Immigration
How were immigrants treated upon arrival in the US?
Faced with discrimination
How did the cotton gin impact the system of slavery?
It increased the demand for slaves
Aboltionist
A person who actively worked to end slavery.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a law passed in 1820 that admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
What was Lincoln view on slavery
Anti- Slavery
Name a push factor that caused people to leave their home countries in the 1800s.
Economic Hardship
What are three ways enslaved people resisted slavery?
Tried To escape, limitations on the amount of cotton they would pick, acts of resistance
Seccession
The act of a state leaving the Union.
Who was John brown?
John Brown was a abolitionist who believed the only way to peace is through violence, he combined a group who had the same beliefs as him
The political parties in the Election of 1860
Republican, northern democratic, southern democratic, constitutional union
Name a pull factor that attracted immigration to the US in the 1800s.
Freedom of Religion
How did the cotton gin impact the system of slavery?
It increased the demand for slaves
The idea that states could declare federal laws invalid if they believed they were unconstitutional.
Bank Crisis
a law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, repealed the Missouri Compromise, and allowed for popular sovereignty
What is the Kansas- Nebraska Act?
Lincoln won.
What was the outcome of the Election of 1860
Who were the 3 main groups to settle in the US
German,Irish,Chinese
Why did slavery expand in the 1800s?
Westward expansion, mostly was due to the cotton gin invention.
What is Bleeding Kansas
Violent conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas.
A series of laws that attempted to resolve disputes over slavery in new territories after the Mexican-American War
Compromise of 1850
Who seceded first from the United States?
South Carolina
What is one difficulty that the Irish, Germans, and Chinese suffered that is no longer an issue today?
Discrimination, it's still a thing but now there is stronger legal protections and a greater social acceptance on diversity and inclusion
Who was responsible for the expansion of slavery in America?
the demand for labor in the South, the invention of the cotton gin, westward expansion, and the actions of individuals and political entities who profited from or supported the institution.
What is Nullifiction
A major conflict between President Andrew Jackson and the Second Bank of the United States resulted in the destruction of the national bank.
an enslaved man, who’s enslaver was a member of the U.S. military, originally from Missouri (a slave state).While in the military, he moved to Illinois (a free state) and Wisconsin (a free territory), before moving back to Missouri. The enslaved man traveled with him, and after moving back to Missouri, sued the family for his freedom.
Scott v. Sanford
John Breckinridge
A southern democratic and the only one who was pro-slavery