HIST 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Tallmadge Amendment, James Tallmadge Jr., Missouri Compromise
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Expansion and antislavery lecture: the belief that america had a god-given right and duty to expand westward, manifest destiny, founded on (cid:498)american exceptionalism(cid:499, missouri compromise (cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:884)(cid:882) The idea that american political, social, and religious institutions are unique and superior to those of all other nations on earth: phrase was coined in 1845 by originated much earlier in american history. The (cid:498)perfectionism(cid:499) that the puritans brought to new england: belief in religious superiority (protestant christianity) Dispossession of indians and enslavement of african americans: belief in white racial superiority (racism) In 1820, missouri applied for statehood as a slave state: tallmadge amendment northerners in congress attempted to stop the spread of. Became known as (cid:498)the great compromiser(cid:499: missouri could enter the union as a slave state, maine would enter the union as a free state, keep balance of power between free states and slave states.
