Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was the ideology that
God given duty to expand / spread Christianity
Patriotic duty to spread civilization / democracy
Mexico allowed Americans to move to texas IF
American settlers agreed to become Mexican citizens, and be loyal to the Catholic Church.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
forced the resettlement of many thousands of American Indians to West of the Mississippi river in OK
How is abolition different from emancipation
Abolition = legal ending of slavery
Emancipation = personal, individual enslaved people becoming free
Describe women's oppression during this period
At this time, American women could not vote, own property, have a job without their husbands permission, and were usually denied education.
Manifest Destiny was really about
MONEY (and land, getting land and clearing land for money)
The Year the United States Annexed Texas, really upsetting Mexico, who believed the Texas was still Mexico
1845
Assimilation
A form of cultural genocide, forcibly instilling one culture / way of life on another people
Why was White support needed? Who was the most famous White Abolitionist / what did he published
White support was necessary for the movement. Theme = Movements often need the support of those in power to make change.
William Lloyd Garrison, published the Liberator
Who wrote Slavery as a positive good and what was its main point
John C. Calhoun - That slavery helped civilize Black people
The Oregon Donation Land Act of 1850
Allowed a single person to get 320 acres, and a married couple 640 acres (excluded Black people).
The disputed region on the Mexico / U.S. border was between these two rivers
Nueces River and the Rio Grand
Trail of tears
Most Cherokees resisted the settlement of 1835, which provided land in the Indian territory.
The U.S. Army forced 15,000 Cherokees to leave Georgia.
The hardships on the Trail of Tears westward caused the deaths of 4,000 Cherokees, and some now call it the “trail of death”
Describe the Underground RR
Conditions were tough … traveling up to 20 miles by night, sleeping outside, or crammed into tiny barns and sheds. Little food or water. It was not always successful.
Estimates over 100,000 enslaved escaped to freedom by 1850
H.T conducted the most trips
What was the Seneca Falls convention
This convention launched the organized women's rights movement, demanding:
Equal pay for equal work (still not guaranteed). Equal education opportunities. Property rights.The right to vote.
Produced the Declaration of Sentiments
Manifest Destiny negatively effected these groups
Native Americans
Mexicans
Black Americans
Land gained in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada (CANCUN)
Nation v. Georgia
Cherokees were not able to sue in a federal court.
What did some of the Black abolitions have in common and how were they different?
Almost all learned to read (F.D, N.T, S.T)
All were inspired by religion
Some chose violence (N.T) while others chose advocacy (F.D) while others chose action on the underground Rail Road (H.T)
What did Sojourner Truth advocate for
The inclusion of Black women in the Suffrage movement
Aint I a Women speech
Critis of Manifest Destiny / the Mexican American War
It was un-american
Lincoln
Polk LIED about the start of the war / intentionally sent troops into the disputed region in order to start a fight to justify the starting the war in order to get LOTS of land.
The Gadsden Purchase was this and had this effect:
Land purchased in 1854 for 10 million dollars in southern AZ and NM
The land purchased allowed for a transcontinental railroad
Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
the high court ruled that the laws of Georgia had no force within Cherokee territory, who were a sovereign people, only congress can deal with Native Americans.
What were the effects of Nat Turners Rebellion, the largest enslaved rebellion in U.S. History. North and South
Southern Sherifs / militia rise
Illegal to educates enslaved people / no more religious services
Furthers the cause of abolition
Describe the paradox of the women's rights movement and the abolitionist movement
Abolitionists could be racist (American colonization society)
Women's suffrage movement prioritized White Women rather than all women