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19th Century American History (Abraham Lincoln - 1809, Kentucky 78134-004…
19th Century American History
Manifest Destiny 1845
Transcontinental railroad
east populated - people moving west
problems for the natives (source of food)
Native Americans
Indian Removal Act :no_entry: - 1830
The trail of tears
- to Oklahoma - reservations
from nomads to farmers, from tribes to family units + education
Lousiana Purchase (1803)
Slavery
1619, Virginia
Labor force (inmigrants, africans) - plantations
Considered property, no rights
1806 - Anti-slavery legislation - :forbidden:stops the importation of slaves from Africa
slaves born in America - fewer problems
1850s - Abolitionists - creation of the Republican Party Anti-slavery platform
Many slaves joined the Blue troops
1865 - with the 13th amendment, slaves were freed without goods
3 possibilities: Go north - overgrounding in the big cities, large labor pool, terrible work conditions. Go west - dangerous, possibility to build houses. Stay in the South - work for the old slave master - sharecropping
North America : industries (small farms), no slavery
South America : agricolture (large farms), slavery
Underground railroad : a way for the runaway slaves to North
Abraham Lincoln - 1809, Kentucky
self taught
Illinois - good reputation -Called "Honest Abe"
Practiced law in Springfield
Congressman - representative for the state of IL in DC
1860 - presidential candidate for the Republican party
Withdrawl of 11 Southern States from the union
Confederacy - Confederate States
President : Jefferson Davis Army : Gray troops - Robert E.Lee
Northern - Blue troops - Ulysses S.Grant
1861 - 1865 Civil war
1863 - The Gettysburg
Address
+ signature of the Emancipation Proclamation - freeing of slaves :!:
April 1865 - Lincoln was shot in a theater by a southern sympathizer
Endurance test for the nation
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Goddess - Colombia - personification of USA. Book - education. Telegraph - communication
