The lead up to the Civil War
... Abolition of the slave trade (not slavery itself) in … Stronger … Mexican Cession territories would determine the status of slavery there (popular sovereignty). ...
... Abolition of the slave trade (not slavery itself) in … Stronger … Mexican Cession territories would determine the status of slavery there (popular sovereignty). ...
Unit 5 & 6
... Expansion of cotton culture: - the expansion of cotton into the west meant expansion of slavery (Slave States vs. Free States) ...
... Expansion of cotton culture: - the expansion of cotton into the west meant expansion of slavery (Slave States vs. Free States) ...
HIST 121
... William L. Yancey – prominent leader in Alabama. Yancey was among those who were determined to keep Stephen Douglas from being nominated for president at the Democratic convention. Jefferson Davies – former Secretary of War and US Senator, Douglas also opposed Douglas’s nomination and wanted the Dem ...
... William L. Yancey – prominent leader in Alabama. Yancey was among those who were determined to keep Stephen Douglas from being nominated for president at the Democratic convention. Jefferson Davies – former Secretary of War and US Senator, Douglas also opposed Douglas’s nomination and wanted the Dem ...
Slavery issues - Valhalla High School
... The amended bill was passed in the House, but the Senate adjourned without voting on it. In the next session of Congress (1847), a new bill providing for a $3-million appropriation was introduced, and Wilmot again proposed an antislavery amendment to it. The amended bill passed the House, but the Se ...
... The amended bill was passed in the House, but the Senate adjourned without voting on it. In the next session of Congress (1847), a new bill providing for a $3-million appropriation was introduced, and Wilmot again proposed an antislavery amendment to it. The amended bill passed the House, but the Se ...
U.S. - Mexico War
... Scott moved toward Mexican capital of Mexico City where Santa Anna had taken hold Scott laid siege to city and eventually captures it ...
... Scott moved toward Mexican capital of Mexico City where Santa Anna had taken hold Scott laid siege to city and eventually captures it ...
Western Expansion
... miles, for which the United States paid $15 million—less than three cents an acre! Exploration and Westward Expansion Acquisition of the Louisiana Territory doubled the size of the United States. It greatly strengthened the country economically and strategically. And it provided a powerful impetus f ...
... miles, for which the United States paid $15 million—less than three cents an acre! Exploration and Westward Expansion Acquisition of the Louisiana Territory doubled the size of the United States. It greatly strengthened the country economically and strategically. And it provided a powerful impetus f ...
Chapter 21: A Dividing Nation
... I have favored this Missouri compromise, believing it to be all that could be effected [accomplished] under the present Constitution, and from extreme unwillingness to put the Union at hazard [risk]. If the Union must be dissolved, slavery is precisely the question on which it ought to break. For the ...
... I have favored this Missouri compromise, believing it to be all that could be effected [accomplished] under the present Constitution, and from extreme unwillingness to put the Union at hazard [risk]. If the Union must be dissolved, slavery is precisely the question on which it ought to break. For the ...
Compromise of 1850
... figured uppermost on their agenda."[5] During the deadlock of four years, the Second Party System broke up, Mormon pioneers settled Utah, the California Gold Rush settled northern California, and New Mexico under a federal military government turned back Texas's attempt to assert control over territ ...
... figured uppermost on their agenda."[5] During the deadlock of four years, the Second Party System broke up, Mormon pioneers settled Utah, the California Gold Rush settled northern California, and New Mexico under a federal military government turned back Texas's attempt to assert control over territ ...
The Election of 1860 35 - White Plains Public Schools
... - Congress prohibited slavery in Louisiana Purchase area north of 36°30’ latitude line * Compromise of 1850: - California was admitted as a free state - Fugitive Slave Law required northern states to help return runaway slaves More Conflict over Slavery: * Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854: - Congress repea ...
... - Congress prohibited slavery in Louisiana Purchase area north of 36°30’ latitude line * Compromise of 1850: - California was admitted as a free state - Fugitive Slave Law required northern states to help return runaway slaves More Conflict over Slavery: * Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854: - Congress repea ...
Civil War Inevitable
... the North and the South, because the South could expand slavery to new territories but the North still had the right to abolish slavery in its states. Instead, opponents denounced the law as a concession to the slave power of the South. The new Republican Party, which was created in opposition to th ...
... the North and the South, because the South could expand slavery to new territories but the North still had the right to abolish slavery in its states. Instead, opponents denounced the law as a concession to the slave power of the South. The new Republican Party, which was created in opposition to th ...
manifestdestiny1-1
... First coined by newspaper editor, John O’Sullivan in 1845. ".... the right of our manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federal development of self-government entrusted to ...
... First coined by newspaper editor, John O’Sullivan in 1845. ".... the right of our manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federal development of self-government entrusted to ...
CHAPTER 12 AN AGE OF EXPANSIONISM
... the Mexican Cession—presentday NM, AZ, CA, Utah, NV, & parts of CO & WY –Added territory in NM & AZ with the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 ...
... the Mexican Cession—presentday NM, AZ, CA, Utah, NV, & parts of CO & WY –Added territory in NM & AZ with the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 ...
America: A Concise History 3e
... labor. This approach gained broad popular support, taking a significant number of votes from the Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass, in 1848. As a result, the Whig Party, under the war hero Zachary Taylor, won the presidency. When California, the first area from the Mexican cession to ask for statehoo ...
... labor. This approach gained broad popular support, taking a significant number of votes from the Democratic candidate, Lewis Cass, in 1848. As a result, the Whig Party, under the war hero Zachary Taylor, won the presidency. When California, the first area from the Mexican cession to ask for statehoo ...
Document
... As the presidents added new territories to the United States, settlers pushed into those new areas. However, as territories grew in population, a problem would surface. States as of 1818: ...
... As the presidents added new territories to the United States, settlers pushed into those new areas. However, as territories grew in population, a problem would surface. States as of 1818: ...
Slavery Dominates Politics PowerPoint Notes
... In 1820 with the admission of Missouri to the Union, the issue of slavery came up again. There was already a great deal of tension between the North and the South. The South, was highly agricultural. It wanted to keep slavery a way of life on their plantations. The North, which was far more industri ...
... In 1820 with the admission of Missouri to the Union, the issue of slavery came up again. There was already a great deal of tension between the North and the South. The South, was highly agricultural. It wanted to keep slavery a way of life on their plantations. The North, which was far more industri ...
American History – A Survey
... politics further against them Southern leaders were beginning to talk about secession from the Union The Compromise of 1850 Henry Clay believed that no compromise could work unless it settled all the issues in dispute between the sections o A compromise was brought forth It said That Calif ...
... politics further against them Southern leaders were beginning to talk about secession from the Union The Compromise of 1850 Henry Clay believed that no compromise could work unless it settled all the issues in dispute between the sections o A compromise was brought forth It said That Calif ...
Texas - Denton ISD
... horse” candidate) with the Democratic slogan of “Fifty-four Forty or Fight!” it became clear that American westerners and southerners were in an expansionist mood. This slogan referred to the line of latitude that marked the border between the Oregon Territory and Russian Alaska. Polk decided to com ...
... horse” candidate) with the Democratic slogan of “Fifty-four Forty or Fight!” it became clear that American westerners and southerners were in an expansionist mood. This slogan referred to the line of latitude that marked the border between the Oregon Territory and Russian Alaska. Polk decided to com ...
Guided Notes for Key Acquisitions
... States ____________ Mexico and defeated the Mexican army. What were the location and geographic features of this acquisition? The treaty that ended this war ceded Mexican territory in what is now New Mexico, Arizona, California, _______________, and Nevada to the United States. ...
... States ____________ Mexico and defeated the Mexican army. What were the location and geographic features of this acquisition? The treaty that ended this war ceded Mexican territory in what is now New Mexico, Arizona, California, _______________, and Nevada to the United States. ...
File - Harrisville 13
... living in the U.S.-owned territories. It took them almost three years to complete their survey and return. 1819: Adams-Onís Treaty In this treaty signed by the United States and Spain, Spain ceded Florida to the U.S., the border was set between Texas and Louisiana, and Spain withdrew all claims of l ...
... living in the U.S.-owned territories. It took them almost three years to complete their survey and return. 1819: Adams-Onís Treaty In this treaty signed by the United States and Spain, Spain ceded Florida to the U.S., the border was set between Texas and Louisiana, and Spain withdrew all claims of l ...
Hist 1301 Final Exam Study Guide Page 1
... The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 allowed slave owners to pay bounty hunters to search for missing slaves in free territories. These bounty hunters were essentially paid kidnappers who often attacked and carried away free blacks back into Southern slavery. Northerners, even those who supported slavery, ...
... The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 allowed slave owners to pay bounty hunters to search for missing slaves in free territories. These bounty hunters were essentially paid kidnappers who often attacked and carried away free blacks back into Southern slavery. Northerners, even those who supported slavery, ...
CHA3UE.01 Chapter 13: "Impending Crisis" Unit: Causes of the
... more and more critical. As a result, broad support began to emerge for building a transcontinental railroad. Southerners wanted this railroad to run through slave states. Northerners disagreed. · Gadsden Purchase: James Gadsden persuaded the Mexican government to accept $10 million for a strip of la ...
... more and more critical. As a result, broad support began to emerge for building a transcontinental railroad. Southerners wanted this railroad to run through slave states. Northerners disagreed. · Gadsden Purchase: James Gadsden persuaded the Mexican government to accept $10 million for a strip of la ...
Causes of the Civil War
... number of people were abolitionists, reformers who wanted to abolish, or end, slavery. • Frederick Douglas was African-American social reformer. Escaped from slavery and became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for speeches and ...
... number of people were abolitionists, reformers who wanted to abolish, or end, slavery. • Frederick Douglas was African-American social reformer. Escaped from slavery and became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for speeches and ...
correct with key - Net Start Class
... 4. Analyze – explain the issues behind the decisions and the importance of the Supreme Court cases McCullough v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden? How did they affect life in the United States? McCulloch v. Maryland – McCulloch sued Maryland over the national bank; John Marshall’s Supreme court reinfo ...
... 4. Analyze – explain the issues behind the decisions and the importance of the Supreme Court cases McCullough v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden? How did they affect life in the United States? McCulloch v. Maryland – McCulloch sued Maryland over the national bank; John Marshall’s Supreme court reinfo ...
Power Point 19th Century
... US Forces occupy California and declare the “Bear Flag” Republic and invade Mexico. The American victory over Mexico was settled in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo . The new US territory called the Mexican Cession- it included the present day states of California, Nevada, Arizona , New Mexico and pa ...
... US Forces occupy California and declare the “Bear Flag” Republic and invade Mexico. The American victory over Mexico was settled in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo . The new US territory called the Mexican Cession- it included the present day states of California, Nevada, Arizona , New Mexico and pa ...
Adams-Onis Treaty
... • In 1820, Missouri territory petitioned to enter the Union as a slave state; Northern political resistance to this threatened to create a North-South sectional divide • Henry Clay hammered out an agreement in Congress whereby Missouri would be permitted to enter as a slave state and Maine would ent ...
... • In 1820, Missouri territory petitioned to enter the Union as a slave state; Northern political resistance to this threatened to create a North-South sectional divide • Henry Clay hammered out an agreement in Congress whereby Missouri would be permitted to enter as a slave state and Maine would ent ...
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The compromise, drafted by Whig Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky and brokered by Clay and Democratic Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois, reduced sectional conflict. Controversy arose over the Fugitive Slave provision. The Compromise was greeted with relief, although each side disliked specific provisions.Texas surrendered its claim to New Mexico, as well as its claims north of the Missouri Compromise Line. It retained the Texas Panhandle and the federal government took over the state's public debt. California was admitted as a free state with its current boundaries.The South prevented adoption of the Wilmot Proviso that would have outlawed slavery in the new territories, and the new Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory were allowed, under the principle of popular sovereignty, to decide whether to allow slavery within their borders. In practice, these lands were generally unsuited to plantation agriculture and their settlers were uninterested in slavery. The slave trade (but not slavery altogether) was banned in Washington D.C.The Compromise became possible after the sudden death of President Zachary Taylor, who, although a slaveowner, had favored excluding slavery from the Southwest. Whig leader Henry Clay designed a compromise, which failed to pass in early 1850, due to opposition by both pro-slavery southern Democrats, led by John C. Calhoun, and anti-slavery northern Whigs. Upon Clay's instruction, Douglas then divided Clay's bill into several smaller pieces and narrowly won their passage over the opposition of those with stronger views on both sides.