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The USA (1800–1870)

Lessons 25 · 1 lessons · R. Farmonov, U. Jo‘rayev, Sh. Ergashev. Jahon tarixi (XVI–XIX asrning 60-yillari) (World history, 16th century – 1860s), Grade 8. Cho‘lpon Publishing House, Tashkent, 2019 (revised and expanded 4th edition)
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The United States in 1800–1870

Textbook: pp. 115–119
GoalDescribe the USA’s expansion, the slavery question and the Civil War.
New words
slavery · qullikabolitionist · bekor qilish tarafdoriCivil War · Fuqarolar urushiEmancipation · Emansipatsiya
Explanation

In the first half of the 19th century the USA expanded westward and added many new states. Industry and family farms grew in the northern states, while in the south cotton plantations relied on slave labour. Abolitionists, including John Brown, demanded the freeing of slaves; Brown led an armed raid in 1859 and was hanged. After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, several southern states left the Union, and the Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865. The Homestead Act of 1862 gave land in the west, and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 declared slaves in the rebel south free. Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865, in December that year the 13th Amendment banned slavery completely, and in 1866 Congress passed the 14th Amendment.

Worked examples
Southern cotton went to British textile mills, so planters did not want to give up slavery.
The Homestead Act gave settlers land on condition that they farm it for several years.
Class activity

“Two regions”: compare the economies of the North and the South in a table.

Practice
1
In which years was the Civil War?
2
When was Lincoln elected president?
3
When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
4
What did the 13th Amendment ban?