divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise! 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. Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

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 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

Fugitive slave act Radical Republicans Election of 1844 Tenure of Office Act

Anaconda plan Radical Republicans Black codes Tenure of Office Act

Anaconda plan Manifest destiny Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Civil rights act of 1866