APUSH Period 5

wrote uncle tom's cabin, the little lady who started a big war

God given right for colonists to move west.

Treaty that ended the Mexican War (started in 1846), granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and CA in exchange for $15 million

(1) California admitted as free state

this is when shit got real

Declared that the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional because the fifth amendment to the constitution stated that no one could be deprived of their property without due to process of law.

repurposed civil war to be about being against union and slavery

the place where Lee surrendered to Grant

13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.

Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river

Democrat; Significantly expanded the country with the annexation of Texas; Oregon compromise with Great Britain and Mexican; Cession after the Mexican- American War; Supported Jacksonian democracy and slavery; Served one term

in 1862 suspended habeus corpus to maintain control of border states who where confederate/slave states in control of union

President of the Confederate States of America

The first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress.

mexico gave large land grants to anyone who'd convert to catholicism and follow mexican laws

1845

Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico (1846; southerners HATED this for obv reasons)

1853 - After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, it completed southern border of the us

Mass migration to California following the discovery of gold in 1848, applied to state hood after only ONE YEAR

Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US, completed in 1869 (yes ik haha funny number)

homestead act! (guaranteed 160 acres of land to anyone whod farm and live on it for 5 years) also in 1862

In 1862, this act gave public land to state governments to sell. The money was to be used to finance public education. This led to the formation of many state schools and colleges 4: 1825-1865

IRISH- (my people lmao)came bc of potato famine, worked in factories and stayed in their little areas like new work

know nothing party (founded on literal nativism)

a law enacted as part of the Compromise of 1850, designed to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned into bondage

The time period before the Civil War during which there were many reforms, including the establishment of free (tax-supported) public schools, improving the treatment of the mentally ill, controlling/abolishing the sale of alcohol, winning equal legal/political rights for women, and abolishing slavery.

an abolitionist who attacked harpers ferry (1859)

jb was killed = martyr

introduced by lewis cass, supported by stephen douglas

Northern antislavery politicians, like Abraham Lincoln, who rejected radical abolitionism but sought to prohibit the expansion of slavery in the western territories because competition in job market

-California to be a free state (appeased N's)

Economic downturn caused by overspeculation of western lands, railroads, gold in California, grain. Mostly affected northerners, who called for higher tariffs and free homesteads

vast economic differences between n and s (s=cash crop econ; n=industrail). this meant a lot of debates over tariffs, which southerners LOATHED

was easy to pass bc some southern states had already succeeded

A group of former Whigs convened and decided to form a new political party. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Eventually, Whigs and members of fringe parties, like the Free Soilers and Know-Nothings, would become Republicans. Republicans differed among themselves in regards to the major issues of the day; for instance, some opposed slavery's extension but not its existence. Meanwhile, others supported complete abolition of slavery.

free soilers

he attacked him ON THE SENATE FLOOR AND WAS BEATEN INTO A COMA

all the northern states that voted for him had more people

strong military leaders like robert e lee

First battle of the Civil War, was ultimately captured by the South

gave lincoln victory he needed to ESTABLISH EMAC. PROC.

south neverrr attempted to invade the north again

(my personal favorite) north destroyed souths will to fight

the place where Lee surrendered to Grant, ENDED WAR

this declared freedom of slaves in the southern states issued under abe lincoln, important because it meant european states couldnt support confederacy as war was now about slavery

also called 10% plan