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required non-slave states to assist in the returning of escaped slaves
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Invented by Eli whitney
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15 thousand slaves gather around Richmond
Failed to gain control of a main road to Richmond
someone tipped off the white authorities
prosser and 25 of his followers were executed -
Several hundred poorly armed slaves march into New Orleans
US army and state militia stop the troops
more than 60 slaves died
The heads of the leaders were posted on poles along the Mississippi -
the first most successful artificial waterway
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to change peoples attitudes towards alcohol and its role in social life
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to end mail services on Sundays as an attempt to shut down all non-church activities
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The economy is better balanced so there was less need for slaves
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Said that he saw signs from heaven calling for vengence against white opressors
Led a small group of followers
Killed his owner on the first day
killed 60 more white people the second and the third day -
William Loyd Garrison helped found it
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forced tribes to secede land
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General Santa Ana was captured and forced to sign a treaty recognizing Texas as an independent state
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A large army was created to beat America and won
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demanded that the state assume centralized control over the schools
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Political problems and the Irish potato famine brought them to America
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American nativist political party
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Smith was killed by a mob and they relocated
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Polks offer to Mexico was refused, so he ordered his troops to invade deeper into the border of Mexico and America
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first convention ever devoted to women's suffrage or voting rights
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Gold was discovered in California which caused a mass migration
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Tried to draw boundaries for tribes to make up for their reduced movements and loss of hunting
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Established the final borders of the lower 48 states