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Period 5 1844-1877
• THE BIG IDEA: As the nation expanded and its population grew,
regional tensions, especially over slavery, led to a civil war—the
course and aftermath of which transformed American society.
• Key Concept 5.1: The United States became more connected with
the world as it pursued an expansionist foreign policy in the Western
Hemisphere and emerged as the destination for many migrants from
other countries.
• Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by expansion and deepening regional
divisions, debates over slavery and other economic, cultural, and
political issues led the nation into civil war.
• Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the
contested Reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery
and secession, but left unresolved many questions about the power
of the federal government and citizenship rights.
THE BIG IDEA: As the nation expanded and its population grew,
regional tensions, especially over slavery, led to a civil war —the
course and aftermath of which transformed American society.
• 1844 – Election of Polk, Manifest Destiny
• 1877 – End of Reconstruction
• Expansion – TX and Mex Cession Cause
unrest in 1850s
• Events of 1850s all increase tension over
slavery
• Civil War as transformative event in US
History
Key Concept 5.1: The United States became more connected with the
world as it pursued an expansionist foreign policy in the Western
Hemisphere and emerged as the destination for many migrants from
other countries.
• Expansionist For Policy
– TX
– Mex War
– Alaska
• Irish Ger Immigration and Corresponding
rise in Nativism
Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by expansion and deepening regional
divisions, debates over slavery and other economic, cultural, and
political issues led the nation into civil war.
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Comp of 1850
Fug Slave Laws
Pop Sovereignty
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
KS NE Act
Bleeding KS
Bleeding Sumner
Dred Scot
Lincoln Douglas / House Divided
John Brown’s Raid
Lincoln / Republican Ideology
Election / Secession
Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested
Reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery and
secession, but left unresolved many questions about the power of the
federal government and citizenship rights.
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Emancipation as Wartime action
Competing Reconstruction Plans
Reasons for end of Reconstruction
Changes in Gov due to Civil War
Connections
• Southern Lost Cause / Revolutionary Parallels
• Secession – Modern issues ie Chechnya
• Major tech changes impact Civ War, WWs,
Vietnam
• 1850s Tension – Cold War
• Limits of Emancipation Proclamation
• Reconstruction contrasted with Jim Crow Era /
Later Civil Rights Work
• Mex War v. other examples of expansionism /
imperialism