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| | Fort Sumter "1861: Confederacy seeks surrender of Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C.; shots fired" | | Fort Sumter "1861: Confederacy seeks surrender of Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C.; shots fired" |
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| | + | == What Else Happened in the 1850s? == |
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| | + | While the conflict over slavery dominated much of American history during the 1850s, it was not all that happened. Many people, particularly in the North, went about their daily business while paying little attention to the slavery conflict. Even during the Civil War, students in colleges in the North were competing in sports like rowing as though there was not even a war going on. |
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| | + | Clayton-Bulwer Treaty 1850: U.S. agrees w/ Britain that neither nation would obtain exclusive control over an interoceanic canal |
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| | + | Clipper ships "1850s: newly designed ships, long, fast, white-winged, enhanced shipping & incr. trade in port cities" |
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| | + | German and Irish immigration "1850 Census: 10% of 23 M population was foreign born, mostly from Germany and Ireland" |
| | + | Know-Nothing (American) Party "anti-immigration, anti-Catholic, popular in the 1850s, adopted each local region's view of slavery" |
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| | + | Perry/Japan 1852-53: send by Pres. Fillmore to negotiate treaty with Japan to open borders to trade; successful |
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| | + | Ostend Manifesto "1854: govt plan that if Spain refused to sell Cuba, then US take by force(N outraged by slaveholder's plot)" |
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| | + | Transatlantic cable/telegraph "1858: first cable across ocean, high voltage damaged it; 1866 better one was completed and it lasted" |
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| | == Antebellum (pre-Civil War) State Admissions == | | == Antebellum (pre-Civil War) State Admissions == |
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| | <br>33. Oregon: February 14, 1859 | | <br>33. Oregon: February 14, 1859 |
| | <br>34. Kansas: January 29, 1861 | | <br>34. Kansas: January 29, 1861 |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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