Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions 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. 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

Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city. Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage) Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.

Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river 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 Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress 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. Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city. 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)

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 Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. All African Americans were citizens of the United States