The Politics of Slavery
... sued for his freedom arguing that by living where slavery was illegal, he had become free Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott citing the 5th Amendement ...
... sued for his freedom arguing that by living where slavery was illegal, he had become free Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott citing the 5th Amendement ...
Why did the South secede
... experience was that a sufficient number of white Southern Americans felt more Southern than American or, perhaps more accurately, that they were orthodox Americans and Northerners were apostates.’18 Secession, to varying degrees, was felt to be necessary. The South seceded because they ultimately be ...
... experience was that a sufficient number of white Southern Americans felt more Southern than American or, perhaps more accurately, that they were orthodox Americans and Northerners were apostates.’18 Secession, to varying degrees, was felt to be necessary. The South seceded because they ultimately be ...
Ch. 23 Reading Guide_PDF
... 4. Explain the two major scandals that led to the tarnishing of the Grant administration in the 1870s. 5. Explain how Horace Greeley ends up getting the Democrat nomination for president in 1872. 6. What causes the Panic of 1873? 7. Explain the difference between how creditors and debtors want the g ...
... 4. Explain the two major scandals that led to the tarnishing of the Grant administration in the 1870s. 5. Explain how Horace Greeley ends up getting the Democrat nomination for president in 1872. 6. What causes the Panic of 1873? 7. Explain the difference between how creditors and debtors want the g ...
PART II: Checking Your Progress
... Explain the crucial role of Stephen A. Douglas in the political events of the 1850s. Why did Douglas’s attempts to keep the conflict over slavery out of national politics fail? Might he have succeeded if proslavery extremists had not tried to bring Kansas in as a slave state under the Lecompton Cons ...
... Explain the crucial role of Stephen A. Douglas in the political events of the 1850s. Why did Douglas’s attempts to keep the conflict over slavery out of national politics fail? Might he have succeeded if proslavery extremists had not tried to bring Kansas in as a slave state under the Lecompton Cons ...
The Enlightenment and American Democracy
... devastating losses. • New labor systems such as the contract system and sharecropping kept many former slaves locked in a cycle of debt and poverty. • Constitutional amendments and other laws abolished slavery and guaranteed basic rights of former slaves. African Americans became educated and took p ...
... devastating losses. • New labor systems such as the contract system and sharecropping kept many former slaves locked in a cycle of debt and poverty. • Constitutional amendments and other laws abolished slavery and guaranteed basic rights of former slaves. African Americans became educated and took p ...
Student Study Guide – Unit 11: The Rise of Sectionalism and the
... o States’ Rights – The political position advocating strict interpretation of the Constitution with regard to the limitation of federal powers and the extension of the autonomy of the individual state to the greatest possible degree. As the South recognized that control of the government was slippin ...
... o States’ Rights – The political position advocating strict interpretation of the Constitution with regard to the limitation of federal powers and the extension of the autonomy of the individual state to the greatest possible degree. As the South recognized that control of the government was slippin ...
SECESSION AND THE CIVIL WAR
... save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." —Abraham Lincoln, 1862 ...
... save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." —Abraham Lincoln, 1862 ...
US Chapter 8 Quick Notes
... on the federal troops, though, that would definitely lead to war with the USA. Davis had Fort Sumter captured before the federal supply ship arrived. The Confederates hoped to keep the peace, and demanded the Fort’s commander, Major Robert Anderson, surrender by the morning of April 12, 1861. Anders ...
... on the federal troops, though, that would definitely lead to war with the USA. Davis had Fort Sumter captured before the federal supply ship arrived. The Confederates hoped to keep the peace, and demanded the Fort’s commander, Major Robert Anderson, surrender by the morning of April 12, 1861. Anders ...
Grade 8 Glossary
... and governmental authority. Ratification of the new constitution required acceptance by nine of the thirteen states. Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution and it was followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 1787. Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, and ...
... and governmental authority. Ratification of the new constitution required acceptance by nine of the thirteen states. Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution and it was followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 1787. Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, and ...
Underlying Causes of the Civil War
... dedicated to restriction of slavery from the territories • The Slavery Issue divides the Democratic Party in 1860, resulting in a Republican victory. The South secedes with Lincoln’s election ...
... dedicated to restriction of slavery from the territories • The Slavery Issue divides the Democratic Party in 1860, resulting in a Republican victory. The South secedes with Lincoln’s election ...
this PDF file
... central and well-connected with rail lines. Alabama soon followed South Carolina's lead. With all of the Deep South out of the Union, it was imperative that they bring as many other slave states along with them as possible. On his mission to Kentucky, commissioner Stephen Fowler Hale warned against ...
... central and well-connected with rail lines. Alabama soon followed South Carolina's lead. With all of the Deep South out of the Union, it was imperative that they bring as many other slave states along with them as possible. On his mission to Kentucky, commissioner Stephen Fowler Hale warned against ...
Unit 8 - Ector County ISD
... Political Effects of Reconstruction • Make a bubble map of the political effects of Reconstruction. • Martial Law – What is martial law? • The Constitution of 1876 was written. This is the current constitution for Texas. • Indian Wars – The government removes Native Americans from the frontier • Ma ...
... Political Effects of Reconstruction • Make a bubble map of the political effects of Reconstruction. • Martial Law – What is martial law? • The Constitution of 1876 was written. This is the current constitution for Texas. • Indian Wars – The government removes Native Americans from the frontier • Ma ...
Identify MAJOR ERAS AND EVENTS IN U.S. HISTORY THROUGH
... but Lee refused, resigned from the U.S. Army, and returned to Virginia to serve with the Confederate forces. In 1862 Lee was appointed to command the Army of Northern Virginia. His battle strategies are admired to this day, but he was criticized for having a narrow strategy centered on his native Vi ...
... but Lee refused, resigned from the U.S. Army, and returned to Virginia to serve with the Confederate forces. In 1862 Lee was appointed to command the Army of Northern Virginia. His battle strategies are admired to this day, but he was criticized for having a narrow strategy centered on his native Vi ...
The Copperheads in Illinois - The Keep
... during the summer of 1864. An armed gang of men, encamped in a wooded area, engaged in extensive thievery of horses, guns, and money. Several persons were indicted on charges of disloyalty to the United States, but none was ever brought to trial. According to rumors, the Clingman gang was part of a ...
... during the summer of 1864. An armed gang of men, encamped in a wooded area, engaged in extensive thievery of horses, guns, and money. Several persons were indicted on charges of disloyalty to the United States, but none was ever brought to trial. According to rumors, the Clingman gang was part of a ...
UNIT 3 STUDY GUIDE: NEW REPUBLIC → EXPANDING NATION
... 26. What was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, where more Americans were killed or wounded than in the American Revolution, War of 1812, and Mexican War combined? ...
... 26. What was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, where more Americans were killed or wounded than in the American Revolution, War of 1812, and Mexican War combined? ...
STUDY GUIDE for Unit 9- 8th grade American History CAUSE AND
... actives, manufacturing and industry. Supported the Union – North/Whigs who were joined by anti-slavery Democrats formed the Republican Party IMPACT OF SLAVERY ON DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE U.S. Impact of slavery in the North o By 1804 slavery had been outlawed by all states north of the Ohio River ...
... actives, manufacturing and industry. Supported the Union – North/Whigs who were joined by anti-slavery Democrats formed the Republican Party IMPACT OF SLAVERY ON DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE U.S. Impact of slavery in the North o By 1804 slavery had been outlawed by all states north of the Ohio River ...
Speech to Congress by Thaddeus Stevens
... Bureau bill is, I can tell you. Before the rebellion there were 4,000,000 called colored persons held as slaves by about 340,000 people living in the South. That is, 340,000 slave owners paid expenses, bought land, and worked the negroes, and at the expiration of the year when cotton, tobacco, and r ...
... Bureau bill is, I can tell you. Before the rebellion there were 4,000,000 called colored persons held as slaves by about 340,000 people living in the South. That is, 340,000 slave owners paid expenses, bought land, and worked the negroes, and at the expiration of the year when cotton, tobacco, and r ...
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... freedom because they are property •They are not citizens and have no legal rights under the Constitution •Supreme Court legalized slavery by saying that Congress could not stop a slave-owner from moving his slaves to a new territory •Calhoun’s 5th Am. position wins •Missouri Compromise and all other ...
... freedom because they are property •They are not citizens and have no legal rights under the Constitution •Supreme Court legalized slavery by saying that Congress could not stop a slave-owner from moving his slaves to a new territory •Calhoun’s 5th Am. position wins •Missouri Compromise and all other ...
Graphic Review of US History
... Creation of the Bill of Rights First 10 Amendments; drafted by James Madison; He used •Virginia Declaration of Rights (George Mason) Basic human rights can not be violated by the government •Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (Thomas Jefferson) Outlawed the established Church – no gov’t support ...
... Creation of the Bill of Rights First 10 Amendments; drafted by James Madison; He used •Virginia Declaration of Rights (George Mason) Basic human rights can not be violated by the government •Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (Thomas Jefferson) Outlawed the established Church – no gov’t support ...
Standard 3- U.S. History USHC-3.1 Evaluate the relative importance
... Southerners saw the Wilmot Proviso as evidence that they must maintain the _____________________ in the Senate in order to protect __________. The gold rush in 1849 sped the populating of California and its application for statehood as a free state which would again upset the balance. 7. In 1849 Cal ...
... Southerners saw the Wilmot Proviso as evidence that they must maintain the _____________________ in the Senate in order to protect __________. The gold rush in 1849 sped the populating of California and its application for statehood as a free state which would again upset the balance. 7. In 1849 Cal ...
Chapter 12 PP - Polk School District
... In response, Congress passed new legislation over President Johnson’s veto. The legislation ...
... In response, Congress passed new legislation over President Johnson’s veto. The legislation ...
Reforms, Revolutions, and War Section 4
... damaged railroads, roads, and bridges. Many Americans wondered how the federal government would treat the former Confederate states. Reconstruction • Reconstruction was time of rebuilding in South • Difficult because people had different ideas on how to solve problems caused by war • Congress passed ...
... damaged railroads, roads, and bridges. Many Americans wondered how the federal government would treat the former Confederate states. Reconstruction • Reconstruction was time of rebuilding in South • Difficult because people had different ideas on how to solve problems caused by war • Congress passed ...
End of the War between the States and Reconstruction
... He wanted Northern voters to elect a new majority in Congress that would support his plan for Reconstruction. Increased violence against African Americans and their supporters erupted in the South. The Republicans won a three-to-one majority in Congress. In March 1867, Congress passed the Military R ...
... He wanted Northern voters to elect a new majority in Congress that would support his plan for Reconstruction. Increased violence against African Americans and their supporters erupted in the South. The Republicans won a three-to-one majority in Congress. In March 1867, Congress passed the Military R ...
Redeemers
In United States history, the Redeemers were a white political coalition in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction era that followed the Civil War. Redeemers were the southern wing of the Bourbon Democrats, the conservative, pro-business faction in the Democratic Party, who pursued a policy of Redemption, seeking to oust the Radical Republican coalition of freedmen, ""carpetbaggers"", and ""scalawags"". They generally were led by the rich landowners, businessmen and professionals, and dominated Southern politics in most areas from the 1870s to 1910.During Reconstruction, the South was under occupation by federal forces and Southern state governments were dominated by Republicans. Republicans nationally pressed for the granting of political rights to the newly freed slaves as the key to their becoming full citizens. The Thirteenth Amendment (banning slavery), Fourteenth Amendment (guaranteeing the civil rights of former slaves and ensuring equal protection of the laws), and Fifteenth Amendment (prohibiting the denial of the right to vote on grounds of race, color, or previous condition of servitude) enshrined such political rights in the Constitution.Numerous educated blacks moved to the South to work for Reconstruction, and some blacks attained positions of political power under these conditions. However, the Reconstruction governments were unpopular with many white Southerners, who were not willing to accept defeat and continued to try to prevent black political activity by any means. While the elite planter class often supported insurgencies, violence against freedmen and other Republicans was often carried out by other whites; insurgency took the form of the secret Ku Klux Klan in the first years after the war.In the 1870s, secret paramilitary organizations, such as the White League in Louisiana and Red Shirts in Mississippi and North Carolina undermined the opposition. These paramilitary bands used violence and threats to undermine the Republican vote. By the presidential election of 1876, only three Southern states – Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida – were ""unredeemed"", or not yet taken over by white Democrats. The disputed Presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes (the Republican governor of Ohio) and Samuel J. Tilden (the Democratic governor of New York) was allegedly resolved by the Compromise of 1877, also known as the Corrupt Bargain. In this compromise, it was claimed, Hayes became President in exchange for numerous favors to the South, one of which was the removal of Federal troops from the remaining ""unredeemed"" Southern states; this was however a policy Hayes had endorsed during his campaign. With the removal of these forces, Reconstruction came to an end.