PPT-1860: Disunion Compromises

United States in 1820 Stereotypes North Southerners were aristocratic high felutn Lazy Only successful due to slave labor Stereotypes South Northerners were Greedy Capitalists Materialistic. Main Idea. The delegates at the Constitutional Convention tried to write a document that would address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and make compromises between large and small states and between the North and South.. A bottom-up view. Stefan Schulz, Janna Hastings. July 10, 2013. Relations between continuants. Binary relations between . occurrents. non-ambiguous:. partOf². (. Battle_of_Stalingrad. , . Second_World_War. . Things Appointed. Acts 17: 30-31. PM Assembly. . Murmuring . Numb. .. 16: 1-3. MURMURING. Numbers 16:1-3. Korah’s. Rebellion. Numbers 16:11 “grumbling”. De La Salle University . March 15 2016.  . . Unequal Gains:. Growth . and Inequality . in America. Jeffrey G. Williamson . Harvard, Wisconsin and UPSE. jwilliam@fas.harvard.edu. Advertisement. This presentation reports the results of joint work with Peter Lindert (UC-Davis) on a book forthcoming May 2016 from Princeton University Press with . Market Revolution. Farming becomes more commercialized. More growing crops for trade, . not for subsistence. More specialized – e.g., . “I’m a . wheat . farmer.”. Larger markets, more intermediaries, less personal. The War Begins: 1860-1861. Election of 1860. Following the raid on Harper’s Ferry by John Brown and his execution, the nation was sharply polarized. Northern abolitionists considered Brown a martyr for the cause of abolitionism, while Southerners considered him a terrorist. This polarization spilled over into the 1860 Presidential Election. . Who. Chose . Minnesota?. People came to Minnesota for the . same push and pull reasons that people . moved to any new place during this era.. Who Chose . Minnesota. ?. Pull Reasons:. 1852 / 1854-1861. Stowe and Helper: Literary Incendiaries. (1) . Uncle Tom’s Cabin . – Harriet Beecher Stowe (Abolitionist from Ohio) - 1852. *Written in response to the ungodliness of slavery and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.. 1. Canals, steamboats, and railroads revolutionized American economic and social life during the antebellum period between 1820 and 1860.. 2. Key transportation developments. Turnpikes such as the National Road promoted trade and communication with the Old Northwest.. Increasing Sectionalism & the Road to the Civil War. From 1800-1860, the North & South became vastly different regions. “King Cotton” had transformed the South into a rural region with slavery, little manufacturing, & few railroads. The Election of 1860 and Fort Sumter J.A. SACCO The Democratic Party in the Election 1860 After John Brown’s Raid- Democrats last hope for keeping nation together. 1 st convention in Charleston, SC- Douglas seemed to be leading but nomination blocked by Buchanan and Southern Democrats. More Issues in the 1850’s. Bleeding Kansas. Incendiary Literature (Uncle Tom’s Cabin). Brooks-Sumner Incident. Dred Scott Decision of 1857. Panic of 1857. John Brown- Martyr or Murderer. Election of President Lincoln. Birth of the Republican Party, 1854. Northern Whigs.. Northern Democrats.. Free-. Soilers. .. Know-Nothings. . . (Political party from 1854-1856 who was against Germans and Irish Catholic immigrants who they felt were ruining America). National Park Service US Department of the Interior National Historic Site graphs When Abraham Lincoln became the 1860 Republican presidential nominee the nation wanted to learn more about the frontie