Economy and slavery
The norths economy is....
Industrial
Manufactured goods
factories
railroads
erie canal
Describe the conditions of slavery
Cruel
No pay
long hours
poor food
WHat was the fugitive slave law
Captured/escaped slaves must be returned to their owners
Pinchneys Treaty was
Treaty with Spain that Settled the boarder betwwen Georgia and Florida
Describe the South Economy
Agricultural
Cash crops of tobacco/cotton
slavery
cotton Gin
The region of slavery and the reason
The south and due to agriculture/cotton
WHo was Harriete Tubman
A former slave and leader of the underground railroad
What was the war with Mexico and what location
Disputed territory along Texas boarder between the Rio Grand and Nueces Rivers
Mexican Secession andter Texas was annexed
Describe George Washington changes/affects
First president
set may precendants
What was the undeground railroad how did it work
The escape route for slaves to get to the north and canada
Secrete houses and people helped slaves escape
As the nation expanded what also continued to grow
Arguments over wheather new states should be aded as slave or free
Describe Thomas Jefferson changes/affects
Louisianna purchse
double the size of the nation
WHat did abolitionists want
End of slavery and freedom of slaves
What did ANdrew Jackson do to the native americans
Signed indian removal act
Forced natives to move west of the missisippi river
What is slavery
Forced unpaid labor
Popupar Sovereirgnty
Staes could vote if they were to be added as a slave state or a free state.
Kansas Nebraska act
Define Sectionalisim
Loyalty to ones geographical region rather than the nation