Combined Set

Dred Scott v. Sanford year

1857

Dred Scott v. Sanford effect (slaves)

enslaved people were not citizens of the US and could not expect any protection from federal government or the courts

Dred Scott v. Sanford effect (congress)

Congress has no authortity to ban slavery from a federal territory

Dred Scott v. Sandford effect (courts)

becuase slaves were not citizens, they could not sue in court

Voter Qualifications (1776)

All residents owning land were eligible to vote in New Jersey.

Voter Qualifications (1790)

All residents, regardless of land ownership, were eligible to vote in New Jersey.

Voter Qualifications (1797)

All free residents owning land were eligible to vote in New Jersey.

Voter Qualifications (1807)

All free, white, males over the age of 21 who owned land were eligible to vote in New Jersey.

cause of Louisiana Purchase

Jefferson’s personal interests in nature and empire

cause of Louisiana Purchase

American desire for New Orleans amid fears they would lose access

cause of Louisiana Purchase

Jefferson’s desire to remove Europeans from North America

cause of Louisiana Purchase

French defeat in Haiti has Napolean refocus on Europe

effect of Louisiana Purchase

Doubles size of United States

effect of Louisiana Purchase

Opens access to new resouces and farmland

effect of Louisiana Purchase

transforms US economy

effect of Louisiana Purchase

removal of American Indians

effect of Louisiana Purchase

expands slavery in the US

effect of Louisiana Purchase

further fractures America (sectionalism)

Corps of Discovery

expedition by Lewis and Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the western US after the Louisiana Purchase

Goals of Lewis and Clark

explore/learn about new land and trade/learn about/remove American Indians from US-owned land

outlier

an event radically different from and unrelated to everything else around it

trend

a change or development connected to a number of events

statue

a rule or law which has been made by a government or other organization and formally written down

inhabitants

a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place

suffrage

the right to vote

compromise

an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions

sectionalism

an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole

emancipation

to free from restraint, control, or the power of another

Mason Dixon Line

the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, popularly considered before the end of slavery as a line between Free States and Slave States

latitude

the distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface

longitude

the distance east or west on the earth's surface

democracy

is a government in which power and civic responsibility are exercised by all adult citizens, directly, or through their freely elected representatives. Rests upon the principles of majority rule and individual rights

radical

complete political or social change; representing or supporting an extreme or progressive section of a political party

socialism

a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole

imperialism

an ideology of taking control over the weaker nation by a stronger nation. The word imperialism comes from the Latin word “Imperium” which means to rule

feminism

the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes

interrogating

ask questions of (someone, especially a suspect or a prisoner) closely, aggressively, or formally

reconcile

balance

pirogue

boat or canoe

quill

a long, sharp point on a porcupine, or a large feather with the end cut to a sharp point that was used, esp. in the past, as a pen

Compromise

An agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.

Perseverance of Slavery

The belief in the 18th century that slavery would fade away on its own, countered by the growth of cotton and increased demand for slaves.

Abolition Movement

Early activists concerned with gradual emancipation and black rights in the North.

Southern Diffusion Theory

The argument that selling or moving slaves westward would create better living conditions and potentially lead to emancipation.

The Missouri Compromise

A compromise reached in 1818, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, with a line drawn at latitude 36 degrees 30 to determine where slavery was permitted.

Legacy of the Missouri Compromise

Tensions led to the Compromise of 1850 and the repeal of the Missouri Line by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, ultimately deeming the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional by the 1857 Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford