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Mx-Am War to 1860

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what was the mexican cession? the land we took from mexico
Wimot Provisio bill to outlaw slavery in the mexican cession southern congressmen disagreed President Taylor said he would sign provisio
Nashville Convention meeting of southern states to decide to go to war or not President Taylor wants to sign it to go to war
what happens to President taylor? result? He dies of food poisoning and never signed it so there was no war.
Compromise of 1850 who? 3 points? Henry Clay strikes a deal 1. Cali= free state 2. fugitive slave law 3. popular sovereignty
Why was call made a free state? bc of gold everyone was there and wanted to come into USA
Who said no to Cali? Why? Result? cali admitted, but in return the rest of the MX cession dedided by popular sovereignty
Popular sovereignty? let ppl decideslavery or no slavery hoping a bunch pro-slavery ppl will move in to become slave states
Fugitive Slave State south gets fugivites slave law- runaway slaves FEDERAL LAW that if you help runaway you will go to jail
fugitive law makes who mad? why? North. slavery issue thrown in their face mad bc they were indifferent about slavery to begin with
dbate over MX cession polarizing N and S over slavery issue N= very anti slavery S = very pro slavery
issue of 1850s? slavery
uncle toms cabin book sold a lot of copies; north=anti slavery feeling grows
kansas nebraska act. year? Who? What? 1854; stephen douglas wants to make railroad from chicago to cali. cant bc indian nations blocking it; need to claim territory.
who proposes bill for the railroad? douglas
who votes for ail road bill? S whigs voted yes. N whigs voted no
whig party dies. why? too big of a difference in the votes for railroad
when whigs dies, who stays alive? why? Democrats; N democratic party voted yes
Creation of repp publican party. year? who? Difference? 1854. whigs, just like feds, !st to say no to slavery
1st antislavery party? republications of 1854
territory policy of Free Soil Party antislavery
are there reps in the southern staes? nope!
Dread Scott. year? what was it? 1857; made slavery constitutional
Harpers ferry raid. year? who/what? 1859; John Brown tried to rebel
jeffersonian republicans turn into what? Democrats; small gov
"bleeding kansas" what happened? 10-15 years rush to settle Kansas Bloody fighting = captivates the country Made a racial thing -late 1850's and thru civil war -polarizes N and S even more
John Brown. who was he? From Kansas. been on the run bc he hacked up and killed alot of people so he has to hide. Abolitionist. other abolitionist gave him money to go kill white slave owners in the south. REBELLION. Pastor. Hebrew 9:22. shed blood.
the secret six Takes crew and raids Harpers Ferry, Virginia USA's arsenal is located. weapons there. Take the place over bc there were only one guard. Nobody knew what to do bc too last minute.. Gives US military time to surround them and kill them. hung for trea
result of harpers ferry raid? Builds hysteria in the South. scared that their slaves were gonna rebel against their white owners. 1859 and SCARED. Wondering where the next John Brown Raid will be. N wants to praise JB but they didn't agree with how he did that.
election of 1860. ISSUE? Slavery. liincolln
Parties views? division Republican: No slavery in the territories Democrat: Splits into Northern and Southern ND=popular sovereignty didn't know what the were SD=dred scott decision pro slavery. supreme court decision
lincoln got whoos votes? why is south upset? every northern free state; anti slavery. south flips bc they know slavery will come to an end if the bill is passed
southern states secede? 1st? next 7? date? called? South Carolina (1st) Creation of Confederate States, March 1861 SC, FL, GA, AL, MS, LA, and TX all seceded bc of the election of Lincoln.
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