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Political, economic, and religious factors

Factors that contributed to the Civil War beyond slavery.

Declaration of Independence

A U.S. document that suggests that earlier tensions could be predicted leading to the Civil War.

Inalienable rights

Rights discussed in the Declaration of Independence that became increasingly available over time.

Franco-American alliance

Alliance that brought France into the Revolutionary War, aiding American independence.

Separation of church and state

A post-Revolution trend that benefited religious minorities like Catholics and Jews.

Ways enslaved people sought freedom during the Revolutionary War

Through military service, legal action, or master's wills.

Women’s roles during the Revolutionary War

Women gained authority by managing households and production.

Protection of property for Loyalist wives

Entitlement that safeguarded their property even if their husbands fled.

Seneca Falls Meeting in 1848

Resulted in the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments advocating for women’s suffrage.

William Lloyd Garrison

Published The Liberator and founded anti-slavery societies as part of the abolitionist movement.

Temperance movement advocacy

Promoted abstinence from alcohol to improve societal morality.

Wilmot Proviso

Proposal to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico.

Compromise of 1850

Series of laws admitting California as a free state and strengthening the Fugitive Slave Act.

Bleeding Kansas

Event that marked the violent response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act.