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The Second Great Awakening
This was a religious revival that affected the entire country. The basic idea of it was that people had a direct connection with God, which meant the traditional churches and church officials weren't as important to worship. This also lead to some social changes of traditional beliefs. It inspired the beginnings of the Abolitionist Movement in upstate New York. -
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The Second Great Awakening
This was a religious revival that affected the entire country. The basic idea of it was that people had a direct connection with God, which meant the traditional churches and church officials weren't as important to worship. This also lead to some social changes of traditional beliefs. It inspired the beginnings of the Abolitionist Movement in upstate New York. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
This rebellion took place in Southampton County, Virginia. Nat Turner and his followers killed somewhere between 55 and 65 people. This rebellion had the most fatalities of any slave uprising in the South. This incident caused the end of the emancipation movement in that region and lead to even harsher laws against slaves. -
American Anti-Slavery Society Founded
Founded under the leadership of William Lloyd Garrison, this society sponsored meetings, adopted resolutions, signed anti-slavery petitions, published journals, printed and distributed propaganda, and sent out agents and lecturers. Participants were drawn mainly from religious circles and the free black community. The society was also often violent when promoting anti-slavery. -
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Antebellum Period
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Antebellum Period
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Fugitive Slave Act
This act was put in place when the Compromise of 1850 was put in place. The act required notherners to return runaway slaves to their owners. This was a very controversial law. Many northern states put laws in place to counter act it. By 1864 the act was repealed. -
Peak of Cotton Production
The cotton gin made the process of producing cotton much easier. Which in turn made slavery more important to the South because they needed workers to plant, weed, irrigate, and harvest the cotton. The discussion of what to do with slavery was a conflict that helped the South decide to succeed from the Union. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book by Harriet Beecher Stowe changed how Americans viewed slavery. In it she demanded that the United States stand by its promise of freedom and equality for all. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Said that residents of Kansas and Nebraska would get to choose whether slavery was legal in their respective states. The government was using popular sovereignty. This got rid of the Missouri Compromise that used the latitude 36°30´. -
Bleeding Kansas
When the Kansas-Nebraska Act was implemented, many slavery supporters and opposers moved to Kansas to try and swing the vote one way or the other. Violence erupted as both sides tried to fight for control. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Dred Scott was a slave that had lived in the free states of Illinois and Michigan, then had moved back to the slave state of Missouri. Scott argued that since he had lived in free states, that meant he was free. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney disagreed. He said that since Scott was property he wasn't a citizen, which meant he didn't have any right to take anything to court. -
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown led 18 men into the town of Harper's Ferry. His plan was to get the weapons in the town's federal arsenal. Then he would arm the slaves in the area and move south along the Appalachian Mountains. His plan failed, and he was executed. He was seen as a martyr in the North. The South completely disagreed.
