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19th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY (ABRAHAM LINCOLN Unknown-1 (1861-1865 CIVIL…
19th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY
AMERICAN PROGRESS - JOHN GAST 1872
Colombia Goddess bringing education and communication People go west (stagecoach ,transcontinental railroad)
the illustration of Manifest Destiny
a phrase coined in 1845
Lousiana purchase 1803
=idea that Americans were destined, by God,to govern North America
3 main problems
salvery
american natives
buffalos
NATIVES
pushed out of their territories
things get bad
Indian Removal Act 1830
Indians forced to move to Oklahoma
Deadly journey
Trail of Tears
Lifestile changes
from nomads to farmers
from tribes to families
they become civilized
SLAVERY
begin in 1619 - importation from Africa to Virginia
they worked on plantation
Labor Force
1806 Anti-Slavery
legislation - stopped importation
Underground Railroad
a way for the runaway slaves to go north
Republican Party 1850s
Anti-slavery platform
1865 13th AMENDEMENT
abolished slavery in the United States
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
he was born in Kentucky, 1809 attended school for 1 year (self-taught)
he was very honest- HONEST ABE He was killed in 1865
Praticed Law in Springfield
became a Congressman
1860 - presidential candidate for the Republican Party
he won
no one voted for him in the southern pro-slavery states
withdrawal of this states
the first was South Carolina
they formed the CONFEDERACY
1861-1865 CIVIL WAR
a war fought in many parts of the US, it was an endurance test
Gattysburg
people died but not in vain
1863 signed the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
