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
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
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
Read MoreAmerican 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
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,