US Regions, Immigration, and Culture: A Deep Dive

  • New England

    Includes Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. From the 17th to the 19th century, New England was the cultural and economic center of the country, despite not having large expanses of rich farmland or a mild climate.

  • The Mid-Atlantic

    Comprises New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. The region’s largest states, New York and Pennsylvania, became centers of heavy industry, including iron, glass, and steel.

  • The South

    Extends from Virginia

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Compromise of 1850 and Antebellum Slavery Issues

The Compromise of 1850

Initially, the Compromise of 1850 was introduced by Henry Clay to ease tensions between the North and South. However, the Compromise had the opposite effect. It stipulated that California would be admitted as a free state, and the slave trade would be banned in Washington, D.C. To appease the South, the Fugitive Slave Act was included. However, the North ultimately benefited the most because the balance between free and slave states was disrupted.

Furthermore, the Fugitive Slave

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US History: Key Events and Figures

Key Events and Figures in US History

The Wilmot Proviso

This would prohibit slavery in any lands acquired from Mexico.

Popular Sovereignty

The idea of this would allow people in the territories to decide whether or not to permit slavery.

Free-Soil Party

This party’s stance on slavery infuriated John C. Calhoun.

Gold

The discovery of this in California did not create a population with an equal balance of men and women.

Zachary Taylor

His death strengthened the chance for compromise over slavery in 1850.

Compromise

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American History: Colonial Era to Civil War

The Colonial Era

  • The first successful English colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
  • English Puritans came to America to escape religious persecution for their opposition to the Church of England.
  • In 1620, the Puritans founded Plymouth Colony in what later became Massachusetts. Plymouth was the second permanent British settlement in North America and the first in New England.
  • An English clergyman named Roger Williams left Massachusetts and founded the colony of Rhode Island, based on the
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US Civil War: Causes, Key Events, and Reconstruction

Lead-up to the Civil War

  • 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected as the candidate for the Republican Party, advocating for the abolition of slavery, tariffs to protect industry, and free homesteads for settlers in the West.
  • Abraham Lincoln is elected president in 1860.
  • (December 20): South Carolina Secession – The first state to secede from the federal Union.
  • (February 8, 1861): Provisional Constitution of the 6 Confederate States of America – An agreement among the seven original states (South Carolina, Georgia,
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