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Jacksonian Democracy. Indian Removal. Home of Cherokee Chief John Ross In original Cherokee Land. Home of Chief John Ross in Oklahoma- taken before 1864. Typical Cherokee homes. Made of wood. Includes 2,200 miles in 9 states- over land and water - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
I N D I A N R E M OVA L
JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
Home of Cherokee Chief John RossIn original Cherokee Land
Home of Chief John Ross in Oklahoma- taken before 1864
Typical Cherokee homes. Made of wood.
Includes 2,200 miles in 9 states- over land and water16,000 Cherokee were forced to move- 4,000 died
ANALYZING THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT 1830
• T-Chart: Compare• Native American Obligations• What the US government promises in return
1 8 6 0 - 1 8 6 5
UNIT 4: A DIVIDED NATION: THE CIVIL WAR
DO YOU REMEMBER?
• What decision in 1820-1821 delayed the Civil War?• What were the details?• In what way was it a compromise?
FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW 1850
• F.S.A. #2: Made federal officers pay a huge fine and fined people who helped runaway slaves.
•Result: Forced the northern states to actively enforce slavery.
• Leading to the Civil War…
VOCABULARY
•Abolitionism- NOUN- movement to end the slave trade and slave labor system
•Abolitionist- NOUN- person who wants to end slavery
VOCABULARY
• Popular Sovereignty: The right of the people living in a newly organized territory to decide by vote of their territorial legislature (white men) whether or not slavery would be permitted there
KANSAS–NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854
• Repealed the Missouri Compromise • Opened Kansas and Nebraska to “settlement”• White males could vote (popular sovereignty): FREE OR
SLAVE STATE?• Kansas HAD been closed to slavery = now
rich slave owners could come and make it a SLAVE state!• Anti-slavery northerners were ANGRY• Result: Bleeding Kansas
• Leading to the Civil War…
LOOK AT THE MAP
• Kansas came in as a FREE state.
• Missouri is a slave state.
• How do slave owners in Missouri feel?
JOHN BROWN
DRED SCOTT DECISION (1857)
• Worst Supreme Court decision ever? 1.) The Court said that African Americans, whether slave or free, could not be American citizens and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court.2.) The federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States.
Result: Slave owners rejoiced! Abolitionists were ANGRY
Leading to Civil War…
ELECTION OF 1860
Abe Lincoln- Republicanvs.
Three other white menDemocrat- Stephen Douglas(Author: Neb- Kansas Act 1854)
Dred Scott= NO VOTING- SLAVERY OKAYSoutherners did not trust Douglas= Southern DemocratPlus: Constitutional Union PartySouthern Vote was split= Abe won with NO southern support
Result= CIVIL WAR
A MAP OF SERVITUDE