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The Northwest ordinance proposed that 3 - 5 new states be created from the northwest territory. The ordinance provided for civil liberties within the new territories, but did not allow slavery.

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Slavery & Slave Trade (1787 - early 1800's)

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Slavery & Slave Trade (1787 - early 1800's)

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In 1787, the northwest ordinance banned slavery in new western territory. The founders made a compromise with slavery because they sought to achieve the goal of a stronger union. Some slave holding state threatened to walk out of the constitution if slavery was threatened, there was a was a chance that there would have been separate free & slave countries instead of the united states. free states would have lost all leverage over the slave states to end slavery if they had separated.
By the early 1800's most northern states had abolished slavery & slave trade. In the south, the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made cotton a major industry & increased the need for enslaved labor.

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In 1793 the cotton gin was invented, it was made to clean the cotton of its seeds. It dramatically reduced the amount of time it took to separate the seeds from cotton. This machine increased the need for enslaved labor

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Lewis And Clark Expedition (1801 - 1806)

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Lewis And Clark Expedition (1801 - 1806)

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After Thomas Jefferson became president, he bought the Louisiana territory. After he bought the land he wanted to explore the land and try to find a waterway that led to the Pacific ocean, establish friendly relationships with the native tribes, and see if the stories of woolly mammoth were true. He sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to  lead the U.S. Corps of discovery on the expedition across the western lands of north America in the early 1800's. Sacagawea came on the expedition too she was a 16 year old when the expedition she was bilingual and brought her 2 month old son with her. Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea and 4 dozen other men set off on may 1804. The U.S. Corps Of Discovery traveled 8000 miles in 2 years from Missouri to the pacific ocean. In March 1806, the U.S. Corps Of Discovery prepared to made their return journey. On September 23 1806 they arrived back home. The only physical evidence of the ENTIRE expedition is a carving on a rock (W. Clark July 25 1806).

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Sacagawea Went on the expedition with Lewis and Clark in the early 1800's. She was a bilingual 16 year old when the expedition started. She decided to take her 2 month old son along with her on the 2 year long expedition.

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When Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana purchase, it doubled the size of the united states. The us did not want the entire purchase but France wanted to focus on their war with the British. so they gave the us a the land for a cheap price.

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Due to the slave trade clause in the constitution, congress could not ban the trans - Atlantic slave trade in until 1807. By January 1807, there was a population of over 4 million enslaved people in the south. On January 1st, 1808 The trade of enslaved people  within the south was still allowed, however, Children of enslaved people automatically became enslaved ensuring a self-sustaining enslaved population in the south.

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the 1st two states to apply were Alabama and Illinois they applied around the same time. Both were accepted.later, Missouri wanted to become a state but it put congress in months of serious debate.if they made Missouri a state it would ned to be either a slave state or a free state. either one could but either the north or south with more power and they wanted the power to be equal between the north and south. there were 2 parts to the solution. part one was that Missouri would be. added as a slave state. However, Maine would become a free state. part 2 of the solution was that a line would be drawn across the Louisiana purchase. below the Missouri territory, new states below the line would be slave states and the states above would be free states.

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The Tariff of 1828 was a very high protective tariff that became law in the United States in May 1828. It was a bill designed to not pass Congress because it hurt both industry and farming.

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Nat Turner destroyed the white Southern myth that slaves were actually happy with their lives or too docile to undertake a violent rebellion. His revolt led to new oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of slaves.

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The Mexican-American War was a conflict between the Mexicans and the Americans. it was fought from April 1846 to February 1848. It argued over where Texas ended at the Nueces River, or the Rio Grande river.

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In 2846 a war with Mexico broke out and the us won the war. after the war the us gained a lot of new land. the north wanted the new land to be slave-free but the south wants it to accept slavery. The solution was that California would be added as a free state and slave trade in Washington D.C. ended. But slave trade didn't. The fugitive slave act was passed and it made it easier for slave holders to find and take back slaved that escaped. and the Mexican cession was divided into 2 territories. new Mexico and Utah to decide what would happen with slavery.

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the fugitive slave act was passed by Congress in 1793 and 1850. It stated that state and federal authorities had to help capture and return runaway slaves, and fined those who assisted runaway slaves.

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In Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Stowe made her case against slavery by cataloging the suffering experienced by enslaved people and by showing that their owners were morally broken.

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Because of the fugitive slave act, new Mexico and Utah had to decide which would be a free state and which would be a slave state. People were literally killing each-other over the issue. Kansas went to war about people were killing neighbors over wether there should be free or slave states. Kansas gained the name bleeding Kansas.

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Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas. In all, around 55 people were killed.

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The Caning of Charles Sumner, occurred on May 22, 1856, in the United States Senate chamber. When Representative Preston Brooks used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner. This left Charles summer with permanent physical damage.

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The decision invalidated the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had placed restrictions in slavery in certain U.S. territories. Northern abolitionist were outraged.

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The Lincoln Douglas debates reinvigorated Lincoln's political career and propelled him to the spotlight among Republicans. Douglas used these debates to reaffirm his support for popular sovereignty which further alienated the senator from the Democratic Party.

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Abraham Lincoln Becomes President (1860)

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Abraham Lincoln Becomes President (1860)

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Abraham Lincoln became president on March 4, 1861. Lincoln's election was the main cause of the American Civil War. He was the first Republican president being elected.