Texas Revolution/Mexican American War
Definition of Manifest Destiny
expanding west from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean
Wimot Proviso
no slavery should be allowed in the new territories won from Mexico
What happened in Kansas to make everyone fight?
Popular sovereignty- the people had to decided if they were a slave or free state
Who had the advantage during the war?
Union
Ten Precent Plan and Wade Davis Bill
Ten Precent Plan- Lincoln believed that 10% of voters in the south needed to swear their allegiance and confederate high ranking officers were unable to hold office or vote.
Wade Davis Bill- goes against the Ten Precent Plan- more harsh and wanted 50% of voters (not enacted into law)
Main reasons that caused the Mexican American War
Texas was annexed however the border was disputed between Mexico and U.S., and Polk offered to buy California, and New Mexico
Popular Sovereignty definition
the people in the territories get to decide if they are a slave state or free state
Dred Scott SCOTUS case
Scott was a slave who moved to a free state and thought he was free. He sued because he thought he had rights. SCOTUS said he was property and did not have a right to sue.
Who did the South try and get to be on their side but couldn't?
Great Britain and France
What was the welfare agency that was created to help the poor whites and freed African Americans?
Freedmen's Bureau
Who did Texas rebel from?
Mexico
Compromise of 1850
POP- popular sovereignty
F- fugitive slave acts
A- abolishing slavery in DC
C- CA as a free state
T- Texas border solved
John Brown's Raid
Slave uprising in Harpers Ferry- acquired weapon and lead the uprising but was captured, tried and executed.
This speech "ended" slavery?
Who undid everything Lincoln put into place for his phase of Reconstruction?
Why did Texas want to rebel? (think who lives there)
Americans and African Americans bought land in Mexico and were in the majority (verses Mexican citizens) in Texas. They rebelled against the Santa Anna policies and later defeated the Mexican army.
Purpose of Fugitive Slave Acts
returning runaway slaves from the North to the South to their owners
Election of 1860 winner
Lincoln
This speech was made after a battle to try and boost moral, unite the country and reaffirm that the war is to preserve democratic principles.
Gettysburg Address
These were a few of the responses that the South had to freeing African Americans?
Black Codes, KKK and White Supremacy
What was the aftermath of the Mexican American War?
CA/NM bought by U.S., Rio Grande as the border of Texas and Mexico, fulfillment of manifest destiny, revived debate over slavery
banning books and writing pro-slavery work
First state to secede
South Carolina
What ended the Civil War?
Lee surrendering at Appomattox Courthouse
Describe the 3 Reconstruction amendments
13th- abolishing slavery
14th- define citizenship, due process and equal protection clause
15th- defining voting