1840-1860

Missouri Compromise balances the Senate, bans slavery in northern territories

• 1815

• 1820

• 1832

• 1850

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Nullification Crisis in SC foreshadows conflicts that lead to the Civil War

• 1824

• 1828

• 1832

• 1840

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

California Gold Rush

• 1840

• 1846

• 1849

• 1853

California becomes a state and Fugitive Slave Act passed

• 1846

• 1850

• 1852

• 1856

Lincoln elected president, causing 11 southern states to secede from the Union

• 1856

• 1858

• 1860

• 1862

Texas Annexed (added to US)

• 1836
• 1845
• 1846
• 1847

Trail of Tears?

• 1835-1834
• 1835-1836
• 1837-1838
• 1838-1839

The Northern economy was mainly ________ while the Southern economy was based on _____________.

• rural, cotton
• industrial, agriculture
• agricultural, factories
• cotton, factories

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Trade Unions were created because:

• Workers wanted to improve work conditions
• There was fear of the growth of the factory system
• Workers needed a way to pressure employers to fix things
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Factory working conditions were:

• safe and included good pay and reasonable hours
• paid poorly, included long hours, and were dangerous
• had poor pay and long hours but were mostly safe
• paid well but had long hours and were very dangerous

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2