South Carolina hated the tariff that the federal government placed. They said they didn't have to pay it because of states' rights.
Name one aspect of the Compromise of 1850.
CA - free state, Utah & NM to decide for themselves, a new TX/NM boundary, made it easier for slaveowners to recover runways under the Fugitive Slave Act
What war resulted from Mexico not recognizing TX independence, TX wanting to be a U.S. state, and U.S. desire for westward expansion?
The Mexican-American War
What was the main idea of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Kansas and Nebraska would have popular sovereignty to decide if slavery would be legal.
Who was Nat Turner and what did he do?
He was a slave who led a rebellion. He and others killed many white families.
Who were the two main women of the women's rights movement?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Explain the Missouri Compromise.
There were 11 slave and 11 free states. The Compromise cut slavery off at the 36'30' line except for Missouri. Maine was admitted as a free state.
How did William Lloyd Garrison's approach to abolition differ from earlier approaches?
He advocated passive resistance and non-violent methods
What is one of the progressive reform movements that occured in the 1800's?
temperance, public education, women's suffrage, child labor, worker's rights
What religious movement spawned a number of important reform movements?
Second Great Awakening
Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.