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-A population of 22 million
-Controlled the Navy
-Most goods were made there

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UNION:
-Naval blockade
-Control the Mississippi
-Use troop population

CONFEDERATE:
-Help from Britain
-Fight until the other side gets tired and gives up

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-Were fighting on home turf
-Profitable economy (cotton)
-Had the best military leaders

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After the southern states seceded from the northern states, many things changed for the South.  For example, the South became the Confederate states. Other changes included a new type of money, a president, etc.

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In the late 1860, many southern states seceded and created the confederate states. They attacked Fort Sumter as one of their first acts. This war was the the first industrial war in the world. President Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves. This was done so that the free black slaves could fight alongside the North.

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Dred Scott (slave) argued that he and his wife and him should be free because they used to live in free states.  The Court decided that they were not allowed to sue because they were not citizens.

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Slave Catchers would go to the North and find slaves so that they can return them to their original masters in the South.

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Slaves were still considered "not human" so they could NOT testify in court.

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If people are caught helping slaves run to the North, they would be fined and/or arrested.

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...said that Missouri was a slave state and Maine was a free state.

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The debate over slavery created the Republican party. This party was made to go against slavery. Abraham Lincoln gets elected president.

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Was how goods were transported through the Northern States.  There were many other canals going through the east coast

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The cotton gin machine made it easier to farm cotton. Before this invention, most plantation owners had slaves do the farming.

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Most of the immigrants were from Ireland and other European countries.  When immigrants make it into New York, they would live in small, closely packed, wooden apartments.

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New machines in Britain and America dramatically changed the course of history.

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This movement was made in the attempt to end slavery once and for all.  Abolitionists were the people who were doing this.

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Dorothea Dix saw what kind of terrible conditions the mentally ill were living in. She was the one to lead the reform movement.

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Colleges were made to train teachers, education opened up for most kids, and other states started following Massachusetts.

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Back then, not a lot of people had an education.  Only the wealthy could have an education.  The poor or middle class people were unable to read or write.

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Before the 1800's, a plethora of different people were jailed up.  These people included debtors, the mentally ill, violent criminals, etc.

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The Underground Railroad was a network of secret tunnels made for escaped slaves. The slaves were led by Harriet Tubman.

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Being able to chose which path you get to go down. (your destiny)

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Americans were inspired to improve life because of politics and religion.

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The Second Great Awakening and the Age of Reform | Teach US History

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In antebellum America, a religious revival called the Second Great Awakening resulted in thousands of conversions to evangelical religions. Itinerant preachers, such as Charles Granison Finney, traveled from town to town, lecturing to crowds about eradicating sin in the name of perfectionism.

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Most Americans believed in predestination back then