- Although Americans perceived Manifest Destiny as a benevolent movement, it was in fact an aggressive imperialism pursued at the expense of others. [I'm assuming the question would be defend or refute this statement.]
- Discuss the impact of territorial expansion on national unity between 1800 and 1860.
From Unit 4:
- Developments in transportation, rather than in manufacturing and agriculture sparked American economic growth in the first half of the nineteenth century. Assess the validity of this statement.
Ways transportation ruined the economy:
a. steamboats & roads
b. canals
c. railroads
A. steamboats & roads:
1. National road linking Potomac River and Ohio River built from 1816-1818, but transport is still hella expensive
2. Robert Fulton created the first steamboat to go upstream, soon after many more are created that can go faster and faster.
3. Shipping from the interior on steamboats was increased by 440,000 tons from 1810-1840
B. Canals
1. NY governor DeWitt Clinton built Erie canal across New York and the Old Northwest, 364 miles, complez feat of engineering, cost $7.5 mil but quickly repaid and made profit. Made grain export from NY interior possibel, expanded market.
C. Railroads
1. connected major cities to rivers, canals, and other cities.
2. 30,000 miles of railroad by 1860
3. NY Central made Erie canal obsolete, despite the fact that at that point canal shipping was still cheaper (Daniel).
After the railroad/road/steamboat/canal boom, farmers rarely lived more than 20 miles from one of these transport wonders
- Assess the moral arguments and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of the following: Missouri Compromise, Mexican War, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act.
A. Missouri compromise 1820
1. Massachusets creates Maine to balance the admission of Missouri.
2. Thomas Proviso: If Missouri becomes a slave state, slavery above the 36 Northern latitude line will be outlawed extending to the then Spanish Territory, which eventually became Mexican Territory, which eventually became our territory.
3. Prez James Monroe applauds North for putting the national unity before morality (i.e. slavery)
4. Polk endorsed extending Missouri Compromise line all the way to the Pacific.
B. Mexican War
1. whigs and Northeastern people (mostly in New England) opposes the war because they saw it as more land for slavery.
2. antislavery groups suspect expansion is a ploy to extend slavery.
3. James Russel Lowell, a poet, wrote a poem (how fitting) about the aquistion of California only being for the purpose of making a new slave state.
4.Polk doesn't want Mexican Territory to have slavery, he wrote it in hisdoary.
5. Wilmot Proviso: David Wilmot proposes and ammendment that would outlaw the creation of any slave states acquired from the Mexican Territory, passes House but is voted down in the Senate (shocker).
C. Compromise of 1850
1. Henry Clay's large package: 8 grouped proposals trying to balance North and South demands, failed. I don't think this qualifies as an action opposing slavery though.
2. William Seward was a biggie in the senate against slavery. Gave his famous "higher law" speech in the famous senate debates and claimed that slavery was a moral issue, it is wrong and viscious, God is a law higher than the constituion and slavery needed to end.
3. In response to the Fugitive Slave Act (part of Compromise of 1850) Northern states passed antikidnapping laws that gave slaves rights in court, as well as personal liberty laws that hindered feneral execution of said law.
D. Kansas-Nebraska Act
1. Abraham Lincoln vehemently opposed this, enough to make him return to politics. Debate Douglas about the morals of slavery, called him out on this in Freeport Question.
2. American people in North think popular sovreignty is southern BS and want a national decision on such a huge decision.
3. Abolitionists, Free Soilers, N. Whigs, some N. Dems all oppose this act, but it still passes because enough northern Dems vote for it.
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Developments in transportaion, rather then in manufacturing and agriculture, sparked the American economic growth of the first half of the nineteenth century. Assess the validity of this statement.
Ways transportation ruined the economy:
a. steamboats & roads
b. canals
c. railroads
A. steamboats & roads:
1. National road linking Potomac River and Ohio River built from 1816-1818, but transport is still hella expensive
2. Robert Fulton created the first steamboat to go upstream, soon after many more are created that can go faster and faster.
3. Shipping from the interior on steamboats was increased by 440,000 tons from 1810-1840
B. Canals
1. NY governor DeWitt Clinton built Erie canal across New York and the Old Northwest, 364 miles, complez feat of engineering, cost $7.5 mil but quickly repaid and made profit. Made grain export from NY interior possibel, expanded market.
C. Railroads
1. connected major cities to rivers, canals, and other cities.
2. 30,000 miles of railroad by 1860
3. NY Central made Erie canal obsolete, despite the fact that at that point canal shipping was still cheaper (Daniel).
After the railroad/road/steamboat/canal boom, farmers rarely lived more than 20 miles from one of these transport wonders
Assess the moral arguments and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of the following: the Missouri Compromise, the Mexican War, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
A. Missouri compromise 1820
1. Massachusets creates Maine to balance the admission of Missouri.
2. Thomas Proviso: If Missouri becomes a slave state, slavery above the 36 Northern latitude line will be outlawed extending to the then Spanish Territory, which eventually became Mexican Territory, which eventually became our territory.
3. Prez James Monroe applauds North for putting the national unity before morality (i.e. slavery)
4. Polk endorsed extending Missouri Compromise line all the way to the Pacific.
B. Mexican War
1. whigs and Northeastern people (mostly in New England) opposes the war because they saw it as more land for slavery.
2. antislavery groups suspect expansion is a ploy to extend slavery.
3. James Russel Lowell, a poet, wrote a poem (how fitting) about the aquistion of California only being for the purpose of making a new slave state.
4.Polk doesn't want Mexican Territory to have slavery, he wrote it in hisdoary.
5. Wilmot Proviso: David Wilmot proposes and ammendment that would outlaw the creation of any slave states acquired from the Mexican Territory, passes House but is voted down in the Senate (shocker).
C. Compromise of 1850
1. Henry Clay's large package: 8 grouped proposals trying to balance North and South demands, failed. I don't think this qualifies as an action opposing slavery though.
2. William Seward was a biggie in the senate against slavery. Gave his famous "higher law" speech in the famous senate debates and claimed that slavery was a moral issue, it is wrong and viscious, God is a law higher than the constituion and slavery needed to end.
3. In response to the Fugitive Slave Act (part of Compromise of 1850) Northern states passed antikidnapping laws that gave slaves rights in court, as well as personal liberty laws that hindered feneral execution of said law.
D. Kansas-Nebraska Act
1. Abraham Lincoln vehemently opposed this, enough to make him return to politics. Debate Douglas about the morals of slavery, called him out on this in Freeport Question.
2. American people in North think popular sovreignty is southern BS and want a national decision on such a huge decision.
3. Abolitionists, Free Soilers, N. Whigs, some N. Dems all oppose this act, but it still passes because enough northern Dems vote for it.
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