Goals, Life, and Events: Theodore Roosevelt, Compromise of 1850, and More

Goals of Theodore Roosevelt's Administration

• Spread democracy around the U.S. and the world
• Limit the power of big business
• Bring about a better government
• Help out the poor through government initiatives
• Increase government regulation

Theodore Roosevelt's Life

• Overcame asthma and became governor
• Elected as President
• Established national parks, wildlife preserves, and passed the Pure Food & Drug Act
• Limited power of big businesses

Events:

• The Compromise of 1850
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Dred Scott v. Stanford
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858
• Lincoln's Election as President 1860
• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
• Secession

Grant's Indian Policy

• Moved Indians onto reservations
• Assimilation - making them adapt to white culture and speaking English
• Destruction of buffalo

Great Awakenings

• Abolishment of slavery
• Equality in the face of death
• Increased scrutiny of political candidates

Compromise of 1850

• Admitted California to the union as a free state
• Rest of the territories could vote on becoming free or slave states
• Slavery abolished in Washington D.C.
• Enacted the Fugitive Slave Act

The Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

• Introduced popular sovereignty
• Compromise by Stephen Douglas
• States could vote on slavery

Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to expose the treatment of slaves

Dred Scott v. Stanford

• Scott sued for his freedom
• Owner died suddenly after being in Illinois
• Scott considered himself free
• Sanford won the case

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858

• Debate across Illinois
• Douglas ran on popular sovereignty
• Lincoln argued for the limitation of slavery

Lincoln's Election as President

• Ran as the Republican candidate
• Won against Douglas with 43% of the votes

John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

• John Brown, his sons, and runaway slaves attempted to seize the federal arsenal

Secession (three legal questions?)

• Can a state leave the union?
• Can a state seize federal property?
• Is an elected president legally obligated to protect U.S. government property?

Technologies

• Windmill
• Sixshooter
• Barbed wire
• Sod houses
• Railroads
• Steel plow