Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877

Abolition of slavery

Women's lack of voting rights

Equal educational opportunities for all races

Expansion of labor unions

They resulted in decreased farmland values as fewer acres were needed for crops.

They increased farm productivity and encouraged large-scale agriculture.

They caused an increase in urban unemployment rates due to reduced rural migration.

They led to widespread abandonment of farming practices for industrial jobs.

A diplomatic approach to secure alliances with Native American tribes against foreign nations.

A protection strategy to avoid Native Americans' suffering from conflicts with American settlers.

An economic plan to boost Jackson's personal investments in western lands.

An act of defiance towards the Supreme Court to assert executive power.

To integrate schools in the south after Civil war.

To provide land ownership opportunities for freed slaves.

To grant voting rights to African Americans.

To restrict freedom and rights of emancipated blacks.

Increased isolationism among rural communities.

Reduced transportation costs for goods and people across long distances.

Decreased trade between Northern and Western states.

Lowered agricultural output due to industrial focus.

The World War II wouldn't happen.

Slavery would still be present today.

US economy collapses.

The South might have successfully negotiated its independence from the Union.

Both movements believed in the natural equality of all people.

Both movements sought to end slavery in the United States.

The women's rights movement was primarily concerned with gaining the right to vote, while the abolitionist movement sought to end discrimination in all areas of life.

The abolitionist movement focused on legal and political rights, while the women's rights movement focused on social and economic equality.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Frederick Douglass

Stephen A. Douglas

Dred Scott

Abolitionist campaigns against slave-produced goods

Implementation of high tariffs on imported goods

Invention and adoption of factory system machinery

Increase in international demand for cotton

The popularization of social Darwinism, which seemed to justify existing power structures and therefore had little impact in promoting substantial change.

The advent of pragmatism, which advocated for practical approaches to problems but was not prominent until later periods.

The rise of transcendentalism, which emphasized individualism over materialism and spurred activism for social reform.

The introduction of utopian communities that foreshadowed large-scale economic plans in later centuries.