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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

To establish a national banking system.

To grant suffrage to African American males.

To encourage Western migration by providing settlers with 160 acres of public land.

To abolish slavery in all U.S territories.

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.