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God

who gave Americans the right to manifest destiny?

california goldrush

people wanted natural resources and minerals, so they rushed west to try and become rich

preemtion acts

made vast tracts of land available for cheap to anyone who wanted to buy it and set up a homestead

mormons

what religious group continued moving west?

james k. polk

election of 1844 president

battle of san jacinto

captured the mexican general and forced him to sign a treaty granting texas independence

slidell

what diplomat was sent to try and purchase more land from mexico and settle the location of the border?

mexicans killing americans on american soil

what did polk use to start a war w/ mexico?

treaty of guadalope hidalgo

treaty that established rio grande as southern border of texas, outlined deal for mexican cession

wilmot proviso

ammendment that proposed land gained from victory in mexican american war off limits to expansion of slavery (was voted down)

missouri compromise

established the line of slavery

free soil movement

northern democrats and whigs wanted new territories to be the dominion of free laborers

abolitionists

wanted to ban slavery everywhere

popular sovereignty

each territory should decide slavery question for themselves

california and new mexico entered as free states

made southerners threatened secession from the union

compromise of 1850

mexican cession divided into utah and new mexico territories and would practice popular sovereignty, california admitted as free state, slave trade banned in washington dc, stricter fugitive slave law

kansas-nebraska act of 1854

despite being above the slavery line, kansas and nebraska had the opportunity to vote for slavery or not

bleeding kansas

violence in kansas between pro slavery and anti slavery folks for control of the territory

dred scott decision of 1857

dred scott was taken by his master to states where slavery was illegal, so he sued his master for his freedom, but he failed bc now slave owners could take their property where they wanted

democrats

gained strength as a pro slavery party

republican party

argued that slavery shouldn’t spread into new territories

northern democrats

represented by stephen douglas, wanted slavery question answered by popular sovereignty

southern democrats

represented by john breckinridge, wanted slavery in new territories protected by federal slave code

emancipation proclamation

freed all enslaved people in the confederacy

gettysburg address

speech to unify the nation

ten-percent plan

lincoln’s reconstruction plan, south could reestablish their state governments if 10% of the 1860 electorate pledged loyalty to the union, state legislature had to ratify the thirteenth amendment which abolished slavery

black codes

restricted freedom of southern blacks and forced them to work for low wages

radical republicans

wanted reconstruction to be led by congress

freedman’s bureau

agency set up to help newly freed black people to get on their feet

civil rights act of 1866

protected citizenship of blacks and gave them equal protection under laws

14th amendment

all persons who were born or naturalized in the US were citizens of the US, and every citizen enjoyed equal protection of the laws on the state level

reconstruction acts of 1867

assured all laws being passed would be enforced in the south, increased requirement for southern states to join union

tenure of office act

made it illegal for the president to fire a member of his cabinet without congressional approval

15th amendment

granted voting rights to newly freed black population of the south

ku klux clan

group that believed in white supremacy

compromise of 1877

democrats agreed to concede election to hayes, republicans agreed to remove all federal troops from south