1. AP US History
Week 13

2. Objectives
4.01 Manifest Destiny
4.02 The Fireball Rings

3. 4.01 Manifest Destiny
Expansion was a God- given right

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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 (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

7. 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”

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Any Questions?
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