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Empire of Liberty
T. Jefferson’s belief that all new states are created equal
Universal Manhood Suffrage
all adult, white, male could vote (eliminated the 2 other qualifications of land and religion; boosted the amt. of voters); Jackson
Daniel Boon
America’s first westerner; lived secretly in the West
Santo Domingo
mere rehearsal for the French to plant an empire in Louisiana and US; Napoleon lost 24k soldiers due to heat and diseases (malaria and yellow fever) and also slave rebellion
Toussant L’Ouverture
black general who was the master of guerilla warfare; led slave rebellion
Land Ordinance of 1785
township (36mi^2); split into 36 sections; 1mi^2 set for public education; payed by taxes
Ohio River
border between free and slave states
Land Ordinances
T. Jefferson introduced the Land Ordinance 1785 and Northwest Ordinance 1787
Cotton gin
this was a machine invention that boomed cotton production and slavery (King cotton); push to send slavery west; Eli Whitney
Sugar
this was an innovation or idea; boil molasses to get sugar; produced in Louisiana Territory; frenchman
Steamboat
used for Mississippi River shipping goods (esp. cotton)
SA: Northwest Ordinance 1787; 3 steps to statehood
5K voters = territory
congress creat governor and 3 judges for legislature (training wheels)
60000 citizens: apply for admission of state (Congress admits)
5 new states didn’t want to compete w/ First Families of Ohio (no slavery in free states) (economic)
wanted free labor b/c can’t compete w/ slave labor as a subsistence farmer
SA: 3 Facets of Slavery (list and describe)
Economic: free labor (N) vs. Slave labor (S)
Political: balance between the free and slave states; how many states, representatives, and senate; are the states in charge or Congress in charge?
Moral: right vs. wrong
SA: Louisiana Purchase
T. Jefferson bought land west of Mississippi River
the was unconstitutional b/c president didn’t have all power
treaty had to be passed by Senate and Congress so congress can pay for it
bought it right away b/c Napoleon would change his might
move French out the area w/out blood and secured Empire of Liberty
4 cents/ acre; cheap; able to create 14 new states
Sacajwea
saved Lewis and Clark from hostile tribe, whose leader was her brother
died a bitter woman b/c took right of her ppl. to claim land; Duel E. Policy
Trail Of Tears
18K Cherokees forced to move by US army
4K of them died while walking 800 miles to the Great American Desert
The Long Knife
Jackson was called this by the Native Americans b/c he was known as the “Indian killer”
Great American Desert
the area above 36’30 named by Lewis and Clark; another name for the Great Plains
Worchester vs. Georgia 1832 case
court rules in favor w/ the Cherokee
won this case as declared by Chief Justice Marshall
Jackson ignores this anyways and proceeds w/ the Indian Removal Act 1830
Nat Turner
African American slave preacher in Virginia that led the bloodiest slave rebellion in history; 7 slaves killed 60 Whites
Adams-Onis Treaty 1819
Spain cede Florida to US
US promised to not take any other Spain territory
US gave Spain 5 million, but Spain got $0 b/c the 5 million was given to US compensation
US citizens sued Spain, so that’s why they needed to compensate US 5 million
Monroe Doctrine
written by John Quincy Adams
James Monroe tells in his address to the State of the Union in 1823 that Europe should stay out of the Western Hemisphere (Carribean)
this was a bluff b/c the US doesn’t have any power to defend the Carribean and the European didn’t have any intention to come to the Western Hemisphere
Gag Rule
forbid slavery to be talked in the House of Representatives; JQ Adams fight back abt. this rule for 8 years
Tallmadge Amendment
rejected
Missouri could be a slave in 1820
slaves born in Missouri could become free at 25
no new slaves can be imported into the state, which would make it gradually turn into a free state
“Firebell In the Night”
T. Jefferson called the Missouri Compromise 1820 this b/c it questioned whether federal authority (Congress) to make decisions or states to make decisions
Why were there more ppl in the North than South?
there was more land in the North than the South which resulted in a greater population than the South
SA: Missouri Compromise 1820 (3)
Missouri enters as slave state and Maine enters as free state
southern boundary of Missouri, 36’30’, became a permanent line dividing slave states and free states (anything above it is free state)
postponed BUT didn’t solve political question: who determines whether a state is free: congress or the states?
SA: Election of 1824 (controversial)
4 candidates: Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy, Adams, William Crawford
Jackson won the election w/ 99 electoral votes, but he didn’t become president b/c he needed 132 electoral votes (51% majority) to become president
Henry Clay is out from election; 3 men left to be voted by the House of Representatives
Henry Clay (who ran the election in the H of R) is responsible for J. Q. Adam’s win
Jackson said that this election was a corrupt bargain b/c Adams made Clay Secretary of State (next in line for president)
there wasn’t a corrupt bargain b/c Clay genuinely doubted Jackson’s unknown political views and Clay and Adams agreed w/ each other on issues like federal funding for roads and canals
Shall the people rule?
Slogan A. Jackson used in the election of 1828
Indian Removal Act 1830
Congress passed this act to remove Native Americans from 100 million acres of their homeland and relocate them elsewhere for white settlement
act made the N.A. from the east move west of Mississippi River, but most of them resisted
Cherokee took this case to the Supreme Court in the Worchester v. Georgia 1832 case
John C. Calhoun
Vice president of Andrew Jackson
believed that states had the rights to nullify law
state rights
wanted South Carolina to nullify law and succeed (leave) the Union due to high tariffs
Monrovia, Libera
The American Colonization Society wanted to send the slaves and free blacks here.
nullies
Southern nationalists from South Carolina that wanted to nullify the tariffs; supporters of nullification
Irish and Germans
Main ethnicities that immigrated to the North
Irish: potato famine
Germans: had a failed political revolution (democracy)
underground railroad
a route used to free slaves to the North and Canada
“conductors”: Harriet Tubman was a slave who was able to bring slaves out of the South to the North and Canada
“stations”: hiding homes and neighborhoods
“track”: roads, rivers, creeks
Frederick Douglass
leading speaker in abolitionist act
“spokesman for his race”; educated and powerful
anti-slavery vs. abolition
anti-slavery: Lincoln believed that slavery was legal and existed due to the 5th amendment; wanted to restrict the expansion of slavery
abolition: William Lloyd Garrison wanted to abolish slavery; wanted it to end right away
Harriet Tubman
known as the “Black Moses” due to her efforts to bring over 1K slaves from the South to the North and Canada
Austen Family
first family to send 200+ families to Texas
Texas was admitted to the Union
although Texas gained independence from Mexico in 1836, it took it another 9 years for it to be admitted into the US Union in 1845 as a slave state b/c equal number of states admitted as slave and free
1833 British Slavery Abolition
Britain abolishes slavery throughout the empire
red letter year
abolish b/c became industrial
slavery was ANACHRONISM (obsolete or relic); no one uses it anymore
south was pressured abt. slave abolition b/c it was a world community
Texicans
Americans living in Texas under Mexican rule
Lone Star Republic
In 1836, Texas became a Lone Star Republic, gaining independence from Mexico
SA: The Compromise of 1833
the tariffs will be lowered over the next decade back to 1816 levels
South Carolina would still be in the Union
didn’t solve the states rights vs. federal authority question
SA: Goal of the American Colonization Society
wanted slaves to be freed (manumission)
sent back to Monrovia, Liberia
problems:
slave owners want compensation which would increase taxes
slaves weren’t African but AMERICANS
Whites blamed that the racial problems were due to A.A.
no slaves = no labor
slaves were worth 2 billion in 1860
SA: Tensions of Austen Family leading Americans to Texas
Texicans outnumbered Mexicans
Texicans wanted to vote for a representative government
Texicans were protestants but Mexicans were Roman Catholic
Texicans believed in Due Process of Law (trial by jury)
Texicans brought slaves to Texas although Santa Ana abolished slavery