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1820-1850
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Missouri Compromise
Began a dispute between Northern abolitionists and Southern slave owners, but ended in a peaceful compromise. Missouri caused Maine to be admitted as a free state so the equality of slave and free states wouldn't be thrown off.
Themes: Slaver and it's Legacy
American Diversity
American Identity
Politics and Citizenship #4
Reform -
"Tariff of Abominations"
Passed by Congress in hope of increasing the purchases of American made goods by placing high taxes on imported goods.
Themes: Economic Transformations
Politics and Citizenship
Globilization #6 -
Indian Removal Act
This act was used to basically kick out Indian tribes from land inside of the settled American land and sent them to unsettled western prairie land.
Themes: American Diverstiy
Culture
Demographic Changes
Politics and Citizenship
Reform #12 -
Jackson vetoes the Maysville road bill
Important because it stressed states' rights and cut down on the federal power.
Themes: American Identity
Politics and Citizenship #11 -
Nat Turner slave rebellion
Nat Turner and his raid crew killed an estimated 60 whites, and caused the Virginia legislature to consider abolishing slavery
Themes: Reform
Slavery and its Legacy
War and Diplomacy #10 -
President Jackson vetoes the renewal of the Bank of United States Charter
Jackson vetoed the charter because he felt that the Bank; had too much power over Congress, concentrated too much money into one place and it favored the northeast.
Themes: American Identity
Economic Transformations
Politics and Citizenship #2
Reform -
The Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis was the biggest threat to national unity at the time, due to South Carolina threatening to secede due to the "Tariff of Abominations".
Themes: American Diverstiy
Economic Transformations
Globilization
Politics and Citizenship
Reform #9 -
Texas Annexation
Texas gained it's idependence in ,1836, when settlers north of the Rio Grande fought with Mexico over the Texas land.
Themes: American Identity
Demographic Changes
War and Diplomacy
Reform #5 -
Jackson issues the Specie Circular
The Specie Circular made it so that if anyone bought government land they would have to pay in silver or gold. This caused inflation and increasing prices. Many blame the Specie Circular for the "Panic of 1837".
Themes: Economic Transformations
Politics and Citizenship #7 -
Martin Van Buren elected president
Van Buren won the election of 1836 and started his presidency in 1837. He is important because he was the president who basically reversed what Andrew Jackson had done and he tried to fix the bank issue that Jackson started.
Themes: Politics and Citizenship
American Diversity
Economic Transformations #13 -
Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 was when the American bank system failed, causing hundreds of banks to close or fail and it sent the country into a depression. Some say that we still haven't recovered.
Themes: Economic Transformations
Politics and Citizenship #8 -
The merge of Upper and Lower Canada
The merge between Upper and Lower Canada caused the French culture to slowly disappear.
Themes: Culture
Demoghrapic Changes #14 -
Samuel F.B. Morse operates the first telegraph
The telegraph was a communication breakthrough that allowed messages to be sent over long distances and was the beginning of many other communication inventions.
Themes: Culture
Globilizaton #15 -
California Gold Rush
The gold rush caused an increase in immigration as thousands of
Americans flocked to California. This also affected the induction of California as a free state because most Californians opposed slavery.
Themes: Economic Transformations
Demoghrapic Changes
American Identity
Culture #1 -
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay played a large roll in the compromise and the result was California be admitted into the Union as a free state, as long as the future territories practiced popular sovereignty.
Themes: American Diverstiy
American Identity
Demoghrapic changes
Politics and Citizenship
Slavery and it's Legacy #3
