1. (1841-1861)

2.  Views and conflicts  Maine Boundary Dispute  Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842) Texas Annexation Debate Settlement of Texas (1803-1834) Issues with Mexico and insurrection 1834 General Antonia Lopez de Santa Anna Sam Houston – Revolution and Independent Texas (Oct 1835-April 1836) Battle of San Antonio – Alamo Goliad campaign  Battle of San Jacinto Battle of San Jacinto Sam Houston and U.S. Congress Annexation Debate Texas enters the Union ( Dec. 29, 1845)

3.  Oregon settlement (1830s -40s) “FEVER”  Negotiations with Britain  Sec. of State Calhoun proposal  Issues/problems

5.  James K. Polk background and views  Domestic Achievements  Walker Tariff 1846  Independent Treasury  Internal improvement Bill disputes  Manifest Destiny  Oregon Treaty  54 40 or Fight!

7.  Settlement of New Mexico  Mormon Church  Brigham Young and State of Deseret  Settlement of California Mexican War (1846-1848)  Reasons for and events leading to  Conduct of the war  New Mexico and California  Mexico and Peace Settlement; Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo  Legacy  Election 1848 – Taylor vs. Cass

8. It is now established that the President of the United States has but to declare that War exists,... And the War is essentially declared.” JQ Adams

10.  Sectional Controversy  Wilmot Proviso  Fugitive Slave Acts  Personal Liberty Laws  Prigg vs. Pa. (1842)  Northern Anger increases  California Gold Rush (1848-1849)  Debate over California  Clay’s Omnibus Bill  Compromise 1850 – Clay, Calhoun, Webster  President Taylor’s reaction and shocking event  President Fillmore

11.  Slavery vs. Free Labor  Southern Fears and major concerns  Northern views  Slave Power Conspiracy  Fugitive Slave Law  Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin  Election 1852  Democrats party shifts  Franklin Pierce Whigs – divisions – Gen. Winfield Scott – fall of Whigs Northern anger over the election

14.  Efforts to acquire Cuba  Ostend Manifesto (1854)  Central America  Nicaraguan Canal issues  Clayton-Bulwer Treaty  Panama Railway Co.  Vanderbilt and William Walker  Gadsden Purchase (1853)  Domestic Conflict  Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) and Sen. Stephen Douglas

15.  Settlement of Kansas  Free-soilers vs. pro-slavers – battleground  Territorial Election and Scandal  Andrew Reeder vs. President Pierce  TWO governments  Bleeding Kansas  Henry Ward Beecher and John Brown  Pottawtomie Creek  Brooks-Sumner Affair (May 19/20 1854)

17.  Know-Nothing Party  Rise of NEW Republican Party (1854)  Election of 1856  Divisions in Democrats; Republicans emerge; Know-Nothings  Buchanan’s Presidency (1857-1861)  Dred Scott Decision – Scott vs. Sanford  Crisis Over Kansas  Lecompton Constitution  Buchanan’s reaction  Compromise or Blackmail – Kansas reacts

18.  The Panic of 1857  Congressional Elections 1858  Lincoln-Douglas Debates  Views of Douglas – Freeport Doctrine and issues  Lincoln’s vies  Raid on Harper’s Ferry (October 16, 1859)  John Brown’s Help and assistance  Raid and aftermath  “John Brown’s Body” -- martyr

19.  Democrats Split  Republicans Rejoice  The campaign  South Secedes  PANIC – attempts to Compromise  Crittenden Compromise  Lincoln’s “kills” it  Showdown at fort Sumter, SC  March 4, 1861 – Lincoln’s address  Lincoln vs. South Carolina (April 1861)

21.  Lincoln Takes Command  March 4, 1861 – Inaugural Address  Showdown at Fort Sumter (March-April 1861)  Major Anderson message  Lincoln’s message to Confederates  April 12, 1861

23.  CSA – Confederate States of America  Confederate Government  Confederation  Strengths and weaknesses of the government  Jefferson Davis and other leaders

24.  Lincoln’s Leadership – Union Government  Personality and political know-how  “Rightness of Cause”  Absence of Congress and govern by Executive Order  Broad war powers and Republican Congress  Supreme Court support – Prize Cases  Emergency powers – suspend habeas corpus  Bill of Rights ignored  Ex parte Milligan court case  Growing strength of Republicans and factions  Peace Democrats/Copperheads  Unionists/Federalists

25.  Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri  Lincoln’s approach and dealings with each  Delaware  Kentucky  Maryland  Missouri  Virginia Protestors – West Virginia