APUSH Chapter 13 Thematic Review by Wenqian Li https://padlet.com/wli2020/ym5k3ip0tdgz 4 Themes en-us 2018-11-12 16:11:16 UTC 2026-01-20 01:13:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png Migration and Settlement wli2020 https://padlet.com/wli2020/ym5k3ip0tdgz/wish/303562360 Explain the effect of the increased sectional tension caused by the territorial acquisition, as opposing sides over the intention of slavery into new lands. Explain the impact on sectional conflict after buying the land. 

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Analyze what cause the proslavery and the abolitionist groups believe in their own superior moral identity, and how did this stuff affect the society and the people.

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  • Caused by rebellions and writings
  • John C. Calhoun – “A positive good”
  • Religious justification
  • Racial superiority 
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857):
  • Slave that lived in Illinois and Wisconsin, sued for freedom
  • Court’s Ruling:
    • Scott could not sue because he was not a citizen
    • Slaves were property, could not be taken away without “due process” (5th amendment)
    • Congress could not eliminate slavery in the territories
“Lincoln – Douglas” debates
  • 7 debates for the Senate seat in Illinois
  • Douglas (D) wins, but alienates the South in the process
  • Lincoln emerges on a national level
John Brown and Harpers Ferry:
  • Hoped to incite a slave rebellion
  • Many southerners felt that North and Republican Party was filled with “John Browns”
Election of 1860:
  • Lincoln wins without receiving a single electoral vote from the South
  • Secession begins 

]]> 2018-11-13 04:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wli2020/ym5k3ip0tdgz/wish/303568212 Page#351-356 wli2020 https://padlet.com/wli2020/ym5k3ip0tdgz/wish/303569077 Compromise of 1850: (5 parts)
1.Popular Sovereignty in the Mexican Cession
2.California is admitted as a free state (free states have an advantage in the Senate)
3.More strict fugitive slave law (leads to more personal liberty laws in the north)
4.Slave trade is outlawed in DC
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  • God-given right to expand from coast to coast 
  • Coined by John O’Sullivan
Opponents to expansion?
  • Henry Clay and some Whigs – feared tensions over slavery 
  • Texas:
  • Declared independence in 1836
  • Battle of San Jacinto – Santa Anna signed treaty recognizing
Texas
  • Jackson and Van Buren fear of war with Mexico and exacerbating sectional strife

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  • Introduced an amendment to a bill stating slavery won't exist in any land gained from Mexico
  • Passed the House(favor in North), but NOT the Senate
  • Free-Soil Party:
  • Were against the extension of slavery into territories
  • “Free labor, free soil, free men”

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