Purple Cards – Set 1
By: Michaela Stiger
Reform and Culture• This unit addresses the cultural
aspects of the United States history during the 19th century.
• * In addition, it addresses the reform movements of the mid-1800s, including public education, temperance, prison reform, care of the disabled and women’s rights.
• * Finally, it takes an in-depth study of the abolition movement.
Major Eras and Events in U.S. History through 1877
• Abolition• Women’s Rights• Education• Care of the Disabled and Mentally Ill• Prisons• Temperance
Frederick Douglass• Leading African-American
abolitionist, accomplished orator and writer.
Susan B. Anthony• Key spokesperson for the 19th
century women’s suffrage movement• Suffrage – right to vote
Elizabeth Cady Stanton• Leader of the 19th century women’s
suffrage movement• Called for the first convention of
women’s movement in Seneca Falls• Wrote the “Declaration of
Sentiments” which was approved at the Seneca Falls Convention
Political, Social, and Economic Contributions of Women to American Society
• Political: began the fight for suffrage• Social: allowed women to be
successful in other fields• Economic: fought for women’s rights;
they were able to get the work day reduced to 10 hours a day
Historical Development of the Abolitionist Movement
• Abolitionist movement worked to end slavery• 1807 – Congress banned the importation of
African slaves into the United States and then demand began to end slavery
• 1820 – 1840 – Abolitionists grew in number• 1840 – 1850 – Abolitionist leaders Frederick
Douglass and Sojourner Truth began to speak out across the nation; The Underground Railroad began to make an impact and the Women’s Movement joined in
Reform Movements• Public Education• Opening of public schools• Primarily in the North as well as private
grade schools and colleges• By churches and other groups
Reform Movements• Temperance• Organized societies that worked at
trying to stop the drinking of alcohol• Some states passed laws that made
it illegal to sell alcohol
Reform Movements• Women’s Rights• Well organized groups that fought for
better working conditions for women• Were able to pass a federal law that
ordered a 10 hour working day
Reform Movements• Prison Reform– Pushed for separate jails for women,
men, and children– Called for the mission of prisons to be
rehabilitation
Reform Movements• Care of the disabled• Building of new hospitals for the
mentally ill, deaf, and blind
Religious Motivation for Immigration and Influence on Social Movements• Second Great Awakening• Brought more denominations that
intensified the lines between classes and regions
• Spawned many of the humanitarian reform movements; prison reform, women’s rights, temperance, and abolition of slavery
Developments in Art, Music, and Literature that are Unique to the American Culture
• Transcendentalism– An American literary political and philosophical
movement in the early 19th Century– These men were critics of their contemporary
society for its unthinking conformity and urged each individual find their independent relation to the universe
– Particularly utilizing solitude in nature • Ralph Waldo • Emerson , author
Developments in Art, Music, and Literature that are Unique to the American Culture
• Literature• Emily Dickinson • • Walt Whitman- Leaves of
Grass• Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Scarlet
Letter• • Edgar Allan Poe
Developments in Art, Music, and Literature that are Unique to the American Culture
• Art – Landscapes• John James Audubon– Drew American wildlife
Developments in Art, Music, and Literature that are Unique to the American Culture
• Hudson River School Artists• Their paintings depict the American
landscape and reflect three themes of America in the 19th Century:
• Discovery• Exploration• Settlement
• • • Albert Bierstadt; The Oregon Trail
Developments in Art, Music, and Literature that are Unique to the American Culture
• MUSIC• Slave spirituals and gospel music• “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
• Written at the beginning of the Civil War• Used music from the abolitionist song,
“John Brown’s Body”• Became a popular Civil War song
of the Union Army • Still a well-loved patriotic anthem
Examples of American Art, Music, and Literature that Reflect Society
• Albert Bierstadt’s• River• Landscape
Examples of American Art, Music, and Literature that Reflect
• Music– Battle Hymn of the Republic• Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe
–Dixie• Lyrics by Daniel Decateur Emmett
Examples of American Art, Music, and Literature that Reflect Society
• Literature–Mark Twain– Samuel Langhorne Clemens (real
name)– American author and humorist. He
is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885),[2] the latter often called "the Great American Novel."
Purple Cards- Set 2
By; Michaela Stiger
1803 – 1850
• Manifest Destiny – belief that it was the destiny of the United States to expand its borders from “sea to sea” across the North American continent
Major Elements of Manifest Destiny
• Westward Expansion• War with Mexico• Annexation of Texas• Gold Rush
Northwest Ordinance 1787
• Created an organized system for settlement of government lands in the Northwest Territory
• Had to be at least 5,000 men who owned at least 50 acres
• 60,000 people• An existing form of self-government
Economic, Political, and Social Roots of Manifest Destiny
• Economic:– New land for farmers– New trade routes and markets (Santa Fe Trail)– New opportunities to start a business
• Political– Expansion of our nation’s borders/territories– Expansion of slavery
• Social– Removal of Native Americans– Refuge for persecuted groups (Mormons)
Relationship Between the Concept of Manifest Destiny and the Westward
Growth of the Nation• The United States government and
its citizens believed that the nation’s destiny or fate was to expand westward from sea to sea
Causes of the United States-Mexican War
• Annexation of Texas• Viewed as a “War of Aggression” by many
Americans• Causes:– President Polk’s desire to expand the United
States (Manifest Destiny)• Border disputes concerning the southern
boundary of Texas (Rio Grande was claimed by Texas and disputed by Mexico.)
Effects and Impacts of the United States-Mexican War
• Effects and Impact– Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
ends the war• Grants the United States the Mexican
territory of New Mexico, Arizona and California
– United States paid Mexico $10 million for the Gadsden Purchase to help repay Mexico for the annexation of Texas in 1845
Areas Acquired to Create the United States
• Louisiana Purchase• Mexican Cession – New Mexico, Arizona, California
• Gadsden Purchase• Oregon Territory• Alaska Purchase– Seward’s Folly
Sectionalism
• loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
• Regions: North, South, West, Slave States, Free States
• States: Texas, California, Kansas, Nebraska
• Cities: Washington, D.C.
Physical Characteristics of the Environment and their Influence on Population
Distribution, Settlement Patterns, and Economic Activities in the US
• Gold in California– Rush of settlers to California; pushed many American
Indians off their lands; population of California quickly rises to the amount required for statehood
• California’s proximity to the Pacific Ocean– Led to an increase of immigration from Asian nations
• Rocky Mountains • Location between eastern and western parts of
the United States resulted in a need for the Gadsden Purchase to put in a railroad train for transport of goods from East to West
Purple Cards-Set 3
By: Michaela Stiger
Missouri Compromise, 1820
• Sponsored by Henry Clay • Allowed Missouri to enter the
Union as a slave state • Allowed Maine to enter as a free
state
Nullification Crisis, 1828
• Tariff of Abominations: resulted in higher tariffs• In 1832, a lower tariff was passed
– Still angered South Carolinians, led by John C. Calhoun
– South Carolina declared the federal tariff null and void within its borders
– Delegates to a special convention urged the state legislature to take military action and secede from the union if the federal government demanded customs duties
– To prevent a civil war, Henry Clay proposed the Compromise Tariff of 1833
– The Government lowers the tariff and backs down
Nullification Crisis, 1828
• Tariff of Abominations: resulted in higher tariffs• In 1832, a lower tariff was passed
– Still angered South Carolinians, led by John C. Calhoun
– South Carolina declared the federal tariff null and void within its borders
– Delegates to a special convention urged the state legislature to take military action and secede from the union if the federal government demanded customs duties
– To prevent a civil war, Henry Clay proposed the Compromise Tariff of 1833
– The Government lowers the tariff and backs down
Compromise of 1850
• Sponsored by Henry Clay• Allowed California to enter the Union as a free
state (pleased the North)• The rest of the Southwest was left open to slavery,
depending on a vote of the people (popular sovereignty) who settled there (pleased the South)
• Ended the slave trade in Washington, DC• Allowed those owning slaves to keep them (pleased
both sides)• INCLUDED The Fugitive Slave Law
– Required the return of escaped slaves to their owners (pleased the South, angered the North because they felt it was immoral)
Kansas – Nebraska Act, 1854
• Allowed for Kansas and Nebraska to be organized on the basis of popular sovereignty– That is, the people would vote
themselves to decide if they would be Free or Slave
John C. Calhoun
• South Carolina Senator• Favored states’ rights• Led opposition in South Carolina to the
protective Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations)
Henry Clay
• Senator from Kentucky• known as “The Great
Compromiser” for his ability to smooth sectional conflict through balanced legislation
• Sponsored the Missouri Compromise in 1820– Admitted Missouri as a slave state– Admitted Maine as a free state
Daniel Webster
• Senator from Massachusetts• Known as “The Great Orator”• Worked to create compromises with
the southern states that would delay the start of the Civil War
Roles Played by Significant Individuals During the Civil War
• Jefferson Davis• President of the Confederate States of
America
Ulysses S. Grant
• Commander of the Union Army• September 1861; he was promoted as a general• After a series of victories, including the capture of
Vicksburg, Lincoln gave him command of the Union Army
• He created an overall plan concentrated on Sherman’s march through Georgia and his own assault on the Confederate Army in Virginia
• Grant accepted Lee’s surrender in 1865, ending the war.
Robert E. Lee
• When the South seceded, Lincoln offered Lee the command of Union forces but Lee refused
• Resigned from the U.S. Army and returned to Virginia to serve with the Confederate forces
• In 1862, Lee was appointed to command the Army of Northern Virginia
• His battle strategies are admired to this day, but he was criticized for having a narrow strategy centered on his native Virginia
• He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in 1865
Abraham Lincoln
• 16th President of the United States
William Carney
• Served with the 54th Massachusetts Regiment (Union) during the Civil War
• He was the first black soldier to receive the award– Reason for citation: when the 54th’s sergeant was
shot down, this soldier grasped the flag, led the way to the parapet, and planted the colors there. When the troops fell back he brought the flag, under a fierce fire in which he was twice severely wounded
Philip Bazar
• Was a navy seaman in the Union Navy• Won the Medal of Honor for his distinguished service in
the Civil War– Reason for citation: on board the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba
during the assault on Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865– As one of a boat crew detailed to one of the generals on
shore– Bazar bravely entered the fort in the assault and accompanied
his party in carrying dispatches at the height of the battle– He was one of six men who entered the fort in the assault
from the fleet
Sectionalism• Loyalty to local interests instead of national
concerns• In the United States, the differences between
northern southern, and western areas increased throughout the early 1800s.
• Different cultures and business practices existed in the three sections of the country and these concerns often conflicted.
• Farming was the main livelihood of all three sections
Major Events of the Civil War
• Firing on Fort Sumter• Fort Sumter, South Carolina• A federal fort in the Charleston Harbor• Was fired upon by Rebel forces to begin the
Civil War• April 12, 1861• P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate• Major Robert Anderson, Union
Battle of Antietam, 1862
• The Confederacy started to draft soldiers to meet the demand for the troops and the Union followed suit in 1863
• The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single-day battle of the war
• Occurred in Maryland on September 17, 1862• Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on
September 23, following the Union victory at Antietam
Battle of Gettysburg
• 1863• July 1 – 3, 1863• 92,000 Union troops fought 76,000 Confederate troops
at Gettysburg, PA• The fate of the Confederacy was sealed on July 4, 1863
with Union victories at Gettysburg (turning back a Confederate invasion of the North) and Vicksburg (giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union)
• The war continued for two more years as the South sought independence and Lincoln demanded union
Siege of Vicksburg
• The North captured this strong hold to gain control of the Mississippi River and divided the Southern states.
• 75-day siege• Northern Army led by Ulysses S. Grant
Emancipation Proclamation
• Changes the nature of the war• No longer a war only to preserve (keep) the Union• Now became a war to free the slaves• The proclamation freed only the slaves in the
rebelling territories• Issued in September, 1862, after the Battle of
Antietam• Went into law January 1, 1863
Assassination of Lincoln
• April 14, 1865• Shot by John Wilkes Booth– Actor– Southern sympathizer– Had wanted to kill Lincoln and keep the war going
until the South won• Ford’s Theatre, Washington, DC
Lee’s Surrender at Appomattox Court House
• Robert E. Lee – Leader of the Confederate Army
• Ulysses S. Grant – Leader of the Union Army• Lee surrendered to Grant• Brings the Civil War to a close• April 9, 1865
Sectionalism• Protective Tariffs• Increasing divide between north and south• Manufacturing Society v. Plantation Society• Kansas – Nebraska Act• Missouri Comprise
Civil War
• Secession• Slavery and states’ right• Abraham Lincoln• Confederate States of America• Union
150 years ago.. Dates of the Civil War: 1861-1865
• 1861: Fort Sumter, South Carolina• 1862: Antietam• 1863: Gettysburg• 1865: Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Impact of Tariff Policies on Sections of the United States before the Civil War
• North- high tariffs help the industrial North by making their prices more competitive against cheap imports; had most of the nation’s manufacturing
• Northern response – Northerners liked tariffs because it caused Americans to buy American-made products by increasing the cost of European imported manufactured goods
• West – the West backed government spending on internal governments such as new roads and canals, and they were financed by tariffs
Impact of Tariff Policies on Sections of the United States before the Civil War
• South – the South, which had little industry and imported most non-agricultural goods, saw high tariff as a burden imposed by the more industrialized and populated north. Sold most of their cotton to foreign buyer’s on credit.
• Southern response- Southerners opposed tariffs because the South’s main trade partners were European nations. High tariffs on raw materials forced the south to sell their materials for low prices, while higher price for the products they purchased from their European trade partners.
Effects of Political, Economic, and Social Factors on Slaves and Free Blacks
• Sectionalism and Civil War• Political• Missouri Compromise – Missouri entered the Union as a
slave state and Maine entered as a free state. This Missouri Compromise also stated that all new states entering the Union with a latitude north of the 36.30’ line would be free states.
• Compromise of 1850 – California admitted as a free state; slave trade abolished in Washington, DC; stronger fugitive slave laws would be passed to help slave holders recapture runaway slaves.
Effects of Political, Economic, and Social Factors on Slaves and Free Blacks
• Southern plantation system – relied on slavery; slaves had no property and no rights
• Northern industrial economy- slave trade abolished in north; large population
Effects of Political, Economic, and Social Factors on Slaves and Free Blacks
• Social• Religion drew slaves together among
plantatioins; communicated through spirituals• Racism develops in both the North and South
Impact of Slavery on Different Sections of the United States
• Sectionalism and Civil War• North• Illegal since the Revolution • Abolitionist societies and newspapers and
Underground Railroad• Many were ambivalent to the plight of
slaves/free blacks
Impact of Slavery on Different Sections of the United States
• Sectionalism and Civil War• South• Economic factor –slaves viewed as property
and labor supply• Maintain a way of life• Considered a states’ rights issue• Fugitives
Impact of Slavery on Different Sections of the United States
• Sectionalism and Civil War• West• Fight over whether or not to extend slavery
into the territories• Maintain balances of the free and slave states
in the Senate
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