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Texan independence
Causes
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.
Conflict
in 1835 the Texans revolted and forced the leader of Mexican troops to recognize Texan independence. Their request to join the United States was rejected because America didn't want to fight a war with Mexico.
1844
Election of 1844
Definition
James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.
April 25, 1846
Mexican-American war
Definition
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.
April1848
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Definition
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
April1848
Gold rush
Definition
Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed
April1850
Compromise of 1850
Definition
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
April1857
John Brown
Definition
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
Effects
Southerners feared that the north wanted to dismantle the south with slave rebellions
April1860
Election of 1860
Definition
Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america
April1867
Tenure of Office Act
Definition
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)
| Manifest destiny |
Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. |
| Texan independence |
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. |
| Election of 1844 |
James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River. |
| Mexican-American war |
Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Gold rush |
Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed |
| 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. |
| Free Soil Party |
Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere |
| Compromise of 1850 |
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 |
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. |
| 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! |
| Bleeding Kansas |
Fighting broke out between the pro and anti-slavery factions |
| Republican party formed |
A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery. |
| Dred Scott case Dred Scott v. Sandford |
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. |
| John Brown |
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 |
| Election of 1860 |
Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america |
| Anaconda plan |
Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river |
| Battle of Vicksburg |
Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half |
| Radical Republicans |
Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress |
| Civil rights act of 1866 |
All African Americans were citizens of the United States |
| Reconstruction acts |
Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage) |
| Tenure of Office Act |
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) |
| Johnson impeached |
Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote |
| 15th amendment |
Protected voting rights of former slaves (in theory) |
| White supremacy |
White supremacy continued to dominate. Secret societies continued to terrorize African Americans (and Catholics, jews, and immigrants) |
| Black codes |
Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people |
| Compromise of 1877 End of Reconstruction |
The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster |
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