final exam Flashcards
Declaration of Independence - natural right - social contract - john loker
the intolerable act - limited the town hall meetings
closed Boston harbor suspended local courts
Boston tea party stated on December 16, 1773, where the American colonists against British taxation and monopoly on tea, board ship in Boston harbor and dumped 324 chests of tea into the water
the shot heard round the world April 18-19, 1775, revolution begins
second continental congress May 1715-votes for the independents
Loker natural rights
** If people’s rights are not protected, the people have the right to overthrow that gov’t **
Rousseau’s Social Contract- agreement between people and their governments-Voltaire’s freedom of speech & press-Montesquieu’s separation of powers-Hobbes’ “all men are evil”; representatives, not rule by the mob
second influence British action and colonial reaction British taxation and laws mercantilist act continental self-governments congress and sons’ daughters of liberty
third influence common sense by Thomas Paine urging the colonist to rebel against Great Britain against the monarchy
the declaration of independence
complaint the colonists had -to declare the actions of England wrong and their response
Louisiana purchase -Jefferson interpretation of the constitution impact of porches
Louisiana purchase where President Jefferson acquires vast territory from France in 1803 doubling the side of US
Jefferson interpretation of the constitution went ahead with the purchase believing it was necessary for the nation expansion and future security
porches also enhance wellbeing by reducing stress improving sleep quality and promoting social connections
George Washington -farewell address precedents policy of neutrality
George Washington -farewell address precedents policy of neutrality
George Washington’s Farewell Address in 1796 was a significant document in which he shared his vision for the future of the United States and offered advice to the American people
This policy was further solidified when he issued the Neutrality Proclamation in 1793, declaring that the United States would remain neutral in the conflict between revolutionary France and Great Britain
causes leading up to the civil war-fugitive slave act compromise of 1820 (Missouri compromise of 1850 Kansas Nebraska bleeding Kansas john browns raid
leading up to the civil war
slavery-Missouri compromise 1820 and 1850 Kansas Nebraska act bleeding Kansas
fugitive slavery act - federal laws they allow the seizure and return of runaway enslaved people who escaped from one state into another
compromise of 1820 was to get Maine as a state and to balance the country they had Missouri in to so Maine is the free state and Missouri as the slavery state
1850 -California was admitted as a free state -fugitive slavery act law to recover they runs Lavey-Texas received financial compensation in exchange for ceding land to the federal government -popular sovereignty, meaning the settlers in those territories would decide for themselves whether to allow slavery
Kansas and Nebraska (1854) and allowed the settlers in those territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, a concept known as popular sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas. Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers flooded into Kansas to influence the decision on slavery
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry took place from October 16 to 18, 1859. John Brown, an abolitionist, led a group of 21 men in an attempt to seize the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), with the goal of starting an armed slave revolt
cotton gin
is a machine the separate cotton fibers or lint form the seeds and other impurities
eli Whitney in March 1794 much greater productive than manual
Erie canal
is a historical waterway completed in 1825 the first water way reducing the cost of time as well as transportations and traveling the canal play a crucibles role was a westward expansion of the US and economic growing in the Midwest
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
this was an important even the led to civil war and tension between the north and south where one on the slave with his wife scape of their owner to a country where they were free, but the court decide that they can stay there they have to return to the owner because they still being a slave
abolition woman rights-Seneca falls convention declaration of sentiments
Convention of 1848 was the first women’s rights convention in the United States, held in Seneca Falls, New York-Declaration of Sentiments, a document modeled after the Declaration of Independence. It outlined the grievances and demands of women, including the right to vote, property rights, and equal opportunities in education and employment1. The Declaration was signed by 68 women and 32 men, marking the beginning of the women’s rights movement in the United States
-fight for women’s rights was deeply intertwined in the 19th century. Many women who were active in the abolitionist movement also became advocates for women’s rights, seeing parallels between the oppression of enslaved people and the subjugation of women- Women like Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, and the Grimke sisters (Angelina and Sarah Grimke) were prominent in both the abolitionist and women’s rights
manifest destiny
was a 19-century belief that the US was destines to expand across the north America continent spread democracy and capitalism
was coined by journalist John L. O’Sullivan in 1845
The expansion often led to the displacement and suffering of Native American populations
division with many Whigs and Republicans opposing it, while Democrats used it to justify territorial acquisitions
linconln-douglas debates
in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Illinois, and Stephen A. Douglas, the incumbent Democratic Senator. These debates primarily focused on the issue of slavery and its expansion into the new territories
extension of slavery into the territories, with Lincoln opposing its expansion and Douglas advocating for popular sovereignty, where settlers in each territory would decide the issue for themselves
significant because they brought national attention to Lincoln, helping to elevate his profile and set the stage for his successful presidential campaign in 1860.
uncle toms’ cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
anti-slavery novel
often credited with helping to ignite the Civil War
the novel tells the experience of uncle toms and the slavery on those times and all the impact for the slavery
this novel was sold a lot of people multiple language and also inspires, and song plays and also was criticized by the pro slavery because this book was about the life of a slavery
election of 1860 (Abraham Lincoln
moment american historical leading directly civil war
Abraham Lincoln (Republican), John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union).
Lincoln’s Republican platform opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories but did not call for the immediate abolition of slavery where it already existed
Lincoln won the electro with 40 percents with the north because they support
threat by the Southern states, leading to the secession of several states and the eventual outbreak of the Civil War
emancipation proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation (1863): President Abraham Lincoln issued this proclamation, declaring all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free
civil war
civil war 1861 1865 fight between the America the north against the south
causes the slavery expansions in the west
state right south has the right to secede from the unio and govern themselves
economic differences
began when confederate faces attacked fort Sumter Carolina
impact end war 620 000 soldiers killed and many injured- rebuilding in the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society- resolved the issue of slavery but left lasting scars and set the stage for future civil rights struggles
Gettysburg address
A turning point in the war, resulting in a Union victory famous speech in the America history by presidents Abraham Lincoln on Novembre 19 1863 during the civil war
Lincoln honored the soldiers who had given their lives at Gettysburg and called on the living to dedicate themselves to the unfinished work of ensuring that the nation would have a “new birth of freedom.
He concluded with the famous line, “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
