Friday4/26/13

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• Friday 4/26/13
• 1.-4. List 4 issues that the groups wanted to see
  
• passed in Congress.
• 5. Write one example where we talked
• about a specific example of a law or bill that
• was proposed or passed in our pervious study
• of American History.
• Example Issue Public sell of land and land
• division
• Land Ordinance of 1785. Mapped land and
• Set price for public land sale. (1.00 per acre)
  

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Political Issues in the Sectional Game

• History of past laws

3
Three-fifths Compromise

• How slaves should be counted for representation
  and taxation purposes
• The compromise 3/5ths of the number of slaves
  would be counted for both representation and
  taxation
• Constitutional Convention
• National government forbidden to interfere
  with the slave trade until 1808 (20 years!)

4
Land Ordinance of 1785

• Intended to provide a fair way to divide land in
  the Northwest Territory
• Townships and sections
• Sell land for 1 per acre640 acres
• High initial land costs Speculators

5
Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Allowed for the creation of new states in the
  Northwest Territory
• Also called for creation of territorial and state
  governments
• Forbade slavery
• Public education
• Fair dealings with Indians

6
The American System

• Proposed by Senator Henry Clay
• High tariffs on imports
• New transportation systems and internal
  improvements
• Never completely implemented

Henry Clay West
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The Bank of the United States

• Second Bank of the U.S.
• Chartered in 1816
• Charter to expire in 1836 in 1832, Clay and
  Webster try to get it re-chartered early
• Jackson vetoes the charter
• Favored the wealthy
• Nicholas Biddle

• First Bank of the U.S.
• Created by Hamilton in 1791 to spur economic
  growth
• Would act as a central bank for smaller
  state banks
• Would provide a depository for tax money
• Would issue paper money
• Hamilton used the elastic clause to justify the
  Bank
• Opposed by Jefferson, Madison, and other strict
  constructionists

8
Nullification

• Idea that states can refuse to enforce or obey
  federal laws
• 1828 Tariff of Abominations
• South Carolina nullifies the tariff
• The Force Bill

South Carolina Senator John Calhoun
9
Indian Removal

• Jackson orders removal of Indians to the west
• 1830 Indian Removal Act
• Jackson uses military force to move certain
  tribes
• The Trail of Tears to modern day Oklahoma

10
Abolitionism

• Roots the Quakers
• Abolish slavery

11
Transcontinental Railroad Homestead Act

• Both enacted in 1862 during the Civil War
• Both encouraged western expansion and settlement
• NY to San Fran in 14 days-1869
• Homestead Act-1862-Intended for the Great
  Plains-160 acres free-lived on and developed the
  land for 5 years by 1890 frontier closed

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Popular Sovereignty
people rule

• Idea that residents of a new territory should
  have the right to choose whether slavery would be
  legal or illegal there
• Douglas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Bleeding Kansas

Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas
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Secession

• Idea that individual states retained the right
  to withdraw from the Union
• South Carolina nullification crisis, 1832
• Lincolns election/Southern states secede
• The Civil War