Reconstruction acts Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)
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Election of 1844
Gold rush Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.
Wilmot Proviso
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Republican party formed A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Election of 1860
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
Anaconda plan
Civil rights act of 1866
Mexican-American war Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Johnson impeached Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote
Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Texan independence
Radical Republicans Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
John Brown
Dred Scott case A slave in Missouri was taken to live in free Wisconsin, for two years, and he sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves aren't citizens, and they are property so nobody can be deprived of their property without due process.
Kansas-Nebraska act divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
Compromise of 1850 California and New Mexico wanted to enter the union as free states. Henry Clay created compromise: New Mexico and Utah would vote on slavery, California would be admitted as a free state, Slavery would be banned in Washington D.C., and there would be a new fugitive slave act
Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Black codes
15th amendment Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
Tenure of Office Act Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)
White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)
Battle of Vicksburg Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Positions on expansion of slavery
Johnson impeached
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John Brown Led a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico
divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!
Election of 1860
15th amendment
Positions on expansion of slavery Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.
Anaconda plan Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
Fugitive slave act
Civil rights act of 1866 All African Americans were citizens of the United States
Tenure of Office Act Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)
A slave in Missouri was taken to live in free Wisconsin, for two years, and he sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves aren't citizens, and they are property so nobody can be deprived of their property without due process.
Compromise of 1877 The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster
Free Soil Party Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Election of 1844
Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.
Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Wilmot Proviso An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery.
White supremacy
Republican party formed A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.
Black codes Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people
Battle of Vicksburg Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Compromise of 1850
Gold rush
Reconstruction acts Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)
Radical Republicans Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Manifest destiny Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
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