Free Soil Party
Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Fugitive slave act
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.
White supremacy
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!
Battle of Vicksburg
Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
Election of 1860
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)
Black codes
Mexican-American war
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
Bleeding Kansas
Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions
Compromise of 1850
15th amendment
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory)
Texan independence
Radical Republicans
Civil rights act of 1866
Compromise of 1877
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.
John Brown
Republican party formed
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river
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.
Johnson impeached
Election of 1844
James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
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
Manifest destiny
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.
Gold rush
Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)
