AP US History Week 13
Objectives 4.01 Manifest Destiny 4.02 The Fireball Rings
4.01 Manifest Destiny Expansion was a God- given right
War With Mexico California was seen as the ultimate destination President Polk tried to buy the territory A skirmish led to war with Mexico. Polk claimed Mexico fired first Constitutionality of war debated
War with Mexico Rep. Joshua Giddings and Abraham Lincoln were against the war “Spot Resolution” - Lincoln argued there was no clear legal boundary between Texas and Mexico. Argued the president deceived people to start a war Giddings accused the president of wanting to spread slavery (Note: Lincoln was not an abolitionist)
Aftermath With new territory, the issue of slavery arose Wilmot Proviso- Resolution stating all land acquired from Mexico would be free territory, but failed Compromise of 1850- (1) California was a free state; (2) Southerners could recapture runaway slaves (3) Residents of a new territory would determine slavery status Fugitive Slave Act Kansas-Nebraska Act- created Kansas and Nebraska. Voters decided the slavery question. Led to Bleeding Kansas
Road to War Modern Republican Party is formed during the 1850s. Become focused on stopping the spread of slavery 1850s- Northern economy vastly transformed Dred Scott decision “A house divided against itself cannot stand”
Southern Nationalism Wanted to add Cuba as a slave territory. Southern states looked outside the Union to create a slave empire in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America 1860- Lincoln is elected president
4.01 Short Answer Questions 2 options- Speech is from Lincoln about the War with Mexico. Make sure you understand the platform of those against the War Option 2 is a description of slavery by a historian. Make sure you understand the extremes both sides of slavery were willing to go to end/expand slavery
4.02 John Brown Fugitive Slave Law Impact of the railroad on the NorthPanic of 1857 John C. Calhoun and slavery Abolitionists and the Kansas-Nebraska Act Dred Scott decision Political re-alignment (North v South) Basis for South Carolina’s secession
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