16. reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history
-everyone lived in east and they wanted adventure and wanted to see new land
-east was crowded, wanted own room
-moving west meant they could have more land for farming
-people who opened busniesses wouldnt have as much competition
-the gold rush happened...gold silver farmland cattle ranching
17. major events compromises and incidents leading up to civil war
-slavery arguements
-missouri compromise of 1820-any new state north free south slave
-compromise of 1850
-new states could vote on slavery or not- popular sovereignty
-kansas and nebraska act-nebraska north, kansas south
-3 million slaves in U.S.
-dread scott case-1854-slaves were property, gov't couldnt ban slavery
-election of abe lincoln happened
18. advantages of north and south during civil war
-north-way more industrialized..could make more things
-better weapons and more people
-a lot of rail roads that moved soldiers and supplies faster
-south-fought mostly on their territory. familiar with land
-better generals
-better economical connections with foreign countries
-better cause to fight..slaves would be lost and they would have to do their own work
NORTH WINS!
19.positive and negative effects reconstruction had on the U.S.
-south had to be rebuilt
-cities and farms had to be rebuilt
-socially rebuilt-had to get new husbands,,slaves reunited with family
-economically-had to get jobs for first time
-positive-freedmans bureau was set up..taught african americans how to do everything..job training and educate
-blacks became equal
-rewrote constitutions to get rid of slavery
-less racism
- new ammendments 13-abolish slavery 14-made african americans US citizens 15-minority males right to vote
-negatives-KKK came about to keep blacks down
-reconstuction ended and whites came back to power..racism kinda came back
-segregation happened
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