Antebellum period

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historical era period in United States history

The Antebellum period was the era in United States history between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, marked by rapid expansion, intensifying sectional conflict over slavery, and significant social and political change.

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Surface form Occurrences
antebellum United States 7
Antebellum South 5
Antebellum United States 4

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical era ⓘ
period in United States history ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalFeature development of distinct Southern identity ⓘ
growth of American literature and reformist thought ⓘ
demographicTrend increased European immigration ⓘ
rapid population growth ⓘ
urbanization in the North ⓘ
economicFeature early industrialization in the Northern states ⓘ
expansion of canal systems ⓘ
expansion of plantation slavery ⓘ
growth of railroads ⓘ
rise of King Cotton ⓘ
endTime 1861 ⓘ
follows Early Republic of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Early Republic era

War of 1812 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic economic transformation ⓘ
growth of cotton economy ⓘ
increasing polarization between North and South ⓘ
intensifying sectional conflict over slavery ⓘ
political realignment ⓘ
rapid territorial expansion ⓘ
rise of abolitionism ⓘ
westward migration ⓘ
mainConflict expansion of slavery into western territories ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
states' rights versus federal authority ⓘ
politicalDevelopment Democratic Party dominance in the South ⓘ
decline of the Whig Party ⓘ
emergence of the Republican Party ⓘ
rise of the Second Party System ⓘ
precedes American Civil War ⓘ
significantEvent Annexation of Texas ⓘ
Bleeding Kansas crisis ⓘ
surface form: Bleeding Kansas

California Gold Rush ⓘ
Compromise of 1850 ⓘ
Dred Scott v. Sandford ⓘ
1864 United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: Election of Abraham Lincoln

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ⓘ
Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Indian Removal

John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ
surface form: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
Missouri Compromise ⓘ
Nat Turner ⓘ
surface form: Nat Turner's Rebellion

Nullification Crisis ⓘ
Second Great Awakening ⓘ
Seneca Falls, New York ⓘ
surface form: Seneca Falls Convention

Texas Revolution ⓘ
socialMovement abolitionist movement ⓘ
religious revivalism ⓘ
temperance movement ⓘ
women's rights movement ⓘ
startTime circa 1815 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: antebellum United States
John Tyler → era → Antebellum period ⓘ
Old Fuss and Feathers → eraOfBearerActivity → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: antebellum United States
Plea for the West → historicalContext → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: antebellum United States
this entity surface form: antebellum United States
Battle of Palo Alto → historicalEra → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum period in United States history
Free Soil Party → historicalEra → Antebellum period ⓘ
Arlington Estate → historicalPeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum South
Brown’s Schoolhouse → historicalPeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum South
Creek War of 1836 → historicalPeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum period in the United States
Hartford Female Seminary → historicalPeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum United States
this entity surface form: Antebellum United States
John Brown’s Fort → historicalPeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum United States
Kansas–Nebraska Act → historicalPeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
Missouri Compromise → historicalPeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
Sea Islands region → historicalPeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum South
Lost Cause of the Confederacy → idealizes → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: antebellum South
American Renaissance → overlapsWith → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum period in the United States
Nullification Crisis → partOf → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum period in the United States
this entity surface form: Antebellum South
Django Unchained → setInPeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum South
Anti-Slavery Office → timePeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: antebellum United States
Compromise of 1850 → timePeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
Uncle Tom → timePeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antebellum United States
William Johnson → timePeriod → Antebellum period ⓘ
this entity surface form: antebellum United States
this entity surface form: antebellum United States