LAP 3 - ACP American History

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What does the US Constitution say to support slavery?  Oppose slavery?

Oppose - “We the people of the United States…”

Supports/ Oppose - “Importation of slaves is outlawed after 1808”

Supports - “population will be determined by adding free people & 3/5 of all other persons

• If a person held in service escapes to another state, they will not be free, but will be given back to the owner

1. What is the relationship between States’ Rights and slavery in the US?

• Some states began to outlaw slavery

• South worked to protect & expand it

1. Relate the Northwest Ordinance and the Missouri Compromise:

“There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary in the said territory…”

• Chunks of territory where slavery is not allowed (Mexican session)

Define Manifest Destiny:

Our God given right to extend from coast to coast

1. Dox:  List several arguments for and against Manifest Destiny:

Goal/ purpose:

1. More land + resources

2. Liberty/ Democracy + civilization (protect borders)

Against:

1. Taking others’ resources, land, people, and culture

2. Unbalanced

3. How will we control slavery?

1. Contrast the actions of Stephen Austin and Sam Houston:

Stephen Austin - Starts moving people to disputed territory (Texas)

Sam Houston - leads rebellion against Santa Ana

1. When Americans first moved into Texas, what was expected of them?  Problems?

Submit to Mexican law - no slaves, become a Mexican citizen, + pay taxes

1. How was the Republic of Texas created and why was it short-lived?

San Jacinto - Texans win independence

(NO ESTABLISHED BORDER b/w Texas and Mexico)

1. What two problems slowed Texas’ annexation/ application for statehood?

• Wanted to be a slave state

• Congress idk what exactly they’re buying

1. Causes:  Diplomatically, what did Polk try in order to gain California?

Give Mexico $30 million

1. Causes:  What happened when US troops were ordered to the Rio Grande?  Why?

Troops entered Mexico (unknowingly)

There was no established border separating Texas and Mexico

Course:  New strategy/ tech?  Where fought?  How did the US win the Mex War?

Flying artillery, fought in Mexico, US captured Mexico City (capital)

1. Results:  How did the US benefit from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (3)?

• California (Mexican Session)

• Get a discount (only $15 million)

• Get the border we WANTED (Rio Grande)

1. After the war, what did the Wilmot Proviso try to do?

Territory gained in the Mexican Cession will be FREE

1. Why did the Wilmot Proviso fail to pass into law (Congressional math)? 

Passed in the House (based on population)

“Balanced” Killed bill (Senate)

equal # of slave + free states

1. Why would some voters support the Wilmot Proviso?  Oppose it?

Support - stop slavery from expanding into new western

Oppose - protect southern economic interests and state rights

1. Why was California the 1^st area of the Mexican Cession ready for statehood?

Massive, rapid population explosion cause of the Gold Rush

1. Where was gold 1^st found in CA and how did most people “strike it rich”? 

Sacramento (Sutter’s Mill)

Merchants → dealing with the "miners

1. What did Northerners support (2) in the Comp of 1850?  Southerners (2)?

North

• California free state

• No slave trade in DC

South

• New fugitive slave law

• Congress won’t interfere with what states already have it

(DC not a state)

1. What is popular sovereignty and where was this allowed after 1850?

People decide stuff

Utah and New Mexico

1. Who led Southern opposition to the Compromise?  Concern?

John C. Calhoun

Concern about the balance of free and slave states (15/16)

1. What was the Fugitive Slave Law and why did many Northerners object to it?

Illegal to help runaways

Underground railroad

1. How did Manifest Destiny/ the addition of new states help cause the Civil War?

Create division b/w Southerners and Northerners

Slaves angry

1. According to the KS-NE Act, how would the slavery issue be settled in those territories?

Map of the US