passed this Act to gain more territory for settlers
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act did this
forced Native Americans off their land and onto reservations (on less valuable land)
The first major threat of succession of southern states was after this event
Nullification Crisis