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Alan Brinkley, American History 15/e
Chapter 13: The Impending Crisis Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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Highlights Looking Westward Expansion and War The Sectional Debate
The Crises of the 1850s Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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Looking Westward Manifest Destiny Americans in Texas
Racial Justification Opposition to Further Expansion Americans in Texas Stephen Austin Sam Houston (Portrait Gallery) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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EXPANDING SETTLEMENT, 1810–1850
Looking Westward EXPANDING SETTLEMENT, 1810–1850 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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Looking Westward Tensions between the United States and Mexico Oregon
San Jacinto Opposition to Annexation Oregon Disputed Claims Conflict between Settlers and Indians Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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Looking Westward Westward Migration Life on the Trail Oregon Trail
A full team on the Sierras (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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Looking Westward WESTERN TRAILS IN 1860
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Expansion and War The Democrats and Expansion James K. Polk
Compromise over Oregon James K. Polk (Portrait Gallery) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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Expansion and War THE OREGON BOUNDARY, 1846
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Expansion and War The Southwest and California
Texas Boundary in Dispute American Interests in California Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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Expansion and War THE MEXICAN WAR, 1846–1848
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Expansion and War The Mexican War Failure of the Slidell Mission
Opposition to the War Bear Flag Revolution Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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SOUTHWESTERN EXPANSION, 1845–1853
Expansion and War SOUTHWESTERN EXPANSION, 1845–1853 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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The Sectional Debate Slavery and the Territories Wilmot Proviso
Competing Plans Free-Soil Party Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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The Sectional Debate The California Gold Rush Forty-Niners
Indian Slavery An 1858 map of California and Oregon, showing gold strikes (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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The Sectional Debate Rising Sectional Tensions The Compromise of 1850
Sectional Conflict over Slavery in the Territories The Compromise of 1850 Clay’s Proposed Solution New Leadership Temporary Compromise Prominent American legislators pose while working out the Compromise of 1850 (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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SLAVE AND FREE TERRITORIES UNDER THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
The Sectional Debate SLAVE AND FREE TERRITORIES UNDER THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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The Crises of the 1850s The Uneasy Truce “Young America”
Opposition the Fugitive Slave Act “Young America” Ostend Manifesto Franklin Pierce (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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The Crises of the 1850s Slavery, Railroads, and the West
Transcontinental Railroad and Slavery Gadsden Purchase The Kansas-Nebraska Controversy Kansas-Nebraska Act Birth of the Republican Party Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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The Crises of the 1850s “Bleeding Kansas” The Free-Soil Ideology
Pottawatomie Massacre Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner The Free-Soil Ideology “Free-Soil” Ideology “Slave Power Conspiracy” Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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The Crises of the 1850s The Pro-Slavery Argument
Buchanan and Depression Election of 1856 The Dred Scott Decision Taney’s Sweeping Opinion Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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The Crises of the 1850s Deadlock over Kansas The Emergence of Lincoln
Lecompton Constitution Rejected The Emergence of Lincoln Lincoln-Douglas Debates Lincoln’s Position Abraham Lincoln (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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The Crises of the 1850s John Brown’s Raid
Attempt to foment slave revolt at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, fails Brown hung for treason The hanging of John Brown (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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The Crises of the 1850s The Election of Lincoln Divided Democrats
Disunion THE ELECTION OF 1860 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.
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