https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76 Giuliano Knapp, Elizabeth Rocha, Nohely Sanchez, Ciara Vazquez en-us 2023-08-29 13:44:58 UTC 2023-09-05 12:44:47 UTC hello@padlet.com 0451868 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676727883 The Westward Expansion was the expansion of slavery to new territories. The Republican Party didn't oppose slavery in the South but opposed slavery in new territories. This caused dilemmas because the South wanted to keep control of half the U.S which lead to the Missouri Compromise. ]]> 2023-08-29 13:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676727883 0451868 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676729454 The Missouri Compromise resulted in Missouri becoming a slave state and Maine becoming a free state. Later in 1845 Florida was admitted as a slave state in order to balance Iowa being a free state. Since new states kept being added the Compromise of 1850 was established. ]]> 2023-08-29 13:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676729454 0451868 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676730023 The Compromise of 1850 lead to California being a free state. They installed  a new system called " popular sovereignty" which was applied to territories taken from Mexico. Popular sovereignty is when states decide themselves if they will allow slavery in their state.  Which lead to the Fugitive Slave Act and this law was greatly resented in the North. ]]> 2023-08-29 13:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676730023 0451868 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676731049 Since the Kansas- Nebraska Act stated that popular sovereignty should be applied to the remaining territories this caused the Republican Party to be formed. The Republican party forming caused Ostend Manifesto to insist on purchasing Cuba.

]]> 2023-08-29 13:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676731049 0451868 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676732138 The Fugitive Slave Act required slaves to be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The government also made them responsible for finding and returning escaped slaves. This caused people to discover how slaves were truly being treated by the book " Uncle Toms Cabin" which was published by Harriet Beecher Stowe. ]]> 2023-08-29 14:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676732138 0484343 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676733283 -The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated that popular
sovereignty should be applied to determine the slavery
question in remaining territories.
-Bleeding Kansas had anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers violently clashed in Kansas territory over the slave issue.

-This territory expansion started questions on further expansions in the Caribbean.

]]> 2023-08-29 14:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676733283 0484343 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676735064 Was communication from three U.S diplomats to Secretary of State William L. Marcy, advocating U.S expansionist drive in the 1850s. It recommended President Pierce invade the island of Cuba.

]]> 2023-08-29 14:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676735064 0484343 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676735932 Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom, he appealed his way to the Supreme Court, who had no right to forbid slavery. They had said a slave was property and they had no right to take a persons property.
He was freed two months later after the decision was made.
This had influenced the Freeport decision.]]> 2023-08-29 14:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676735932 0484343 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676737682 A decision issued by Senator Stephen Douglas in 1858 saying that a territory could prevent slavery by popular sovereignty. This meant that territorial legislation could make it harder for slave owners to re-capture escaped slaves.


]]> 2023-08-29 14:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676737682 0490667 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676738365 The 54th regiment was an all African American volunteer regiment formed in 1863, after the emancipation proclamation declared that African American men of good condition could enlist in the army. Over 1,000 men applied from different states. ]]> 2023-08-29 14:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676738365 0490667 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676739811 The battle of Gettsyburg was the single bloodiest day of the war. It lasted 3 days and had over 50,000 casualties. It was fought southwest of Harrisburg, Pensilvania. ]]> 2023-08-29 14:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676739811 0490667 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676740264 This was the last major battle that ended the civil war. After the battle of Gettysburg, The confederate Soldiers surrendered in Vicksburg ]]> 2023-08-29 14:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676740264 0490667 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676741606 Shermans march to sea was destructive, aiming to destroy the south’s moral and their Ability to wage war. It last about a month and caused damage on the confederates that never healed.]]> 2023-08-29 14:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676741606 0490667 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676742503 The surrender and appotomax was the end of the war. General Lee surrendered on April 9th]]> 2023-08-29 14:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676742503 0484343 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676746980 Uncle Toms cabin was a book made by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852. It had shown the true nature of how slaves were being treated and shone a light.

This book caused revolt on the moral issues of slavery opposed to just the political issues. This further influenced the abolition of slavery.]]> 2023-08-29 14:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676746980 0494879 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676749112 John Brown was an abolitionist that led a small group to a raid against pro slavery forces. He traveled to Harpers Ferry, Virginia with his army of 22 men in an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people, but the raid failed and Brown was found guilty for treason and murder. 

Brown's raid ended up further dividing the Northern and Southern democrats and it showed in the Election of 1860. ]]> 2023-08-29 14:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676749112 0494879 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676750997 2023-08-29 14:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676750997 0494879 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676754822 The Emancipation proclamation ]]> 2023-08-29 14:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676754822 0494879 https://padlet.com/0484343/y0f6p86wp7b5va76/wish/2676759968 Republican Abraham Lincoln wins the election of 1860 in a four-way contest. Although he received less than 40% of the popular vote, he easily won the Electoral College vote because of the split in the Democratic party over slavery. 

The election results caused chaos among everyone and ultimately was the breaking point for the already unstable nation. Lincoln fought to keep the nation together but by his inauguration, seven states had 'left' the union.


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