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32 Cards in this Set
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Election of 1844
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James Polk (Democrat) vs. Henry Clay (Whig)
Polk - "54 50' or Fight", favored expansion Clay - wanted expansion slowly w/o war |
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Tyler
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Proposed annexation of Texas, resulting in war with Mexico and an end of diplomatic relationship
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Polk
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Realized he couldn't fight against Great Britain AND Mexico
Held more reasonable border |
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Oregon Treaty
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Gained from GB Oregon, parts of Wyoming, Idaho, Montana
Avoided War |
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The Mexican American War
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was not supported (hated by North who thought new states would be slave states)
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Slave Power
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A few slave owners allegedly caused the M-A war. Gag rule raised suspicion.
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Wilmot Proviso
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Defeated.
A Congressional bill prohibiting slavery in Mexico. |
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Free Soil Party
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Formed by angry Northerners - single issue party devoted to the Wilmot Proviso
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War battles
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Went well, acquired Arizona, New Mexico, Cali, Nevada, Utah
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) |
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SLAVERY ISSUE INCREASED TENFOLD!
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Um yeah
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Whigs
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Won another election (Taylor) but the party basically died
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Popular sovereingty
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Territory would decide if they wanted slavery
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Compromise of 1850
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California wanted Statehood; South said no.
Authored by Clay and Douglas. Package was dereated, but each component bill passed. California was free. New Mexico and Utah - status left for themselves. Stronger fugitive slave law. |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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powerful propraganda
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Franklin Pierce
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moderate elected president
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Kansas and Nebraska
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No government
US wanted railroads there but there were no gov. |
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Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
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popular sovereignty
UNDID THE Missouri Compromise (North saw it as betrayal) |
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North reaction
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Passed laws weakening Fugitive Slave Laws (personal liberty laws)
gave them trial for fugitives and lawyer => south was furious |
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Republicans (anti-slavery)
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Antislavery whigs joned Free Soilers and Northern Democrats
Also, they wanted national roads, tarrifs, and land grew quickly |
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American (Know-Nothing party)
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Hatred of foreigners
Desctructed because of slavery issue |
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Reaction to K-N Act
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Violence
Many people poured into territories, trying to set up and control government |
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Bleeding Kansas
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pro-slavery people set up an illegal government
President Pierce recognized it and declared Kansas a slave territory. Abolitionists wer eangry and set up their own gov. Slavery people demolished Lawrence (abolitionist city). John Brown killed abolitionists. WAR = 200 dead |
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Brooks (nephew of slavery Congressmen) hit abolitionist Sumner on the head
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LOL
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James Buchanan
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1856 Presidential-elect. Carried South.
Demise of Know-Nothing party. Tried to maintain status quo |
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Buchanan's actions
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enforced slave act
opposed abolitionist At a loss when it came to slavery |
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Dred Scott
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Scott thought he was free because his master took him to free land, sued for freedom
He lost. |
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Chief Justice Roger Taney
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Blow to the North. BLacks were not citizens and could not sue. Congress could not regulate slavery. Nullified Missouri and K-N act AND the Wilmot Proviso!
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Further drama
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North was furious, proof of Slave Power
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry annoyed south. (attempted slave rebellion) |
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Stephen Douglass
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Freeport Doctrine - failed.
Basically, it was popular sovereingty. Southern Democrats voted for someone else. Votes split and he lost the election. |
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Lincoln
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All territories declared free
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South Carolina seceded
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Many followed to form the Confederate States of America (Jefferson Davis)
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1st move of the war
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Confederates captured Fort Sumpter. Nobody died. But many will in the upcoming Civil War
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