Test 3 Flashcards
Manifest Destiny
America is “destined” to expand west
Westward expansion more ___ than ___
political, religious
First Whig president
Harrison (dies)
John Tyler
Harrison’s replacement (not a whig) who focuses on annexing Texas
The “Manifest Destiny President”
James K. Polk (war with Mexico)
Mexican War
Two year war, forced to give up California, Arizona, NM, Utah
Slavery question’s four resolutions
- Wilmot Proviso
- Extension of Missouri Compromise
- Southern Rights Argument
- Popular Soveregnty
Wilmot Proviso
Prohibits expansion of slavery
Missouri Compromise
Missouri > slave
Maine > free
Establishment of 36’, 30 line
Southern Rights Argument
Slavery should be a national institution
Popular Sovereignty: voting could go either way
Date left to courts
Election of 1848
Zachary Taylor elected (dies)
2nd Party System
Democrats
Free Soil
Whigs
Democrat stance:
popular sovereignty
Free Soil stance:
Wilmot Proviso
Whig stance:
no position
Texas Boundary Dispute
Taylor sides with New Mexico, South sides with Texas. Civil war delayed by Taylor’s death and compromise 1850
Taylor replaced by
Fillmore
Compromise of 1850 (by _____)
Henry Clay:
- California = free
- NM & Utah = pop sov
- Fugitive slave law ^
- Outlaw slave trade in DC
- Assume TX debt
Period 1790-1860
“Antebellum Period”
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by _______
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Kansas Nebraska act
Trans-continental railroad placement question resolved by Douglas’ deal
Douglas’ deal
Slavery opened to Pop Sov and railroad goes through Chicago
Consequence of K-N act
Whig party destroyed
Growth of Southern Rights Party
Third Political Party System
Third Political Party System
American “Know Nothing” Party
Republican Party
Democrats
“Know Nothing” Stance:
Anti-immigration
Anti-politician
Republican Party
Oppose EXPANSION of slavery
Bleeding Kansas
Series of conflicts over question of Kansas status on slavery
John Brown
Believed to be sent by God to kill southerners
Caning of Charles Sumner
Northern senator who uses Bleeding Kansas as a warning. Insults senator Butler of SC. Butler’s nephew beats Sumner with a cane
Dred Scott case
Question of Scott’s freedom (had lived in free territory with master John Emerson) opposed by Emerson’s widow
Dred Scott decision
Blacks have NO rights
Missouri Compromise = unconstitutional
Slave Power Conspiracy
Fear planters would expand slavery so much to take white’s jobs in north
Two types of republicans
Abolitionists
Anti-slavery
Democrats
Southern Rights Party
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Debates over slavery question
- “A house divided cannot stand”
- Lincoln is still racist
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown’s rebellion:
- seize arsenal
- recaptured and Brown hanged
Abraham Lincoln elected symbolizes…
means north has more power
South Carolina on election…
secedes
Fort Sumter
Lincoln needs to resupply fort, South Carolina won’t allow it. Attacks fort, war begins
“I cannot draw my sword against my own country” -
Robert E. Lee
North Advantages
- Numbers (4:1)
- Industrial economy
- Railroads
- Wealth
Lincoln’s initial objective
“Save the Union”
South Advantages
- Better leadership (generals)
2. Better fighters
