Post 10 of the most important events in the decade assigned. Explain each briefly (descriptively and in context of other events, individuals and issues of that time).
1850-1860: During these years, the Civil War was approaching. There were some events that were happening in the West during this decade:
1850: -There was a hanging of five Cayuse Indians, which were hanged in Oregon City during the Whitman massacre. Those five Indians actually turned themselves in to spare their people from being persecuted. California became a part of the Union. Since mining was a major part of the wealth in California, the government of California finds that miners hunting down and abusing the Indians who were currently living in California. As a result of that there was a law passed that legalized a form of slavery for the Native Americans who were living in California during this time. Also during this year, Levi Strauss began making pants, later to be called jeans, which became very famous in the US.
1856- Buchanan defeats Fremont and Fillmore for the presidency
1857- The Dred Scott decision is made, it ruled that African Americans, whether they were slaves or not, could never be citizens of the United States and that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories.
The Election of 1852 ended the Whig Party and became part of the Republican Party because they were so weak.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Toms Cabin which is a book that talks against slavery in 1852.
In 1853 California begins to put the remaining Indians into very harsh military reservations. By 1870 the number of Indians would decrease from about 150,000 to only about less than 30,000.
Also in 1853, the Gadsen Purchase was signed which gave the US the ability to eventually build a southern continental railroad. The territory made up the southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
I'm sorry that i haven't been able to write any posts but i have been really busy with work and church that i just haven't had any time. But this weekend i will definitely finish posting because i won't be working. Sorry!!!
1850-Congress passes a Fugitive Slave Law, requiring that people who had escaped enslavement be returned to their owners. At a time when women always wore skirts, women's rights advocate Amelia Bloomer wears a garment of full trousers, which became known as the bloomer costume.
1854-Ashmun Institute, the first African-American college, is founded in Oxford, Pennsylvania. Naturalist and philosopher Henry David Thoreau writes Walden, a book which suggests that life is best lived simply, in harmony with nature and with few material possessions.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was such a huge success around the world. It opened the eyes to many people unaware of the horrors of slavery in the south. It created many abolitionists in America. Many people believe that it initially started the Civil War. When the Civil War did break out and England had to choose whether or not to support the south, they decided it would not be a wise decision because the People of Britain would be outraged that they were supporting the bad guys.... since after reading uncle toms cabin, the south was considered evil.
1850-1860: During these years, the Civil War was approaching. There were some events that were happening in the West during this decade:
1850: -There was a hanging of five Cayuse Indians, which were hanged in Oregon City during the Whitman massacre. Those five Indians actually turned themselves in to spare their people from being persecuted. California became a part of the Union. Since mining was a major part of the wealth in California, the government of California finds that miners hunting down and abusing the Indians who were currently living in California. As a result of that there was a law passed that legalized a form of slavery for the Native Americans who were living in California during this time. Also during this year, Levi Strauss began making pants, later to be called jeans, which became very famous in the US.
I need to finish the rest of the ten facts!!!
why would they cayuse people be persecuted, what did they do?
why and how were miners abusing indians. were they forcing them to work or something?
On October 16, 1859, the radical abolitionist John Brown led a small group of 22 men in a raid on the Arsenal. Five were black: three free blacks, one a freed slave, and one a fugitive slave. During this time assisting fugitive slaves was both illegal and unacceptable to most white communities. Brown attacked and captured several buildings; he hoped to use the captured weapons to initiate a slave uprising throughout the South. However, he and his men were quickly pinned down by local citizens and militia, and forced to take refuge in the engine house adjacent to the armory.
