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Student Questions. Adams- Onis Treaty. 1819 Treaty between the United States and Spain Gave Florida to the United States Established a boundary between New Spain and the United States. Seneca Falls Convention. Convention in 1848 for women’s rights

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  1. Student Questions

  2. Adams-Onis Treaty • 1819 Treaty between the United States and Spain • Gave Florida to the United States • Established a boundary between New Spain and the United States

  3. Seneca Falls Convention • Convention in 1848 for women’s rights • Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott • Demanded that women have the right to vote • Passed unanimously by people in the convention • DID NOT give them the right to vote by Congress

  4. Frederick Douglass • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su-4JBEIhXY • Former slave who escaped freedom • Leader of the 1800s abolitionist movement • Publish many works of literature (newspapers, books, etc) on abolition • Travelled across country to speak about horrors of slavery • Supporter of African-American, women, and minority rights

  5. James K. Polk • President from 1845-1849 • Tensions rising with Mexico because Polk wanted California • Offered money and damages but was rejected • Ultimately led to Mexican-American War

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