14) Differences between the northern and southern economic systems and ways of life and Sectional Conflict Flashcards
1
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North in 1860
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- Industrial with towns and factories growing at a very fast rate
2
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South in 1860
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- Agricultural
- Increasingly dependent on one crop (cotton)
3
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West in 1860
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- Restless pioneers moved into new frontiers seeking land, wealth, and opportunity
- Many were from the South and were slave owners, bringing their slaves with them
4
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Missouri Compromise (1819)
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- Admitted Missouri as slave state and Maine as free state (continued balance)
- With the admission of Missouri, slavery would not be allowed in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase territory above latitude 36/30
5
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Compromise of 1850
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- Concessions to the North included the admission of CA as a free state and the abolition of slave trading in DC
- Creation of New Mexico and Utah and residents would decide whether to permit slavery
6
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Popular Sovereignty
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- Settlers of a given territory would have the sole right to decide whether or not slavery would be permitted there
7
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Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
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- nullified Missouri Compromise
- Decided that their status as slave or free states would be determined by popular sovereignty
