assignment 4th period heath mattingly

Jackson loses then wins presidency • When Jackson won the presidency he gave all the people jobs that helped him win the election

• Jackson formed the democratic party to gain support from voters because most of the voters were common people. He focused on the farmers and other people instead of the wealthy

• The new democratic party supported a decentralized the government and states of right • Both political party’s tried to win voters by avoiding issues.

• Jackson won the election by a landslide because of his common man appeal

More inventions make better production •

Eli Whitney created the cotton gin to improve the production of cotton. It was built to make the slaves not have less work by doing it by hand.

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The cotton gin would clean 50 pounds of cotton by the time it took to clean one pound by hand.

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When the cotton gin was invented cotton was Americas number one crop.

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The cotton gin made other inventions on farming take off because farmers started focusing more on cash crop so then john Deere made a steel plow and Cyrus McCormick made a reaper for faster grain production

Women demand equal rights •

In the mid 1800s all women were second class citizens in america.

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Most women were expected to stay at home and not get an education or a career. But a growing number of women began to try to get educations. Their efforts gave rise to the first women's movement.

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In the years after the Seneca Falls Convention Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony continued to struggle for women's rights

North and South •

North and south over missouri became more than a slavery argument it was a battle of new ways of life

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By mid century the north was becoming urban because people moved from farms to cities to get new oppurtunities at life

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A growing place of canals and roads made it easier for factories to deliver their products

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The south had a little industry its city mostly focused on the transport of agricultural goods.

Compromise of 1850 •

Henry clay made the compromise of 1850

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It admitted California into the Union as a free state which pleased the North.

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It also divided the rest of the Southwest into two territories like New Mexico and Utah

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It opened both to slavery, which pleased the South. And it stopped the slave trade in washington DC

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It made a strong slave law which made it t where run away slaved were to be returned to their owners

Split in the nation •

The election of 1860 made North and South split.

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Lincoln lost the Senate race to Douglas

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his campaign had won him strong antislavery support in the North. This support helped sweep Lincoln to victory in 1860.

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Lincoln won the presidency with less than 40 percent of the votes

Amending Constitution •

Before the constitution was ratified people still wanted amendments in the form of bill of rights.

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There are two ways to propose amendments to the Constitution.

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Congress can propose an amendment with a vote of two thirds of people in each house. two thirds of state legislatures can ask Congress to call a national convention to draft an amendment.

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An amendment has to have approval to get into the constitution

The bill of rights •

when ratifying the constitution five states had a list of amendments they wanted to add to the document and many other states agreed that they were necessary.

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The Fourth Amendment guards against unreasonable searches and arrest

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The Fifth Amendment is the longest one in the Bill of Rights. It says that people cannot be held for committing a crime unless they are properly charged.

Participation beyond voting

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Americans participate in the political process as individuals. They campaign for candidates they support or run for office themselves.

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Some people join special interest groups to make their feeling known to the government

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Special interest groups are organizations whose members share a specific interest and want to influence policys

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ANA NWF and NRA are examples of special interest groups

Slavery Comes to a national Stage

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In the early 1800s, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois applied for statehood. Because they were all north of the Ohio River, they entered the Union as free states.

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Slavery became a national issue and Northerners in Congress protested

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The Missouri Compromise broke the deadlock in the Senate but it pleased no one. Northerners were angry about slavery in Missouri.

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Southerners disliked the ban on slavery in the Louisiana Territory.