Remake of American History Unit 2 Assessment by David Leonard

Missouri Compromise(1820)

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An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories. banned slavery above the 36 30 parallel. affects all of America, as it bans slavery in certain areas. Connects to the Kansas-Nebraska act.

Kansas-Nebraska act (1854)

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.

Cause and Effect: Cause- new states added to the U.S. Effect-Bleeding Kansas

Connections: Missouri Compromise- (read respective entry)

Pottawatomie Massacre (May 24–25, 1856)

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On the night of May 24, 1856, the radical abolitionist John Brown, five of his sons, and three other associates murdered five pro-slavery men, near present-day Lane, Kansas.

Cause and Effect: Caused by John Browns radical beliefs on slavery. Effects- considered the opening shots of the civil war

Perspective:Five pro-slavery casualties.

Connection: Raid on Harpers Ferry

Raid on Harpers Ferry (Oct 16th 1859)

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Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal. In the late afternoon US Marines under Colonel Robert E. Lee arrived and stormed the engine house, killing many of the raiders and capturing Brown. Brown was quickly placed on trial and charged with treason against the state of Virginia, murder, and slave insurrection, Brown was sentenced to death for his crimes and hanged on December 2, 1859.

Cause and Effect: John Brown's raid helped catapult the nation into Civil War. The war had a disastrous effect on Harpers Ferry, leaving a path of destruction that wrecked the town's economy and forced many residents to flee forever.

Perspective: John Brown is killed.

Connections: Pottawatomie Massacre

The 1860 Election (1860)

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The national outcome of the 1860 election gave Lincoln a victory in both the popular vote and the electoral vote, with just under 40 percent of the popular vote, which totaled 1,866,452, and 180 electoral votes.

Cause and effect: puts Lincoln in office.

Perspective: Democrats would be upset as a republican is in office

connections: Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation (Jan 1st 1863)

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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

Cause and Effect: caused due to growing unrest with slavery, and effects- include the civil war.

Connections: Election of 1860

The 13th Amendment (Jan 31st 1865)

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Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Cause and effects:Eighty-nine years after the United States declared independence, chattel slavery was banned and declared illegal in the United States and in its territories. In addition to the long-term impact of slavery being abolished, the Thirteenth Amendment also restricted several other forms of bound labor and servitude.

Perspective: pro-slavery parties STRONGLY disliked this amendment

Connections: 14th amendment.

14th Amendment (June 13th 1866)

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No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Cause and effects: Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans could not be U.S. citizens. Abolitionists condemned the ruling, and the new Republican Party sought to overturn the decision. In 1866, Congress included a citizenship clause in the proposed 14th Amendment in an effort to undo Dred Scott.

perspective: disliked by Pro-slavery parties.

Connections: 13th amendment