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Unit 3&4 Review Chapters 8-11
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Westward Expansion
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Manifest Destiny
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Louisiana Purchase France needs money to fight the war vs. Britain Livingston and Monroe buy the land at 4 cents/acre
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Enter Lewis and Clark 3 Goals Report back on the geography, plants, animals, and other natural resources. Make contact with Native Americans. Find out if a waterway existed between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean (a Northwest Passage)
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The Erie Canal 1816 – NY Gov. DeWitt Clinton begins work on the canal 1825 – Work finishes 1827 – Canal Pays for itself
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What impact might this have on NYC?
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New States Added Kentucky – 1792 Tennessee – 1796 Ohio – 1803 Louisiana – 1812 Indiana – 1816 Mississippi – 1817 Illinois – 1818 Alabama - 1819
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Slave States vs. Free States 11 “slave states”, 11 “free states” 1819 – Missouri seeks admission as a slave state Upsetting the balance Missouri Compromise Admits Maine as a free state Admits Missouri as a free state Territory north of Missouri would be free Gives southern slave owners the right to pursue escaped slaves.
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Age of Jackson Ideology Believed that ordinary people should participate in American political life. Believed in creating a more democratic nation.
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Change to a more democratic nation Suffrage – the right to vote Voting requirements extended to non-property owners Still no suffrage for women and African Americans
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What Impact might this forced migration have?
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"There was considerable research involved in this, truly the saddest painting I have ever done." -MDS- (Artist)
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Cotton Gin Used a spike cylinder to remove seeds from cotton fibers Increased cotton production 50x Contextualize – Industrial revolution
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Slavery Expands Increase in demand of cotton 10x as much was grown in 1820 than 1790 Need more slave labor Vary from state to state More than 50% of southern farmers did NOT own slaves
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Reform Movements
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Women’s Rights Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton Seneca Fall Convention (1848) “discuss the social, civil, and religious rights of women” 300 Men and Women attend!
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Declaration of Sentiments Modeled on the Declaration of Independence List of grievances against women Many of the protests have roots in the Revolution Call for Women’s suffrage The right of women to vote
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Abolitionists Abolitionist Reformers who wanted to end slavery William Llyod Garrision Quaker – Against the use of violence Launches Liberator Fredrick Douglas Born into slavery Broke the law by learning to read Spoke out against slavery North Star
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Underground Railroad A network of people who secretly helped slaves reach freedom Conductors People who led slaves from one “station” to another Stations Homes of abolitionists Caves Churches
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Causes of the Civil War Missouri Compromise Kansas-Nebraska Act Dred Scott Case Election of 1860
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