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Benjamin Day
Day was a journalist and printer in 1833. His newspapers became popular. His significance in the Antebellum period is that through his work, people were informed of the happenings in their country. -
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren founded the Democratic Party. He was the eigth president of the United States. He created the first "Political Machine." -
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Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett was a frontiersman hero of his time. He served under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. He was then recruited to serve in the battle of the Alamo in 1836. -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglas escaped slavery in 1838. He joined the Anti-Slavery Socierty and became a powerful public speaker. He was one of the most powerful abolishonists of the Antebellum Period. -
William Henry Harrison
Harrison was the ninth president of the United States. Through his campagn in 1840 was born, populist politics. His term lasted one month, the shortest presidency in history, -
William Gilmore Simms
William Gilmore Simms was a Southern writer, he published more than 80 books from a Southern perspective. Northern readers has disagreements and this created controversy between the North and South. -
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe was a literary genius who is credited for his masterful works in Gotchic Horror. His significance in the Antebellum Period was that, in this time of turmoil, His works gave people an outlet to go to when they needed to get away from politics and its issues. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was held on behalf of women's rights. The Declaration of Sentiments states that all men and women are created equal. -
The Education Reform
The tax-funded Education Reform lasted from 1820-1850. The Northerners realized that their world would be dangerous and difficult if they did not educate everyone's children. This further created division between the North and South. -
Temperance Movement
The Temperance Movement was established to advocate against consumption of alcoholic beverages. Neal S. Dow became known as the father of Prohibition in 1850 when he passed the Maine Law in 1851. This created controversy and tension in the States.
