Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific. Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage) Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote All African Americans were citizens of the United States

Fugitive slave act Reconstruction acts Republican party formed Election of 1860

Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city. 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.

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) 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. Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific. 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 Bleeding Kansas Civil rights act of 1866 Battle of Vicksburg