Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery. Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city. Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote

Johnson impeached Positions on expansion of slavery Reconstruction acts Free Soil Party

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. Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress 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 Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere

James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River. Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants) 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)

All African Americans were citizens of the United States Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific. 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. 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