apush map stuff based on my notes

  1. Louisinas purchase 1803: u.s buys a lot of france, conflicts over slavery

  2. Jay’s treaty 1794: b/w america and great britain, resolving american revolution problems

  3. Pickney’s treaty 1795: b/w america and spain, lets america navigate mississippi river, helping economic growth

  4. Florida purchase treaty 1819: america gets florida from spain, expansion occurs

  5. Missouri compromise 1820: makes missouri a state and balances out what is a slave and what is a free states. Divides future territories into free states and slave states

  6. Monroe doctrine 1823: tells european countries to not colonize western countries, impacts manifest destiny

  7. Haitian revolution 1791-1804: very successful slave revolution where people are scared more slave revolutions might happen again

  8. Compromise of 1850: several laws which want to resolve tensions over slavery in territories gained from mexico, like the fugitive slave act

  9. California gold rush 1848-55: people discover gold in california and a lot of people move there. Complicates slavery since california is about to become a state

  10. Mexican session 1848: america gains a lot of southwest territories after mexican-american war

  11. Wilmot proviso 1846: proposes to stop slavery in any mexican-gained territory because of mexican-american war

  12. Manifest destiny 1845: people thought america had a divine right to expand westward across north america

  13. Ostend manifesto 1854: document that said america should get cuba from spain

  14. Kansas-nebraska act 1854: law lets kansas and nebraska decide issue of slavery by popular sovereignty, repeals missouri compromise’

  15. Uncle tom’s cabin 1852: book by harriet stowe, makes public dislike slavery, especially in the north. Increases tensions between north and south

  16. Free soil party 1848-54: political party that want slavery to end in new territories and free the land for settlers

  17. Mason dixon line 1763-67: boundary between pennsylvania and maryland, divides north and southern territories

  18. Fugitive slave act 1850: requires citizens to help capture runaway slaves

  19. Dred scott decision 1857: supreme court ruled dred scott, a slave living in free territories, couldn’t sue because african americans weren’t citizens. Also rules congress couldn’t stop slavery in territories, saying missouri compromise bad

  20. Lincoln douglas debates 1858: debates between president lincoln and stephen douglas that discussed the issue of slavery’s expansion in territories. Lincoln was against slavery expansion while douglas promoted popular sovereignty (like a democracy)

  21. Harper’s ferry raid 1859: john brown led a raid at harper’s ferry to start a slave revolt which failed. This caused tensions between north and southern states