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Today, we had our unit test. I got a 100 and i am very happy!

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South - has opinion about the Civil war history
Total war - everyone suffers.

The story of Dixie

Sherman - destroyed southern city

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Union

• Abraham Lincoln
• General Mclellan
• General Ulysses S. Grant
• Establish 
• Blockade
• Put iron plate on the Monitor - south does not break the blockade 

Confederacy

• General Robert E. Lee
• Battle of Antietam, Near Richmond, VA. - South WIN, 23,000 casualties
• In response to the blockade - rebuilt the Virginia 

Union

Union

• Lincoln (President, commander in chief)
• General Melellam 
• General Ulysses S. Grant 
• Capital: Washington. D.C

Confederacy 

• General Robert. E. Lee
• Capital: Richmond 

And then.....

We went to Harry Gu's senior project presentation!!!

It went really well

Everybody is happy ! 

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Today, we went out for our class since there is a senior presentation going on in Mr. A's room

We took our notebook, had class in front of the school.

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Today, we went over the test. I got a 100 on the test and i was very happy about it.

Mr. Schick show me Terry Bazzio's drum set, which is huge and monstrous XD

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1. To shorten the period of war since North is more sustainable in resources due to its large population and factories.

2. They had a tie. 

3. New Orlean is a important supply base for Confederate troops

4. It is the turning point of the civil war since the South had large casualty and could never again be strong enough to contrive a big attack to North. 

Section Review

1. The capture of Vicksburg gave the Union force full control of the Mississippi river. 

2. North knew that South is plan to break the blockade by building ship covered with iron; South is unable to break the blockade since North has a ironship that is as strong as that of the South. 

3. To force the Union to make peace. 

4. Northern: The South ain't fight back anymore! 

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Questions

1. Some states chose to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. Some decide to become border states.

2. The war is going to be tough and lasting for a while.

3. North: 1. Blockade southern ports; Attack along Mississippi river and split the Confederacy, and try to attack in the east and capture the capital at Richmond

   South: Hold on! Stay strong! Defend!

1. MD is in adjacent of the Union's capital, Washington D.C.
2. Battle of Bull Run
3. Border states is in vicinity of Union's enemy.

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Lincoln Douglas Debates - 1858  - Douglas win

• Republican - If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

• Democrat - Territories should decide slavery for themselves (Popular sovereignty)

John Brown

• Strongly against slavery
• Want to lead a rebellion 
• Attacked Harper Ferry, took weapon and gave them to slaves
• Failed, hanged

Election of 1860

• Northern Democrats - Stephen Douglass
• Southern Democrats - John Breckinridge
• Republican - Abraham Lincoln  -  Won
• South - feel powerless
• Decide to secede - quit the union
• South Caroline - first state to secede, later, GE, FL, MI, LA, AL, and TE had also left
• They name their group the Confederate States of America
• Jefferson Davis is the president 

The Civil War Begins

Lincoln -  want to avoid civil war

Fort Sumter

• A U.S. Government property
• Anderson - the commander of the fort
• Running low on supplies
• Lincoln - decide to let the ship go unarmed 
• Confederates - demand Anderson to surrender
• April 12, 1861 - Confederates fired Fort - War Beginning  

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Lily took the test

Andrew Butler's nephew beats sumner hard

1. Nebraska - corn 
2. Senator Stephen Douglas - wants to organize Nebraska into a territory - slavery problem 
3. NE - free (North)
4. KA - No  (South) 

Popular sovereignty

1. People decide
2. Even in a territory 

Vote

• Pro-slavery won - cheating (vote without residence)
• 1500 suppose to vote,  6000 voted 
• Extremist
• Two government 
• May 1856 - pro slavery attacked Lawrence, Kansas, where is the capital of the anti-slavery
• Later - anti killed five pro slavery men 

Dred Scott

• Being lived in a free state for four years
• Court - rule against him
• Higher- for him
• Supreme court 
• Scott is not allow to bring a case to the supreme court since slave is not an U.S. citizen
• The law considered slaves property. The owner could move anywhere and still own his property. 
• The Missouri Compromise was against the law. Congress did not have the power to decide where slavery should be allowed. (State decide) (Lose balance) 

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Underground railroad - secret path to North - Freedom!

100,000 slaves escaped

Harriet Tubman freed 300 slaves through the U.R

Solomon Northup - Freed - captured - freed again


William Lioyd Garrison

• Newspaper, liberator
• Anti-slavery society 

Harriet Beecher Stowe 

1. Uncle Tom's cabin 

Frederick Douglass

1. Escaped slave 
2. Taught by slaveholder's wife
3. Escaped when he was 21 years old 
4. Wrote his autobiography

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Background: In 1819, there are 11 slave free states and 11 slave states-Tied


So......

In 1820 - The Great Compromise - By Henry Clay

   Maine - free state

   Missouri - slave state

   Rest of Louisiana Territory - Divided by a line

1838 Texas - slave state

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1. The Missouri Compromise kept the balance between slave and free states in the Senate.

2. West, North, and South

Chart Study

1. North: More tax--sell for less than foreign products. South: Less tax--For buying cheaper goods. West--More tax--use extra tax to build railroads.

2. North: Less slavery. South: More slavery

The compromise of 1850:

• California would join the union as a free state.
• In the rest of the territory from Mexico, people would decide whether or not to allow slavery.
• The slave trade would be banned in Washington, D.C. 
• Congress would pass the Fugitive law.

Section Review

1. He and other senators came up the Compromise of 1850 state.
2. The fugitive law states that the Northerner is obligated to extradite the escaped Southern slave back to the South. 
3. Yes. Some people favor a part of the country while other people favor other parts. 
4. We want more tax on the Foreign goods!!!! Do you want to earn more money? Wanna be rich? Let's have more tax on the foreign goods so we can sell our products cheaper!!!

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Today, Mr. Schick was absent. We went to the yearbook room with Mrs. Zukaoski. We thought we are going to have a test at the beginning. However, Mrs. Zukaoski told us that she didn't get one and we should either review our test or working on something else.

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We us - the teacher
Mr. Schick - the victim

1. Education, health, and prisoner with mental illness
2. She report the condition of prison to the state legislature, which later resettle the prisoner to the asylum
3. Some people don't want to change. They prefer the current situation much more than the reformer.

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Questions

What was one reason that women came together to gain equal rights?

• They want to speak against slavery
• They want the right to vote

Chart study

1. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
2. She took the leading role of two important movements, which are anti-slavery and women's right movement.

Why did the Seneca Falls Convention meet?

1. For discussing women right. 

Section review 

Why did many women come together in the 1820s and 1830s?

• To fight for equal right and non-slavery

What was one result of the Seneca Falls Convention

• Declaration of Sentiment 

Using the DoC as template conveys the same importance as DoC to the audience 

P 146

• To be able to spend their childhood like a boy. To be able to facing challenge and overcome it.
• They are constrained by the fixed image of womanhood.
• Courage enable women to live her own way. 

Important leaders

Susan B. Anthony

Lucretia Mott

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Sojourner Truth 

Note

8 cities with population exceeds 10,000 in 1820

1. NYC - 123,706  - 500,000
2. Philadelphia - 63,000 - 121,000
3. Baltimore - 62,000 - 170,000
4. Boston - 43,000 - 140,000
5. New Orleans - 27,000 - 116,000
6. Charlestown - 25,000
7. Northern Liberty - 19,000 (Now Phil)
8. Southwark - 14,000
9. Washington - 13,000
10. Salem - 12,000 

Cincinnati - 114,000

Brooklyn - 96,000

St. Louis - 77,000 

Spring Garden - 58,000

Albany - 51,000 

1850

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1. Why did many people move to cities

The need of farming laboring was diminishing.

2. Why did German and Irish immigrants come to the United States between 1830 and 1850?

German - for escape environmental, political, and economical problem in Germany

Irish - More potato!

3. Why did young Chinese men come to California in the mid 1800s?

For seeking treasure and selling goods.


Section Review

1. Why did many people in rural area go to cities to find work?

As more agricultural invention being applied in farming, the need of laboring was slumped and people had to go to city for finding job.

2. What three groups of immigrants came to the United States in the 1840s?

The German, the Irish, and the Chinese

3. What was the major difference between the lives of German immigrants and Irish immigrants in the United States?

German - farming
Irish - Laboring in dock, railroad, and household service

4. I came thousands of miles away from the other side of the earth. My family had sold all of their properties and paid for my trip to US. My mission is to make enough money and return to China. Life here was hard, indeed. The competition of finding gold is odious. If i can't discover any gold, then i plan to open a store in selling mining accessories. My almighty Buddha please bless me!

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Owl and Dogs - live in harmony

Jerry, Lily, and Owen - took their test

The rest of us - CHILL 

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Today we took our chapater test

It
was
EASY

And

I'm destine to ace it

haha

I'm sure it will boost my grade yyyyyyyugely