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manifest destiny
Americans thought they had the God given right
to expand their superior civilization
reason for the texas revolution
mexico had become a dictatorship
Stephen F. Austin
Most successful empresario in Texas
war with mexico (why it started)
it started because mexican troops crossed the rio grande and attacked american troops
Treaty of guadalupe hidalgo - 3
1. mexico ceded new mexico and california
2. america paid 15 million dollars for the land
3. mexico acknowledged the rio grande as the border of texas
popular sovereignty
the issue of slavery would be decided in the territories through a popular vote by the residents
compromise of 1850 - 4
1. make california a free state
2. abolish the slave trade in D.C.
3. formation of territorial governments in the former mexican territory based on popular sovereignty
4. a strong fugitive slave act
fugitive slave act response - 4
1. northern states passed laws making it difficult to enforce fedral statutes
2. one state declared the fugitive slave act unconstitutional
3. mobs freed runaway slaves held by the authorites
4. citizens expressed dissatisfaction with the law
Kansas-Nebraska act - 4
1. it would create two new federal territories
2. it repealed the anti-slavery provision of the missouri compromise
3. it created popular sovereignty as the method of compromise
4. it was designated to support the building of the trans-continental railroad
bleeding kansas
the name given to kansas because of sporadic warfare between the settlers on opposing sides in the battle over the slavery issue
kansas admission
they came in as a free state
rep. preston brooks
infuriated by an insulting speech directed at his uncle Brooks, beat Sumner with a cane for giving his speech
dred scott vs. sanford
it ruled congress had no authority to exclude slavery from the federal territories and said the missouri compromise was unconstitutional
John Brown's raid - 4
1. lives were lost among browns raiders
2. the state of virginia executed brown for treason
c. southerners decided northerners were determined to destroy slavery
d. some abolitionists glorified brown as a saint
border state
slave state that did not secede from the union
civil war began
it began when the south fired on fort sumter
south carolina
first southern state to withdraw from the union
northern advantages - 4
1. larger man power reserve
2. they had more advanced industries
3. better transportation system
4. they had a stronger will to fight
union army
the largest number of men volunteered for service
opposition to war
lincoln's response to opposition was to engage in widespread suspension of civil liberties
Emancipation proclamation - 4
1. it established the elimination of slavery as a justification for war
2. caused the freeing of slaves in the border states before the end of the war
3. eventually freed thousands of slaves
4. provided black volunteers for the union army
confederacy's financing
they resorted to printing paper money
southern economy
it was devastated by widespread destruction
sea power
it played an important part in the war in the form of the union blockade of the confederate coast
great britian
they remained neutral during the war while permitting limited aid to the confederatees
battle of antietam
the bloodiest single day battle in the civil war
vicksburg/gettysburg
union victories that sealed the fate of the confederacy
march to the sea
it was lead by willian t. sherman and was a path of destruction
robert e. lee's surrender
he surrendered on april 9, 1865 at appomattox courthouse, virginia
northern view of reconstruction
the south needed to be prevented from restoring their pre-civil war society
13th amendment
abolished slavery
radical republicans - 4
1. they wanted to punish civil and military leaders in the confederacy
2. disenfranchisement of a large number of whites
3. confiscated property given to blacks
4. legal rights for blacks like being able to vote
black codes
they were designed to guarantee white supremacy
14th amendment
the first official definition of citizenship
15th amendment
gave the right to vote to blacks
tenure of office act
it prohibited the president from removing cabinet members without the senate's approval
andrew johnson's impeachment
his trial ended with an acquittal
freedmen and political rights - 4
1. they're participating in politics
2. they served as delegates at the constitutional conventions
3. they organized their own religious groups
4. they strove to obtain an education
tenant farmers
by the end of reconstruction the majority of southern blacks are tenant farmers
credit mobilier scandal
involved fraudulent construction contracts for union pacific railroad and bribing congressmen
compromise of 1877 - 4
1. they awarded all 20 disputed votes to hayes
2. this keeps the presidency with the republican party
3. he promised to remove troops from the south
4. he supported internal improvements in the south
southern industries - 4
1. textile factories
2. tobacco processing plants
3. iron and steel works
4. railroad development
booker t. washington - 4
1. advocated industrial education
2. concentrated on economic rather than political gains
3. patience in the face of discrimination
4. acceptance of segregation
plessy vs. ferguson
separate but equal facilities
black disenfranchisement - 4
1. propery qualifications
2. poll taxes
3. literacy tests
4. grandfather clauses
scalawags
the name given to southern white republicans
carpetbaggers
northerners who came down to the south during reconstruction in search of economic opportunity
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History Final
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2010-12-07T18:57:38Z
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