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| | Then, in 1837, a horrific murder demonstrated that the continued existence of slavery threatened the constitutional rights of free speech and freedom of the press. Elijah Lovejoy, an antislavery newspaper publisher, was murdered in Alton, Illinois by a pro-slavery mob that had crossed the river from the slave state of Missouri. Lovejoy thereby became the first white martyr for abolitionist movement. | | Then, in 1837, a horrific murder demonstrated that the continued existence of slavery threatened the constitutional rights of free speech and freedom of the press. Elijah Lovejoy, an antislavery newspaper publisher, was murdered in Alton, Illinois by a pro-slavery mob that had crossed the river from the slave state of Missouri. Lovejoy thereby became the first white martyr for abolitionist movement. |
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| | + | == Other Developments 1800-1840 == |
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| | + | Bonus Bill 1817: required bonus by 2nd Bank of US to fed. govt be spent on internal improvements; Madison vetoed |
| | + | Rush-Bagot Agreement 1817: U.S., Brits agree to limit armaments on Great Lakes & waterways, led to demilitarization of border |
| | + | Fulton's steamboat 1807: Am. engineer constructs Clermont, a steamboat, which had a major effect on economy by 1820s |
| | + | Cumberland (National) Road 1811-18: 1st fed rd., from Cumberland, MD to Wheeling, now WV, with funds from sale of lands in OH |
| | + | Protective Tariff a tariff that raises money for fed. govt and protects domestic manufacturer against imports |
| | + | Second Bank of the U.S. chartered by Congress because of financing failures during War of 1812; govt & private owners of Bank |
| | + | John Jacob Astor 1763-1848: became wealthiest man in U.S. through fur trading and then Manhattan real estate; helped War of 1812 and earned profit in the process; great-grandson drowned when the Titanic sunk |
| | + | Tecumseh 1791-1813: built Indian confederacy to fight against U.S. in Ohio valley; allied w/ British during War of 1812 |
| | + | caucus informal political meeting; method by which Congressmen nominated presidential candidates until 1824 |
| | + | "Trail of Tears" 1838: forced march of Cherokees to relocate them to West, which killed thousands |
| | + | Lowell System 1826: first factory-based city: Lowell, Massachusetts |
| | + | Reform Movements efforts to reform: civil service (post civil war), disabled (1817-51), economic (1877-94), education (1837-55) temperance (1826-1919), slavery (1820-65), experimental communities (1820s-40s) |
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| | == References == | | == References == |