Slavery and Westward Expansion

Why expand? More land Was it enough? Florida, Louisiana territory, and Oregon Territory Was it enough? New Mexico, Texas, and California

Manifest Destiny “The Americans claims by the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and…self-government entrusted to us.” - John L. O’Sullivan 1. According to this quote what is manifest destiny?

Moving West Sante Fe Trail, Oregon Trail, and California Trail Start in St. Louis, Missouri Wagon Trains 1851- Treaty of Fort Laramie Texas revolts against Mexico (1835-1836) Tejanos and Anglo-Texans Santa Anna vs Sam Houston and the Alamo Texas Annexation (1845) Mexican American War (1846-1847) James K. Polk Between 1840 and 1860 260,000 americans will cross the continent to settle on the west coast 1851- ft Laramie- restricted plains natives to certain territories

Moving West Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Gadsden Purchase New Mexico territory, California, US paid 18 million dollars Gadsden Purchase Gold Rush!!!! (1849) 16x population in 5 years California and statehood- Slave or free

Frederick Douglas Video http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/frederick- douglass/videos/the-meaning-of-july-4th-for-the-negro

Long Term Causes of the Civil War Sectionalism South, Northwest, and Northeast Slavery- “Peculiar Institution” Abolitionist movement- Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, and William Lloyd Garrison The Liberator and Uncle Tom’s Cabin Westward Expansion Republican Party (1854) 2/3 of whit population in south did not own slaves Argued they were better of as slaves, better treated then factory workers in the north- fed clothed and housed by masters Republican Party- was not against slavery in the south, just the expansion of it to the west southerners felt they needed to keep a balance of control in legislative branch

Long Term Causes of the Civil War The Breakdown of Compromise The Missouri Compromise (1820) Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) Bleeding Kansas (1855-1856) Wilmot Proviso (failed)

Long Term Causes of the Civil War Differences in Constitutional Interpretation: State’s Rights Nullification Crisis under Jackson States created the federal government and therefore can nullify or secede