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Nothing happens without events leading up to it whether it be an argument or a war there are always events that nlead up to an occurance.
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From New York to Lake Erie changed the economy in the 19th century.
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Congress made Maine a free state and Missouri a slave state to keep a balance between slave and free states.
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There was an attack on the second bank of the U.S. bank system and this happened because the bank system was very bad.
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The womens wages were cut by 15%.
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Political: Strong state government and had better generals in their military
Economic: Agricultural based economy and many large plantations in the South
Social: Had less people than the North and had less immigration than the North
Cultural: Relied heavily on slavery for their agricultural based enconomy, wanted less equality than the North because the plantation owners wanted to keep their slaves, also the plantation owners did not have to pay slaves -
Political: Strong central government, and lots of railroads many more that the south
Economic: Very industrial based economy and manufacturing based which makes for better weapons in the future
Social:More people from Europe were still pouring into New York, the Irish coming in would later be given guns and put into battle, and there was a lot more immigration
Cultural: Wanted abolition for slavery and greater equalty but not complete equality, there were also many African American churches -
This was the first big convention about womens rights. Many now famous women spoke at the convention and they talked about eqaulity, abolitionism, and many other things that make our nation great today.
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The North and South still were arguing about slave and free states, the compromise was supposed to solve the problem. In result D.C. was abolished the South gained the Fugitive Slave Act and the North gained California as a free state.
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The temperance movement was women trying to get alcohol banned which was later known as the prohibition.
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There was a series of violent political confrontations which happened because of popular sovereignty to vote on free or slave states.
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Charles Sumner was beaten by Preston Brooks because Sumner was for slavery and Brooks didn't like that.
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A slave by the name of Dred Scott escaped from slavery and then tried to sue his owner but Stanford said that since Dred Scott was a slave he could not sue.
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The abolitionists were mad about slavery so lots of them raided and destroyed Harpers Ferry.
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President Licoln was elected but his name was not even on the ballot which really enraged the South.
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The South was fed up with the country trying to end slavery so they split off and formed their own country the Confederacy. This is what started the civil war.
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Act defensivley and do not attack the North or expand to the North.
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Block the southern ports, capture their capitol which was nto that far from the Unions capitol. Also to split their team which will aplit the South's team and give the win to the Union.
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As soon as 10% of those who voted in 1860 took the oath of allegiance the southern states could then return to the Union. For this plan to work Lincoln needed four of the souther states Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennesse and Virginia to move towards readmission for Lincoln'splan to work.
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To joke with the average soldiers and to have one on one conversations as opposed to him talking to a big group. Used his old lawer knowledge to answer a question but not completely. Shared the points that Lincoln wanted to get across through analogies. Lincoln also liked short speeches.
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This is to show how long The Reconstruction was.
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The 13th amendment abolished slavery and indentured servitude except as punishment for a crime.
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Equal protection for all citizens of the United States of America. This amendment also outlined the citizenship for the U.S. and said that anyone who was naturaly born in the U.S. was a United States citizen.
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Prohibits the state or federal government to deny a citizen to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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Blacks were still just being killed to get points across, many of the blacks in the South refused to morn the death of President Licoln and even one even hung themselves, also there was a law saying that blacks needed a job or they were breaking the law and it was hard for blacks to be hired for a job because they were still viewed as less than whites.
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There was the Ku Klux Klan, Reconstruction Act, president Johnson went through and impeachment trial, and The Reconstruction was considered the Second Civil War. The slaves that were freed during the Civil War were the ones to suffer the most during The Reconstruction.
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During the Reconstruction the former slave owners were losing money, the economy in the South fell because they lost the Civil War, the two big economincal achievements for former slave owners was sharecropping and tenant farming, Sharcropping would basically end the worker back into slavery and you would share your crops with the owner. There was also tenant farming which was when the workers wold actually be payed and they did not have to share crops.
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John Wilksbooth was the first act of terror from the southern states, some blakc settlements were burned to the ground, there were scallywags who were white Republican Southerners, and the Reconstruction was a very very bloody time and was even called the Second Civil War.
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After looking through the goven events it is clear that many events led up to the Civil War and to the womens convetion at Seneca Falls.
