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orgins of the kkk
it also undermine the power of blocks

succesful black man were attacked

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battle of anthien

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1850 ca becomes a free state

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After the Mexican American War the Abolitionists dug deep to create a new Political Party called the Free –Soil Party.  They proposed something to Congress that created a ton of controversy:  “Let’s make all territory we gained from the Mexican-American War Free Territory!”

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The Missouri Compromise added Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state at the same time to keep the balance equal between the North and the South in the Senate.

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the series of events that caused the united states two divide into two

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the series of events that caused the united states two divide into two

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as new states aplied to enter the U.S a debate over slavery added to tensions between the north and the south

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Jhonn brown lead a resitanve to free slaves

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in 1822 authorites in charleston south carolina leaned that demark vessy a free black was preparing to lead a a sizzable revolt of slaves vessy along with more than 30 slaves, was arested and hanged

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breaking tools,fences
working slowly
slaves pretending to be dumb,clumbsy, blind or crazy to avoid or sabotage work
Open defiance
refuse to work,rejected to work

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some were free(about 253,00)
about 6%
still excluded from all but the most menial jobs
children could not attented public schools
could not vote
could not serve on jurries

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River travel was the souths main form of transportation
most southeren towns and cities sprang up along waterways

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RIce

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with the invention of the cotton gin, both cotton production and slave labor grew southerners were agarians

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mild winters and long humid summers
plentiful rainfall and long growing seasons
a perfect place for raising warm weath

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hanks to the Industrial Revolution, the Northern economy grew rapidly after 1800. By 1860, the value of manufacturing in the North was significantly greater than in the South.

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telegraph,sewing machine,cotton maker

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River travel was the South's main form of transportation

most Southern towns and cities sprang up along waterways.

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Mild winters and long, hot, humid summers.

Plentiful rainfall and long growing seasons

A perfect place for raising warm-weather crops that would have withered and died farther north.

An especially important feature of the South was its broad, flat rivers. Many of the South's earliest towns were built at the mouths of rivers.

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In the South, the wealthy few enjoyed great influence and power. However, even the poorest whites ranked above African Americans, whether free or slave.

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Children as young as 7 were employed

They had no opportunities for education

Worked in harsh conditions

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Could not vote

Could not serve on juries

Could not attend college

Could not enter professions such as medicine or law

Limited rights in land ownership

Reform:

Led by Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott

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Massachusetts becomes the first state to use taxes to set up public schools, free from religion.

Only wealthy, no poor

Many Americans couldn’t read or write

Reform:

Horace Mann

Created colleges to train teachers

Other states soon followed MA.

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Poorly heated

Cramped conditions

Not enough food

Filled with debtors

Reform:

Dorthea Dix

More sanitary and humane, no debtors

Built asylums for mentally ill

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Revivals encouraged people to return to God.

Their listeners prayed, shouted, sang hymns, and sometimes even cried for hours or fell down in frenzies.

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pushed for an end to alcohol abuse and the problems created by it.
many women took part in this solcial reform
considerd alcholhol to be morally wrong
reform:
rose awarness about abuse and domestic violence
gave women a voice
would lead to prohibition.

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Movement called for an end to slavery
Abolitionists:
were the reformers working to end slavery all over US.