APUSH Unit 5 (1844-1877) duel

Anaconda plan

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)

Free Soil Party Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere

Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

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.

Dred Scott case

Johnson impeached Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote

Election of 1844 James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.

Positions on expansion of slavery

The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster

Civil rights act of 1866

Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america

Black codes

Radical Republicans Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress

Compromise of 1850

Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)

White supremacy White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants)

Gold rush Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed

Reconstruction acts Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)

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.

Mexican-American war Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.

Battle of Vicksburg

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.

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

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!

Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions

Republican party formed A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.

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

Election of 1860 Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america

Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions

Texan independence 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.

A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.

Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote

Manifest destiny

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.

Tenure of Office Act

Civil rights act of 1866 All African Americans were citizens of the United States

White supremacy

Anaconda plan Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river

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.

Reconstruction acts Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)

Compromise of 1877

divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!

Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.

Free Soil Party Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere

Radical Republicans Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half

Positions on expansion 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

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

Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed

John Brown

Election of 1844

15th amendment Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)

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