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south carolina exposition
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pamphlet written by john c. calhoun which outlined the concept of nullification (idea that a state could overthrow federal law within its borders)
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trail of tears
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1835-1838; 15,000 cherokee were marche from north carolina to oklahoma
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joseph smith
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lead the mormon migration and saw visions from god
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oregon and santa fe trails
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santa fe trails lead settlers from missouri to new mexico. Oregon trail leads settlers from missouri to Oregon. Migrants faced harsh weather and illnesses. forced to eat animals
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missouri compromise
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henry clay's idea; a series of bills: 1. admits missouri as a slave state 2. admits maine as free state 3. declares slavery prohibited in all future territories north of the southern boundary of missouri (geo line of 36'30)
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manifest destiney
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implies that it was the u.s's mission to settle the west and spread american conceptions of private property, religion, and government
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treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
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granted u.s only slidell's territory (cali, nevada, new mex, utah, arizona)
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"wage slavery"
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the south's term from the north's factory labor
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slave codes
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defined slaves as property to be bought or sold; masters could force slaves to work; forbade slaves to own land and forbade teaching slaves to read and write
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paternalism
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shows fatherly care from superior to inferior for sprituality and physical well being of the inferior
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fictive kin
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"relatives" that sold slave's children would stay with
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nat turner
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lead a rebellion in VA killed 60-80 slaves and 50 whites. eventually killed by white authorities
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southern nationalism
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south defended hierarchy of their nation and had a pro-slavery mentality
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internal slave trade
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trade of slaves from tobacco land (upper south) to cotton producing land (lower south).
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wilmot proviso
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in 1846 questioning the expansion of slavery into the new territories
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compromise of 1850
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appealed to the north & south; had 4 parts:
1. would admit cali as free state
2. two new territories would be created in mex lands
3. congress will pass fug. slave law
4.slave trade be abolished in d.c
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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in 1852, the most read book on slavery was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, influenced by the fugitive slave law. Helped to turn many northerners against slavery
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popular sovereighnty
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the word of the people to decide about the question of free/slave states
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kansas nebraska act
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designed to open kansas and nebraska territory to free white southerners
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universal manhood suffrage
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is a form of voting rights in which all adult males within a nation are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, or any other qualification.
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the tariff of abominations
Definition
enacted on May 19, 1828; The goal of the tariff was to protect industry in the northern United States from having to compete with European goods by increasing the prices of European products because imported goods were much cheaper than the ones that were made in the U.S,
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the corrupt bargain
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In the U.S. presidential election of 1824, none of the candidates were able to secure a majority of the electoral vote, thereby putting the outcome in the hands of the House of Representatives, which (to the surprise of many) elected John Quincy Adams over rival Andrew Jackson. Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House at the time, convinced Congress to elect Adams. Adams then made Clay his Secretary of State.
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spoils system
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is an informal practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party
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force act
Definition
The four Force Acts passed by the Congress of the United States shortly after the American Civil War helped protect the voting rights of African-Americans.

The Force Acts were mainly aimed at limiting the Ku Klux Klan. Through the acts, actions to influence voters, prevent them from voting, or conspire to deprive them of civil rights, including life, were made federal offenses
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irish immigrationin the 1840s
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battle of the alamo
Definition
February 23 – March 6, 1836) is the most famous battle of the Texas Revolution. After an insurgent army of Texian settlers and adventurers from the United States drove all Mexican troops out of Mexican Texas, President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led an invasion to regain control of the area
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dred scott vs. sanford
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missouri slave named dred scott had sued his owner for his freedom, based his claim on the fact that his former owner, an army surgeon, had taken him for several years to illnois, a free state, and into wisconsin territory. scott first won then lost his case as it moved on appeal through a state courts into the federal system, and finally after 11 yrs, the supreme court
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john brown
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election of 1860
Definition
set the stage for the American Civil War. The nation had been divided throughout most of the 1850s on questions of states' rights and slavery in the territories. In 1860 this issue finally came to a head, fracturing the formerly dominant Democratic Party into Southern and Northern factions and bringing Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party to power without the support of a single Southern state.
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northern war aims
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total war
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is a conflict of unlimited scope in which a belligerent engages in a total mobilization of all available resources at their disposal, whether human, industrial, agricultural, military, natural, technological, or otherwise, in order to entirely destroy or render beyond use their rival's capacity to continue resistance
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emancipation proclamation
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consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863. The second order, issued January 1, 1863, named the specific states where it applied.
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edward covey
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was an early 19th-century American slaveholder. He is described by Frederick Douglass in My Bondage and My Freedom (published in 1855) as a "a first rate hand at breaking young negroes".
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douglass's view of slaveholders religion
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used religion as excuse to justify actions. they said bible had whites owning slaves. but then they wud turn around and go against the bible by making married men sleep with slaves to produce slave babies
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sophia auld
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Hugh Auld's wife. Was a working woman before marrying Hugh, and she had never owned slaves. The corruption of owning a slave transforms her from a sympathetic, kind woman into a vengeful monster.
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douglass's view of slave songs
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thought they were happy songs but, they reflected the slaves pain and willing to escape from slavery. they were sad
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