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| Eli Whitney patents the Cotton Gin |
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1) Missouri wants to join union as SLAVE state.
2) a) Henry Clay "MO compromise"
b) slavery becomes public issue & South loses constitutional protection over slavery
*ME enters as a free state to balance union 12/12 |
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| Results of Missouri Compromise |
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| 1) North has larger representation because population in South is greatly made up on slaves (South loses control of HOP) |
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American-Mexican war.
Mexico lost 52% of country. |
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1) John Marshall discovered a gold nugget on Sutter property.
2) Population rapidly increases and CA bypasses territorial state and enters Union as a FREE state |
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| Slavery dominates national issue--If CA is added, South threatens to secede. Union= 15/15 |
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Henry Clay, age 70.
1) CA is added FREE
2) New Mexican territory enters as popular sovereignty (FREE/SLAVE determined by population vote)
--South agreed thinking NM and TX would enter as slave states |
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| Abraham Lincoln pre-Presidential facts (4) |
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Born in Kentucky
Parents did not believe in slavery
Worked with tobacco, hated the cruelty blacks were given in New Orleans
Enters election as a Republican |
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| Montgomery, Alabama, becomes location of the birth of confederate states. Slave states begin to recede. |
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| Canons fired toward Gen. Anderson (conf) and the war begins in Fort Sumter |
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| Components of the War a) (3) |
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1) 1861-3 Conf Victories. Fought defensively. Very skilled in leadership, most were aristocrats.
2) Finance--North, although, had superior financial aid. Treasury paid for their war, South had to pay for their own resources |
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| Components of the War b) (3) |
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Materials/Industrial advantage--Because all investments in the south were put into agriculture, they had little weapons (weapons were produced in the North, more industrial)
North overwhelmed the South with their materials (i.e. shoes)
Gen. Lee decided to rob a shoe store, Bluecoats (Union) spot the soldiers raiding the store, shots are fired but the town wasn't a good location for a battle, so they decide to meet on the outskirts of town.
JULY 1-3 1863 |
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North had greater population base which meant more manpower. 1/3 of South population were slaves and they did not trust slaves with artillery.
*Up until this point, Lincoln handed over war responsibilities to generals. |
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| Confederate general, Robert E. Lee |
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| From VA. Former Commander-in-Chief for U.S. then seceded with his state. |
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