HUSKY TIME 12/3/14

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HUSKY TIME 12/3/14

• Work on any of the following
• Unit 4 IDs
• Readings pp 391-403 or 421-433 create an
  outline for both
• Remediation of a 2nd quarter test
• Quit Study Time
• EVERYONE must be working on something for this
  class. I will put you somewhere else if this is
  not taking place. Thanks! ?

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States Rights
-Federalism -system of multiple governments in
order to give more localized decision making
power -10th Amendment -all powers not given to
the federal government are reserved for the
states and people.
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Slavery
-pro-slavery South, midWest -anti-slavery -
North -opposed growth of slavery
Free-Soilers wanted all NEW states to be free
of slavery
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Nullification
-Sedition Acts -Kentucky and Virginia
Resolutions (want to increase states rights,
just like Nullification) -Tariff laws
(Abominations) 1828 Tariff Crisis -Slavery
issues -southern threats to nullify any
anti-slavery laws
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Nullification
-Sedition Acts -Kentucky and Virginia
Resolutions -Tariff laws 1828 Tariff
Crisis -Slavery issues -southern threats to
nullify any anti-slavery laws
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Sectionalism
-issues become more and more regional in
nature -slavery, tariffs, economics -industria
l north -agricultural south
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Compromise of 1820
-drew a line to determine the future areas of
slavery -solved the slavery debate for about
20 years
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Compromise of 1850
-Wilmot Proviso tried to block slavery in old
Mexican areas but is defeated in
Congress -California applies for
statehood debate begins and Clay organizes
compromise -California admitted as free state
-South gets stronger Fugitive law -Popular
Sovereignty to help decide future cases of slavery
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Underground Railroad
-many early attempts at escape relied on
luck -network of anti-slavery advocates who
helped slaves escape -many times slaves needed
to get to Canada to be totally free -Harriet
Tubman
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Fugitive Slave Law
-allowed slave catchers to go into free areas and
capture runaway slaves -made it a crime to help
any runaway -suspected slaves need not be given
a trial or a chance to testify