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Federalism
-came about from hating on the Democratic/Republican Party
-It was during President George Washington's first year
-They wanted to keep their peace with Great Britain and so they signed the 1794 Jay Treaty -
Constitutional Convention
- Fedaralist are pro-constitution, pro-strong government and Anti-fedaralist are anti-constitution and for a weak government.
- Fedaralist wanted to build a strong central government bcause they felt that the Articles of Confedaration gave the states too much power and they loosely interpreted the Constitution.
- John Adams was an unpopular leader for the Fedaralist party.
- Anti-Fedaralist pursued stronger state governments and wanted to strictly intepret the Constitution.
- Such as Thomas J
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1st Amendment
-Virginia wa last to ratify the bill of righta
-The 1st amendment includes freedom of speech, press, religion, petition, and assembly. -
Steamboat
-Robert Fulton made the first steam boat and called it the Clermont.
-He worked on it from 1807 till the day he died because he wanted to build t best steam boat possible.
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Abolitionists
-Moved and worked to end slavery
-Abolitionist ideas became abundant in northern churches
-this movement of was partial reason of the starting of the Civil War
- 1830-1870s Abolitionists tried to abolish slavery
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton is a widely known Abolitionist -
Manifest Destiny
-term used for the attitude prevalent for American expansion
-was first published by John L. Sullivan in July of 1845
-Anglo-Saxon Americans' heritage made America fit
-was destined to expand from one end to the other
- helped move Native Americans -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- the Act allowed states to choose whether slavery would be allowed in their state. -the aftermath of the Kansas- Nebrska act led to the period of violence known as Bleeding Kansas -kansas became a fre state in 1861
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Dred Scott Case
-Dred Scott was a slave who lived in a free state before returning to his home slave state, Missouri
-He proclaimed that his time in the free state should set him free
-The court said no of course. That any black, free or slave could not claim US citizenship
-He wasn't allowed to position either
-This case made Abolitionists rage and this also made the war happen in just 3 years -
The Civil War
-During the civil war the "Union' or Confederacy was made up of 20 states.
-During the war confedarate prisoners did not want to be exchanged with the Union rather they wanted to be enlisted in the confedarate army.
-The union had many advantages including most of the nations wealth being from the North. -
Emancipation Proclamation
-"Emancipation Proclamation is arguably one of the top ten most important documents in history and also one of the most misunderstood."
-Lincoln says in his writing that the 3 billion black slaves in the United States should be granted freedom
-During his speech he declares that "slaves in areas still in rebellion within 100 days would be free."
-The 13th Amendment has deleted slavery from America -
54th Massachusetts Regiment
-"the volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of the first official black units of the US armed forces."
-In the Civil War, Lincoln told them that they were fighting to not have integration, instead of fighting to end slavery
-Governor John A. Andrew who was an abolitionist in Massachusetts, had called for black soldiers to fight I the Civil War
