belief that the US was destined, or fated by God, to rule all territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific

created guidelines for how territory could become states. Also first time slavery in territories becomes an issue

Missouri Compromise said...

The Louisiana Territory divided along the 36 degrees 30' horizontal line- no slavery above, slavery allowed below was part of

Saves the day! Missouri Compromise, Nullification Crisis, Compromise of 1850

Things Henry Clay did

suspected deal- John Quincy Adams became president and made Henry Clay his Secretary of State (Clay encouraged House members to vote for JQA)

Established in 1821

Americans moved into Mexican Texas with slaves. Mexico abolished slavery in 1824 and Texan Americans fought to make Texas an independent republic, led by Stephen Austin and Sam Houston at the Alamo.

James Polk

believed in Manifest destiny, wanted the SW US and Texas. He sent American troops to provoke Mexico into the Mexican American War.

one region of the country puts their own needs above the needs of the nation as a whole. Example: Northern tariffs only benefited the North, and allowing slavery only benefited the South

Created after the War of 1812 but led to the Nullification Crisis

from South Carolina, encouraged his home state to engage in nullification of a tariff even though he was Vice President

declaring something "null and void" basically means a state is going to act like it doesn't exist or refuse to follow it

a state leaves the union of the United States

SC wanted to nullify a tariff, President Andrew Jackson wanted to use force, Henry Clay suggested a compromise that saved the day

provoked by President Polk, lasted 2 years, driven by American manifest destiny

Ended the Mexican American War by agreeing that the US would pay $15million to Mexico for the territory in the Southwest.

US paid $10million for the last chunk of territory from Mexico. US government wanted to help the railroad industry finish the Trans-Continental Railroad. Last time the borders of the continental US has changed.

Suggestion by David Wilmot that all new land from Mexico should be free territory. The South flipped out against it, the North liked it, but it was never put into place. It resulted in stronger sectionalism.

The last time Clay saved the day. This said 5 things:

California became a free state, Created a "better" fugitive slave law, Utah and New Mexico would use popular sovereignty to vote on slavery, Texas got $ to pay off war debt, and the slave TRADE was banned in Washington DC but slavery itself was not.

1831, slave named Nat Turner attempted to lead uprising. Killed around 60 people, was captured and eventually executed. Virginia considered ending slavery but instead put in place slave codes.

laws put in place to control the slave population. later become black codes and system called "Jim Crow"

Put in place by Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, which said that those two states would get to vote to decide about slavery. Failed because it resulted in "Bleeding Kansas"

refers to almost battlefield conditions in Kansas as violence broke out between supporters of slavery and abolitionists. Began with the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre led by John Brown.

handful of abolitionists attacked slave owners and killed them, began the conflict known as "Bleeding Kansas"

1857 Dred Scott, a slave, had lived in free territory. He sued for his freedom but the Supreme Court's response was "You are property, not a citizen, therefore you can't sue"

aka John Brown's Raid. John Brown led a group of men to try to take over a federal arsenal (stored weapons). They wanted to arm slaves so they could fight for freedom. It failed and he was executed. Northerners sympathized with his cause but this enraged Southerners

Won by Lincoln, resulted in immediate secession of South Carolina.

Lincoln's ultimate goal for the Civil War

The only advantage the Confederacy had:

bloodiest SINGLE DAY battle of the war

January 1, 1863

freed all slaves in CONFEDERATE states only

bloodiest BATTLE (lasted 3 days)

Which battle: stopped the C from invading the U, U won b/c they held the higher groud?

If he'd been at Gettysburg, the Confederacy might have won

Talked about how soldiers would not have died in vain because the Union would be preserved

Reveals Lincoln's ideas for forgiving and accepting Confederate states back into the Union

Battle of Vicksburg

Battle of Atlanta

Appomattox Courthouse

March to the Sea

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

Stonewall Jackson

the President of the Confederate States of America

Lincoln's Reconstruction plan

Andrew Johnson's plan

Putting a president on trial

Extreme, MUCH more harsh version of Reconstruction