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Slavery Interrupts the 2nd Party System / Texás
How many segments can the 2nd party system be broken up into?
2
From 1824-1854, what were people’s main focuses?
log cabin, war heroes, banks, tariffs, i.i
From the early 1840s to 1854, what were people’s main focuses?
slavery & westward expansion
What was the main crop in Virginia/Maryland in 1619?
tobacco
What were the 4 earliest crops? Where were they most popular?
tobacco (MD/VA), rice (SC), sugar (LA), and cotton
What was the 1770s-1780s era called?
The Revolutionary Era
What was the North like during the Revolutionary Era?
free, especially in Philadelphia, small # of slaves
What was the South like during the Revolutionary Era?
slavery continued
Who invented what revolutionary invention in 1793?
Eli Whitney, cotton gin
What was strange about Eli Whitney being the inventor of the cotton gin?
He was an abolitionist
Based on a census, how many slaves existed in 1800?
698,000
Based on a census, how many slaves existed in the 1820s?
1.5 million
Based on a census, how many slaves existed in the 1840s?
2.5 million
Based on a census, how many slaves existed in the 1860s?
4 million
Why was the future of slavery tense in 1831?
The Liberator, a new abolitionist newspaper, was released
What was the second largest slave revolt in United States history? Where did it happen?
Nat Turner’s Rebellion in Virginia
How long after The Liberator’s release did Nat Turner’s rebellion happen?
8 months
What was different about Texas in the 1820s/1830s?
It was a sparse province of Mexico
Did Mexicans/Texans invite Americans to move into Texas?
Yes
What happened to Texas in 1836? How long did this last?
Texas became known as the Republic of Texas. It became its own separate country for 9 years.
What ended in the early 1840s?
a Great Depression
What’s the main question during the Election of 1844?
Should the US add Texas as a state? If so, will it be a free or slave state?
What’s the main concern over Texas becoming a free or slave state?
If Texas were to become either a free or slave state, how would each side maintain balance in the House of Representatives during westward expansion?
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