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53 Cards in this Set
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slavery is a sin
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decided at debate at lane seminary
-weld's voice eventually broke-->began to write-Slavery As It iS -he had converted enough people that the movement was able to manifest on its own cut deeply against southerners-Necessary Evil |
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Positive good thesis
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slavery is good for white people and black people
-southerners reaction to being attacked black people are uncivilized and slavery will make then civilized--they are benefiting from it |
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Mail campaign
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need to get involved in politics to abolish slavery in US
-financed by Tappens-political campaign |
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"Incendiary Publications"
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abolitionist pamphlets-->letters being sent all around the country 1 1/4 million pamphlets sent in one year
-can't send letters incendiary to blah blah -free speech right are usurped -southerners violate rights given to norther abolitionists |
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Elijah Lovejoy
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set up abolitionist newspaper in Alton, Illinois
-lots of pro-slavery people in this area--started harassing lovejoy -mob destroyed his press-->he repaired it and started sending out his newspaper -another mob burned down place-->he burned to death inside |
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petition to congress
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petitions seeking to abolish slavery in the district of colombia
-southerners got mad when multiple petitions -all anti-slavery petitions referred to special committee -all petitions perceived by congress but laid on the table |
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Gag Rule
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• They instituted a gag rule in the House of Representatives in order to silent abolition petitionists
• They were circumventing the constitution • Outraged John Quincy Adams—he began using every opportunity to inject the institution of slavery into all sorts of debates even if it had nothing to do with slavery • Eventually censured for it—defended himself for 11 days • Joshua Giddings and Theodore Dweld wrote speeches for them --gagging citizens rights to speak out against government (issue over petitions) |
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John Quincy Adams
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president-->house of representatives
served in mexican war -he thought slavery and the gag rule were wrong -he began taking issues and twist them into how slavery is wrong |
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haverhill petition 1842
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from community in new england want to secede from union over issue of slavery
-says need to be voted down john quincy adams presented it -brought up on censure |
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joshua giddings
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wrote speeches for adams
adam held senate floor for 11 days and debated after 11 days they refused to censure adams |
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Creole mutiny
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when ship entered international waters us law not in place
-when slaves are in international waters they can take over a ship and not be violating any us or international laws -arrived at bahamas free people -southerners mad-->censure giddiness-->southerners pushed too far-->lost credibility in the eyes of many people |
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liberty party
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abolitionist political party
1844 election garnered 66,000 votes as opposed to 7000 in 1840 |
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manifest destiny
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Am's manifest destiny to spread over the continent
god's will to do so 0'goode newspaper dude who coined this term |
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Battle of San Jacinto
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mexicans rallied behind Sam houston
decisive battle of the texas revolution -houston (close friend of jackson) got santana and compelled him to sign treaty for texan independence -mexican government had not ratified this treaty |
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texas annexation
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slave land? abolitionists not so keen on it
texas has lots of oil-pay for texan government at the bump -american annexation of texas made mexicans furious |
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election of 1844
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polk made annexation of texas clear
Polk compromise-won! polk democrat vs. clay whig |
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54 40 fight
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arose as a result of competing british and american claims of the northwest
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slidell mission
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His assignment from Polk was to negotiate the following:
Mexican recognition of the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and the United States American forgiveness of the claims by U.S. citizens against the Mexican government The purchase of the New Mexico area for $5 million The purchase of California at any price. Mexican governmental affairs were in turmoil and the Slidell Mission was not received. Slidell returned to the United States and recommended to the president that strong action be taken against Mexico. Louisiana lawyer |
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zachary taylor
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soldier button is unbuttoned-punched him in the face--taylor was floored "thats a soldier"
let west point officers hand fight 40 year military career-victory in battle of palo alto and battle of monterray |
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winfield scott
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jerk, but brilliant officer-brilliant campaign
-launched expedition from vera cruz -wanted mexico city |
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nicholas trist
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got mexico to agree to terms on treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
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treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
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acquire 100,000,000 sq miles of territory
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transportation revolution
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economy of us changes drastically
nation is urbanizing whigs comfortable with it democrats not dramatic impact on where, how, and the way people live beginning to see pretty dramatic extremes in wealth |
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urban slavery
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children of mixed racial ancestry sent to urban areas
-slaves working on skills -live independently from farm in urban areas -live in segregated slave neighborhoods |
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domestic slaves
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work in home not in field
-better access to food/clothing -at whim of master/master's sexual advances -at whim of master/master's family all of the time |
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plantation
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20 or more slaves
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drivers
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slaves put into positions of responsibility-field workers most sensible individuals hated this job
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overseers
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white people in charge of running a plantation
-only make profit short term -harder on slaves to make more $ -worst situation on plantations |
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slave family
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diets cornmeal and pork
crappy healthcare slave cabins build vibrant sustaining african american culture children could grow up and be taught how to live in slave institution |
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wilmot-proviso
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slavery barred from all territory acquired from mexico
-went to us senate (passed in house)-couldn't vote, ran out of time -many northerners argued that congress had right to control slavery from within territories -prolonged issue of slave vs. free territory |
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election of 1848
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cass-popular sov
taylor-whig party nominates taylor (war hero)-won! -came clean on slavery-didn't like slavery-opponent of inst. of slavery -van buren democrats and liberty party came together |
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prigg v. pennsylvania
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personal liberty laws--prohibited state and local officials from helping return fugitive slaves
-agent kidnapped woman and brought her back to slavery -pennsylvania law against kidnapping went against fugitive slave laws henry clay proposed clay's omnibus bill |
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clay's omnibus bill
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• Pass a tough new fugitive slave law
• Everybody hated something • Stephen A. Douglas broke it into it’s component parts and was able to engineer passage of each component henry clay's stomach exploded from eating too many strawberries and creme and he died |
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compromise of 1850
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all been decided-everybody releived
douglas got support for bill by playing to its strengths there was something that somebody loved and hated (for everybody) |
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election of 1852
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whig winfield scott v democrat franklin pierce
pierce won |
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kansas-nebraska act
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o Douglas passes Kansas-Nebraska act—get territories organized for transcontinental railroad
o Creates firestorm over slavery o Overturns Missouri Compromise—can be slave land (above 36 30 parallel) o Starts fight to get Kansas declared a slave state by southerners and northerners want Kansas to be a free state o Causes national crisis over abolition, over slavery—northern newspapers trying to overturn popular sovereignty o Led to split in Democratic Party→led indirectly to the formation of the Republican Party issue over where transcontinental railroad should be routed |
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bleeding kansas
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kansas free or slave state?
border war |
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border ruffians
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were pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri, who in 1854 to 1860 crossed the state border into Kansas Territory, to force the acceptance of slavery there. The name was applied by Free-State settlers in Kansas and abolitionists throughout the North. Armed Ruffians interfered in territorial elections, and attacked Free-State settlements.
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charles sumner
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speech at senate-made fun of senator from sc and slammed pro-slavery people
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preston brooks
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beat sumner up with a cane in the us senate
resigned house seat but later unanimously re-elected by south carolinians |
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james buchanan
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doughface-both north and south democrats comfortable with him
buchanan won |
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lecompton constitution
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• Was submitted to voters for ratification
• They submitted two version from which the voters could choose 1. We will keep slavery but not allow further importation of slaves 2. We will keep slavery but we will allow further importation of slaves • Free-Soilers boycotted vote so Southern slavery version passed • Not representative of people—Douglas opposed it! Puts him at loggerheads with president of United States |
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dred scott case 1857
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dred scott filed for freedom went to us supreme court
taney saw that scott was not a citizen but a slave and had no grounds to sue in federal court -taney rule on merits of case anyways-have right to take slaves anywhere-no free territory? no free states? lincoln and others obiter dictum |
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lincoln-douglas debates
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house divided speech-clearly reacting to taney decision
-during debates lincoln got douglas to admit to certain things -douglas did not care about slavery -dred scott case meant nothing at all-popular sovereignty should rule -douglas won re-election, but lincoln became a household name |
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panic of 1857
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economic downturn
effect mindset/decision to secede |
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john brown's raid on harper's ferry
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anti-slavery john brown
-wrong headed but we admire what he was trying to do--free large numbers of slaves -brown-coherent, rational, articulate, smart-this scared southerners |
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cooper union
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lincoln gives talks
brilliant arguments-founding fathers not for slavery-block expansion of slavery -lincoln put his name out there -lincoln's friends printed fake admission tickets-overwhelming supporters became republican party nominee lincoln won presidency! |
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election of 1860
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lincoln, bell, douglas, breckenridge
lincoln won many southern states seceded NC, VA, TN, AK hesistated to secede but later did |
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the confederate states of america
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jefferson davis president
alexander stephens vp |
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fort sumter
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near charleston, sc
union controlled it-confederates took fort sumter-last 4 southern states seceded |
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contraband of war first confiscation act
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slaves subjects of contraband that can be confiscated
fugitive slave law doesn't apply to southern states who have seceded from the union (federal law) |
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second confiscation act
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right to confiscate property of all traders
summer of 1865 |
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emancipation of proclamation
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freed no slaves-slaves become free when territory is occupied-so when union army comes through
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