unit 2: Manifest Destint and the Civil War

“Jacksonian Democracy”

Make government more directly responsible to the people

Why was th election of Andre Jackson to the presidency very important

It represented the expansion of the vote

Which voting requirement was dropped prior to the Jacksonian era

Land ownership

Jackson’s policies toward natives

We’re based on forced removal to the west

3 reasons why congress passed the Indian removal act of 1830

1. Jackson didn’t think that assimilation of Indians would work

2. Too many white settlers wanted the land

3. Native Americans were not considered citizens

White settlers victimized natives by doing what 3 things

1. Removing their source of food (buffalo)

2. Exposing natives to new diseases

3. Settlers taking natives land without due process of law

Jackson increased presidential power by

Using the veto more than all previous presidents

To Jackson what did the national bank symbolize

Eastern elites wealth and power

What was the doctrine of manifest Destiny refer to

The belief that America should expand to the pacific coast

What were issues faced as Americans settled the west

1. Maintaining the balance between the slave and free states

2. The possibility of war with Mexico

3. Increased conflict with Natives in the west

3 reasons why Americans migrated west

1. To claim land for farming, ranching, and months to escape felicitous persecution

2. Seek employment

3 ways that the American gov acquired land in the west

1. Louisiana purschase from France

2. Oregon was reunited through negotiation with Britian

3. Territory was purchased from Mexico after the war

Mexican cession

Gained the treat of Guadeloupe Hidalgo with needed the Mexican American war

Gadsden

Bough by the US from Mexico to have an easy railroad route to southern california

Florida

Gained form Spain in The Adam-Onis treaty

Texas annexation

Incorporated by the US after a brief war with Mexico

Lou territory

Brough from France for 4 cents an acre

Oregon territory

Gained in an agreement between Britian and the US

Territories on the map

Purpose of the Monroe doctrine

Was to prevent European interference in the western hemisphere

Within the U.S which conflict delayed the annexation of Texas

The balance of free and salve states

What cause the war between Mexico and the U.S

The southern boundary of texas

3 causes of the Mexican-American war

1. The desire of many Americans to expand from the pacific to Atlantic

2. The annexation of Texas by the U.S

3. Pro slavery groups who were in favor of an increase in the number of slave states

Why were many Americans against the war with Mexico

They believed the war was a plot by southerners to expand slavery and dominate national politics

Sectionalism

Regions of the country acting out of self interest

What sectionalism issue was most argued

The expansion of slavery

The civil war started because

The inability of Americans to compromise

What 2 parts of the constitution were in conflict in the years before and during the civil war

National supremacy, states rights and the 10th amendment

The Missouri compromise is an example of

Congress ability to find common ground d in the issue of slavery expansion

Missouri compromise

• Maine enters as a free state

• Missourian enters as a slave state

Compromise of 1850

• California enters as a slave state

• A tough fugitive slave law

Kansas-Nebraska act

People, not politicians, make the decision to allow slavery or not

What are 3 reasons why southern states felt justified in superheating the U.S

1. Many southerners believe that President Lincoln was going to take away their slaves

2. The House of Representatives, the senate, and the presidency were all controlled paper sentatives

3. The constitution allowed states to govern themselves as they saw fit

   
   

3 characteristics of slavery

1. Slaves were counted for peprensational purpose in the constitution

2. After the invention of the cotton gin, slave labor became more profitable

3. The South believed that slaves need to raise cotton

3 ways that slaves resisted slavery

1. Breaking tools while working on plantations

2. Running away from their masters

3. Engaged in slave revolts

3 characteristics of the underground railroad

1. Existed before the civil war

2. Used nicknamedlike “conductor”

3. Generally travelled from south to north

Abolition movement promoted

Ending the institution of slavery

Advantage the South had during the civil war

Superior military leaders

Advantage the north had during civil war

The north had more industries

The source expected Britians aid during the war because

The South produced the cotton used in British textile mills

The north had a basic 3 part strategy to win the civil war

1. Blockading the southern parts, preventing southern ships from entering or departing squeezing the south union soldiers attacking from the east to west seizing control of the Mississippi river

Battle of Gettysburg

Turning point of the civil war, the north was now winning the war

Grant and Sherman’s strategy of “total war” targeted not only the confederate army but also

The civilian population of the south

President Lincoln states that the main reason for the civil war was to

Preserve the union

the big inning if the civil war Lincoln refused to issue a proclamation freeing the slaves

He didn’t want to lose the support of the slave holding border

Whom did the emancipation proclamation free

Enslave areas people living in areas rebelling against the union ( not ALL slavery)

Why was the emancipation proclamation important

A step to a complete abolishment of slavery

What does the time period reconstruction refer to

The period of rebuilding the country after the civil war

Main debate of reconstruction dealt with

how to treat the south;wither as a former enemy that needs to be punished or to be reunited country

Major goal of the radical republicans policies

They wanted to punish the South and integrate former slaves into society

What was used to protect former slaves

1. The 13th and 14th amendment

2. The freed man’s breau

3. And granting citizenship

Primary purpose of the freedman’s bureau

Was to help former slaves adjust to freedom

Black codes

We’re to restrict the economic and social lives of former slave

What did the 13th amendment do

Abolished slavery

14th amendment

It granted former slaves citizenship

Result of sharecropping and crop lien systems after the civil war

It kept freed African Americans in a situation similar to slavery

Reconstruction came to an end

When union troops were pulled out of the southern portion of the country, in exchange for the election of Hayes to the presidency

Lasting effect of the reconstruction on the country is

The passage of unconstitutional amendments, which support equality