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| − | == 1840-1860 ==
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| − | Economy of South in 1850s "prosperous, based on ""King Cotton"" and high prices, created feeling of invincibility against North"
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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"
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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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| − | """Uncle Tom's Cabin""" "1852: Harriet Beacher Stowe wrote it, criticizes slavery w/ a compelling novel"
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| − | Know-Nothing (American) Party "anti-immigration, anti-Catholic, popular in the 1850s, adopted each local region's view of slavery"
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| − | Brooks-Sumner incident "1856: abolitionist Sen. Sumner humiliates Sen. Butler, whose nephew responds by beating w/ cane "
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| − | Dred Scott v. Sanford "1857: blacks have no rights and cannot sue, and Congress cannot free slaves (""property"") from slaveowners"
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| − | Lecompton Constitution "part of Kansas constitution(proslavery), rejected by Congress and then by Kansas referendum"
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| − | Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858: debates over future of U.S. during the Senate race in Illinois which Douglas won by vote of legislature
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| − | "Freeport Doctrine (Freeport, IL)" "1858: Lincoln asks Douglas if, after Dred Scott case, a territory can exclude slavery before becoming state; Douglas answered ""yes"", consistent with his ""popular sovereignty,"" caused South to turn against Douglas"
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| − | John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry 1859: attempted to spark slave rebellion in VA; feds caught and tried and executed him
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| − | 1860 Repub. Platform "broad coalition: incl. Wilmot Proviso, rejected territor. power to estab. slavery; but backed state power"
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| − | Abraham Lincoln "Pres. 1860, 64, tried to save union, issued Emancip. Proclam.; switched from Whig to Republican in 1856"
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| − | Copperheads "Northern ""Peace"" or pacifist Democrats who opposed Lincoln's war efforts against seceded South"
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| − | The Confederate States of America "Feb. 1861, in Montgomery AL, VA, NC,SC,GA,MS,TN; similar to Const. but w/ ""line item"" veto for Pres."
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| − | Fort Sumter "1861: Confederacy seeks surrender of Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C.; shots fired"
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |