causes of the civil war

MS joined the union on

december 10th, 1817

the first state capital

natchez

the 1st state constitution was

constitution of 1817

a person in 1817 could vote if they were:

white, male, over the age of 21, and a landowner or state militia

to be governer you had to own

600 acres in land or $2,000 in property

judicial officials were -------- not elected

appointed

an allegiance to local rather than national interests

sectionalism

a tax placed on manufactured goods imported from other countries

protective tariff

the tax's purpose was to

protect U.S companies from foreign competition

protective tariffs were popular in the ----------- which had factories

northeast

the north was

industrial; factories, manufacturing, machinery

the south was

agricultural; raw goods and crops

the south hated tariffs because it traded ------- for european goods and had to pay more

cotton

primary source of labor in the south

slavery

in the northeast, white workers earning a ------ did most of the work

wage

slavery became the single most -------- ------ in U.S politics

sectional issue

the legislature chose ---------- ------- on the pearl river for a new capital

lefleur's bluff

the new capital was named -------- for general andrew jackson

jackson

made judges elected instead of appointed, kept slavery legal, and limited public office to white men

constitution of 1832

only the ------- and ----------- remained in MS at statehood in 1817

choctaw and chickasaw

under the --------- ---------- ---- -- ------ they gve up their remaining lands and moved to indian territory

indian removal act of 1830

meant a land rush, a population boom, and fast money

flush times

land was sold at $---- an acre with 50-acre minimum and credit was allowed

$1.25

population grew from 136,621 in 1830 to

375,651 in 1840

the belief that westward expansion was justified and inevitable

manifest destiny

missouri, eligible for statehood in -----, would tip the balance between free and slave states

1819

added states in pairs: missouri (1821) and maine (1820)

the missouri compromise

the missouri compromise banned slavery north of

36, 30

in 1836 texas won independence from ----- and asked to join the U.S

mexico

texas was so big, people considered splitting it into

5 states

texas joined as a slave state in

1845

MS raised 2 regiments and ----------- ----- led one of them

jefferson davis

ended the war in 1848

the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo

The U.S gained land that became

new mexico, arizona, utah, nevada, and california

proposed banning slavery in all land taken from mexico

david wilmot

california joined as a state in

1850

was called "the great pacificator"

senator henry clay

ended the slave trade in washington D.C

compromise of 1850

delegates met at jackson in what was meant to be a secession convention

november 10, 1851

southern politicians who argued secession was the only way to save the southern way of life

fire-eaters

MS'S best known fire-eaters were

John A. Quitman and John J. Pettus

uncle tom's cabin was a novel about anti-slavery written by abolitionist

harriett beecher stowe

the novel sold ---,--- copies the 1st yr and was the 1st american novel to sell 1 million

300,000

undid the compromise of 1820

kansas-nebraska act of 1854

the kansas-nebraska act opened new territory to ------ -------- (letting settlers vote on slaves' rights)

popular soverignty

abolitionists were against the ---, southerners applauded it

law

dred scott had lived in

free illinois

the supreme court under ------ --------- -------- ------- ruled against him

chief justice roger taney

the ruling said

enslaved people weren't citizens and their owners could take them anywhere

john brown raided the ------- ------ at harpers ferry, VA

federal arsenal

after dred scott and john brown's raid, americans were tired of the

compromise

most people expected war between slave and free states by

1860