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Mexican-American War
a) Zachery Taylor leds US military to defeat Santa Anna
b) Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo gives the US the Mexican Cession-CA,UT,& MN
c) US buys Gadsden Purchase for $15 mil. for Rail Road -
Problems with Manifest Destiny
North wants Wilmont Proviso to ban Slavery in all land from Mexico- it fails in Congress -
Gold Rush
Gold Rush by 49ers leads to California asking for statehood -
Compromise of 1850
~Popular Sovernignty (voting) on the issue of slavery
~ Fugitive Slave Act makes helping a runaway slave a crime with $10,000 fine
~ Causes increase abolition feelings in North -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
~ Emphasizes the evil of slavery
~ North becomes increasing abolitionist
~ South grows more defensive of slavery -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
~Popular Sovereignty (voting) will determine slavery issue in any state
~ Slavery can esist anywhere -
The Republican Party
Republican oppose the extension of slaver INTO NEW TERRITORIES. -
Bleeding Kansas
~Popular Sovereingty causes violence
~Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces move into Kansas to vote on issue of slavery -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
~Supreme Court rules that the Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional
~Congress has no power to regulate slavery
~Slaves are not citizens they are property and have no rights -
Harper's Ferry, Virginia
~Radical abolitionist John Brown attacks Federal Armory in attempt to start a slavve revolt
~He is arrested by Robert E. Lee and Hanged
~Strict slave codes are passed ex-slaves can't drink, assemble, own weapons.
