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2/26/2010 Chapter 16

-equally important to the North and South -North shipped it, used it to buy manufactured goods in Britain and sold them to north AND south - south foots shipping bill -South could easily obtain alliance with Britain because of trade importance -one crop economy - one problem=economic destruction
 * __Cotton's Importance__**

-republic=everyone has a say in government -south= money to support government was from plantations,the //few// large farmers had a **huge** influence on //all// of the south, work towards the good of the wealthy -strived for a more feudal society -slavery bonds the southern people together, -slaves also bonded with the whites - constant interaction within their families, but whites still detested //the race// itself
 * __Southern Aristocracy:__**

__**Slaves Fighting the System**__: -Nat Turner's rebellion -The Amistad

Free Soil Party = huge advocate of abolition

-DID NOT solidify rights -South restricted pro-abolition mail and other press (newspapers, etc.)
 * __Infringment of 1st Amendment Rights__**:

3/3/10 Period 3

South wanted Nicaragua to balance legislation in the Senate Cuba was also an option Cuba would have been beneficial for sugar and ports

Japan- Commodore Perry -Allowed trade between Japan and USA -Large influx in Asian population in California -Japan was in total isolation before the USA arrived -USA had to show off technological advances to open up trade. ex. railroad, train, guns -This leads to a quick Japanese rise in power

Gadson Purchase -Part of Mexico was purchased for $10 million -This was used to expand the railroad westward

Kansas-Nebraska Acts -Missouri compromise is no longer applicable due to this -States decide weather to become free or slave states -Stephen Douglas wanted this to pass because personally owned railroad stock and land. -He wanted to provide a way to balance the North and the South in an economic sense -The bill does pass -North did not like it because of the formation of the Republican party -South liked it because they thought Kansas could become a slave state

Civil War is passed by Congress