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After the Revolutionary War: Second Great – Awakening

After the Revolutionary War: Second Great – Awakening . It was started by evangelical or religious ideas. . EVANGELICAL: *Social status did not determine person’s worth – state of their soul did. *Communities began to revolve around church activities .

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After the Revolutionary War: Second Great – Awakening

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  1. After the Revolutionary War:Second Great – Awakening It was started by evangelical or religious ideas

  2. . EVANGELICAL: *Social status did not determine person’s worth – state of their soul did. *Communities began to revolve around church activities. *Evangelical churches belonged to Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian denominations.

  3. Christianity among slaves *Africans (slaves) also embraced Christianity. *Preachers spoke to ALL. *Slaves related to old testament stories of Jews being enslaved and freed. *Northern states began to encourage antislavery movement - abolitionism

  4. *Abolitionism : antislavery movement*Abolitionist: one who is involved or believes in the abolishment of slavery.-If blacks were equal to whites in God’s eyes, should they be equal in society?

  5. Farmers Continued to Prosper • Population increased • New farming techniques- cured (dried) tobacco – bright leaf tobacco. • Eli Whitney-cotton gin (separated cotton from sticky seeds). • Results=less time to clean(+), faster production(+)…more slaves needed(-).

  6. Enslaved Life • Developed own culture (church, family), some had other trades, & a few bought freedom. • Owners could whip, abuse, or kill slaves. • Traveled at night, carried passes. • Pattie Rollers-policed nightly Read and respond to pages 164-167

  7. Westward Expansion • Louisiana Purchase • 1803 US bought Louisiana Territory from Napoleon Bonaparte of France. • James Madison, who was Sec. of State under Pres. Jefferson paid 15 million dollars for 828,000 square miles (3 cents an acre).

  8. The Louisiana Purchase

  9. The Lewis & Clark Expedition • Pres Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis & William Clark on an expedition to learn about lands in the Louisiana Territory. • Purpose was to follow Missouri River and find an all-water route to Pacific Ocean. • Sacajawea – helped guide to the Shoshone who supplied the expedition. • The whole expedition took 28 mos and covered 7,500 miles.

  10. War of 1812 • See Handout and Power Point only on War of 1812.

  11. RIP VAN WINKLE • Internal Improvements are efforts made to improve the individual state. • A stagnant western economy, lack of investment in schools, and the elite’s hold on political power had NC declining socially & economically. • NC becomes known as the RIP VAN WINKLE State – story about an old man who fell asleep for 20 years.

  12. Archibald DeBow Murphy • 1815 NC State Senator - humanitarian • Developed a plan for new roads, waterways, and public education. • Murphy’s proposals fell on deaf ears and no action was taken.

  13. Improvements • Plank roads, charter railroads, 1st public schools (called common schools)!! • 1st gold found in of NC-small deposits-Mint • More ventured west-acquired more territory through fighting and diplomacy. • 1835 New State Constitution.

  14. Industrial Revolution Archibald DeBow Murphy Dorothea Dix Basil Thomasson Gold Rush Points of InterestPages 172-177

  15. Indian Removal Act • Pres. Andrew Jackson decided to move the Indians out of the way of the settlers. • The Act called for the Indians to trade their southern land for land in the west. Each band would be assigned a reservation that would eventually become the state of Oklahoma. • Indians did not want to move. Troops rounded up the Indians at gunpoint and forced them to move. Some moved peacefully but others fought.

  16. Trail of Tears • In 1838, 17,000 Cherokee and 2,000 slaves, who were owned by the Cherokee, left NC, GA, AL, & Tenn. and headed for Oklahoma. • Walked every step… an estimated 4,000 died.

  17. Manifest Destiny • Pres. James Polk believed that people of the U.S. were part of a special nation mandated by God to spread across the nation. • Settlers moved to Texas launched war of independence with Mexico 1835, requested to become part of U.S. 1845.

  18. Abolition • 1820 all northern states had abolished slavery. • Country divided free states vs. slave states • When U.S. gains new territories – Congress decides whether slavery allowed.

  19. Abolition • Nat Turner – slave preacher, led group of slaves in raids on plantations along VA & NC – result: harsher treatment of slaves. • NC 1776 state constitution all free men had voting rights. 1835 constitution only whites allowed to vote. • Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe

  20. Plantation vs. Industry • South – land, slaves, cotton. Agricultural region • North – merchants, trade, shipping. Manufacturing

  21. Nullification Crisis • Tariffs or import taxes helped the north hurt the south. • Issue whether federal government can tell a state what to do. • States claimed that if they disagreed with federal law they could refuse to enforce it within the state’s boundaries. State’s Rights

  22. Missouri Compromise • 1820 Missouri Compromise established a line at the Missouri southern border. • Missouri would be a slave state – Maine would not. • All states below the line would allow slaves. • All states above the line, except Missouri, would be free states.

  23. Kansas – Nebraska Act • Residents of Kansas and Nebraska could vote on whether to allow slaves or not. • 1859 John Brown – Kansas preacher lead a raid in Harper’s Ferry, VA • Election 1860 key issue is slavery • NC doesn’t place Lincoln’s name on ballot • December 20, 1860 South Carolina secedes from the Union.

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