APUSH Test #4 Notes

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Test 4 Notes1. Texas

a. American people were give HUGE tracts of land from theMexican government. alled Empersarios.

!. East texas is act"all# reall# good cotton land$ !"t mexico

had it !anned.c. More and More americans moved in and !ro"ght theirslaves

d. %hen Mexico tried to do something a!o"t it$ the Americansstarted to re!el.

e. Mexico&s arm# !eat "s a few times 'Alamo($ !"t we gottogether '"nder o"r president sam Ho"ston( and whippedthem. %e got their president 'santa anna( to sign Texanindependence awa# "nder d"ress.

f. )ac*son was president and he didn&t want to deal with thisshit.

i. Texas wo"ld !e a slave state so that wo"ld ca"sepro!lems$ and there wo"ld a Mexican war.

g. Texas exists for 1+ #ears as an independent rep"!lic.,. -an "ren

a. Had shitt# presidenc# and had to deal with all of )ac*sonslaws.

/. %higsa. ig Government$ American 0#stem$ All the eforms!. 2art# of those who were s"ccessf"l or aspired to !e

s"ccessf"lc. ame apart over slaver#

i. Northern whigs were a!olitionistsii. 0o"therns def weren&t

4. 2ol*a. Mexican sa#s Ne"ces river$ we sa# rio grand!. %e send troops into the "ndeclared territor#c. 0ets "p the Mexicans so the# p"nch 3rst

. %in3eld 0cott went and did an amphi!io"s attac* on Mexico it#to win the war.

5. Treat# of G"adel"pe6Hidalgoa. %e get ever#thing we have now.

7. 4&4+ or 8ight9a. 2ol*s war thing#.!. 0plit :regonc. %e need :regon to *eep slave free !alance.d. Negotiated with ritain to get the so"thern part of ritain

along the 4&4+ line 'the part that we have now(;. <achar# Ta#lor



a. General that pol* sent into the disp"ted territor# !etweenU0 and Mexico.

!.=. Gadsden 2"rchase

a. 0o"therners wanted to have a railroad in the so"th so we

got this so we didn&t have to go over the mo"ntains.1+. alifornia wants to !e a 8EE state.a. Henr# la#

i. ompromise of 1;+1. :mni!"s !ill

a. A comes in free!. 0lave a"ctions are !anned in capitalc. New 8"gitive 0lave Act

i. 17=/ slave act >"st sa#s that if #o"rslaves r"n awa# #o" can go andretrieve it? "t #o" need to prove

its #o"r slave in a northern co"rtii. This act said that states can not

interfere with the apprehension ofr"nawa# slaves.

1. All federal agents m"st helpslave holders get theirpropert# !ac*.

d. Utah and New Mexico territories willdecide slave or free

11. Uncle Tom&s a!ina. 8iction

!. 0econd !est selling !oo* in U0 !ehind !i!lec. ro"ght slaver# into the mindset of the northern families.

0hoved it in their face$ Made them care.1,. ompromise of 1;+ split the whig part#

a. Henr# cla# died!. This destro#ed the whig part# completel#.c. asicall# !ecame the rep"!lican part#.

1/. @emocratic part# tried as hard as the# can to avoid !eingsplit "p$ "t the# end "p splitting in1=5+.

14. Election of 1=5+a. ell "pper so"th

!. rec*inridge6deep so"thc. @o"glass6democratic northd. Bincoln6 rep"!lican 'whig( north '4+C of votes(

i. 2latform was to stop the spread of slaver#$ !"t not toget rid of it in an# wa#.

ii.1. 2anic of 1;7

a. ep"!licans got to !lame the democrats for it.



15. Nativism17. Dnow Nothings

a. Hate the immigrants!. %A020

1;. 0cott -s. 0anford

a. @red 0cott r"ling.!. An# African American co"ld ever !e a citien of the United0tates. Nor were there s"pposed to !e.

c. Fo" can&t den# propert# rights 'incl"ding slaves(.1=. Bincoln was a moderate a!olitionist

a. 0laver# was morall# wrong!. "t African Americans are not his e"als.

,+. 8reeport @octrinea. 0laver# can onl# exist wehre the local place s"pports

,1. A"stin Manifestoa. The slave power wo"ld never rest. 0lave holders wo"ld >"st

*eep moving. 2ossi!l# into so"th America and c"!a andshit.

,,. Dansas6Ne!ras*a acta. 1;54!. @o"glass wants the transcontinental railroad.

i. He wants it in the middle 'he&s from llinois(c. He decides to split it to Dansas and Ne!ras*a

i. n Dansas the# decide to have pop"lar sovereignt# inexchange for do"glass& railroad.

d. :Iciall#i. rea*s Bo"isiana into two parts. Dansas and

Ne!ras*aii. 2"ts Dansas "p for pop"lar sovereignt#

e. leeding Dansas occ"rsi. 2eople from Misso"ri came over and elected to

create fra"d"lent elections. %ere also violent1. alled "shwac*ers and order "Ians

ii. Bawrence vs. Becomptoniii. )a#haw*s were the free soilists in Dansas.iv. This was completel# g"erilla warfare.

,/. hinese and %omen in the westa. Tons of chinese came to the west to J3nd their fort"neK

i. Mostl# alifornia!. The# face more and more discrimination leading "p to )im

crow li*e discrimination$c. 2rett# m"ch no women in the west.

i. The >o!s the# did have were prostiti"tion L( $washers$etc.

ii. The# act"all# got a lot of mone# from this."i ,



1. Bincoln *eeping states in the "niona. Mar#land

i. 0"spend Ha!e"s orp"s to arrest all of thesecessionists.

!. Dent"c*#i. ecome friends with the in"ential !lair famil# andgave them nice positions in government.

c. Misso"rii. A !it of !oth of the a!ove

,. Monitor and -irginia'Merrimac*(a. Two ironside ships!. epresents technological change ta*ing place

i. ies/. %illiam 0herman&s March to the 0ea

a. Grant goes after Bee

!. Ta*es Atlanta.c. Then the >"st trash the entire Georgia and 0o"th arolina

co"ntr#side with a 5+ mile front.d. 8rees a !"nch of slaves9

i. A !"nch of people were following him.ii. He decided to con3scate land and then gave 4+

acres to each famil#.4. Manassas '"ll "n(. Missisippi iver '0hilohOnew :rleans(5. 2enins"lar campaign7. Antietam

a. loodiest single da#.!. ,/$+++ cas"laties

;. Gett#s!"rga. 2"ts lee on defense!. 0U2E UNH :8 2E:2BE @E@ '!"t over / da#s(c. This r"ined Bees arm#.

=. -ic*s!"rga. Gave complete control of Mississippi$ c"t oP all states west

of it.1+. :verland ampaign

a. Bee and Grant

!. Bose li*e ,+$+++ per !attle.i. :nl# north can act"all# get reinforcements and deal

with these losses.11. %omen in so"th d"ring war1,. As long as Bincoln is determined to 3ght the war to its

concl"sion$ the so"th co"ld not win.a. "t he was determined to restore the "nion at an# costs.



1/. George Mclellan was a peace democrat that ran againstBincoln.

14. Anaconda 2lana. "ts oP so"thern exports !# creating a naval !loc*ade at

the so"thern ports.

i. Also !egin to ta*e ports and close them.1. "nning the !loc*ade occ"rred for this.1. A !ritish ship was ta*ing two so"thern diplomats to E"rope.

The north stopped them and too* them oP. The north ended "pletting them go.

15. Emancipation 2roclamation *ept the ritish o"t of the war.a. ritain hated slaver# and it *ept them from helping the

confederates.17. Basting EPects

a. The# are !ehind the north in prett# m"ch ever#thing!. North

i. Ur!an nd"strialied Americaii. This is what America !ecomes.iii. Norhtern

c. 0ecession$ 0tates ights$ Etc. 2"t on holdd. 0laver# was endede. Alexander Hamiltons view of the constit"tion !ecomes

accepted. )ePerson lost.1;. 0hiloh

a. Two da# !attle!. Tenesee Mississippi !orderc. 8irst real !lood !ath.

d. Made the %ar real for Americans1=. emeter# ommission

a. 8"nded privatel#!. %omen

i. asicall# old time U0:ii. Gives places to rest and get food.iii. %or*ed in Hospitals

,+. 8ederal p"t lad awa# in ever# statea. This allowed colleges to !e !"ilt 'all state colleges(!. Moral Band Grant.

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