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UNITS 4-6 - Coggle Diagram
UNITS 4-6
Unit 5!
many Americans believed it was their Manifest Destiny to expand their nation over the whole of the North American continent
the Mexican American War caused by the annexation of Texas and resulted in large territorial gains for the US
further acquisition of land led to an increasingly bitter debate over the future of slavery in America, which was temporarily resolved in the Compromise of 1850
POPFact: Popular sovereignty; fugitive slave law (biggest source of sectional tension); abolition of slave trade in Washington DC (does NOT end slavery); California enters as free state; Texas agrees to accept money in return for abounding claims to New Mexico territory
as more immigrants arrived in America, they created ethnic enclaves where they preserved their culture & faced opposition from nativists (know nothings = anti-immigrant and want to limit their cultural influence)
tension over slavery increased because of conflicting regional labor ideologies, a fervent abolitionist movement in the North, & the arguments of southerners regarding the constitutionality of slavery
all attempts to compromise over slavery ultimately failed, which led to the rise of sectional political rises
Miss Nully Gagged When Clay's Kangaroo Bit Dumb John's Ear: Missouri Compromise 1820; Nullification Controversy 1832; Gag Rule 1836; Wilmot Proviso 1848; Compromise of 1850; Kansas Nebraska Act 1854; Bleeding Kansas; Dred Scott case 1857; John Brown 1859; Election of 1860
the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 without a single electoral vote from the South led to the secession of the Southern states (Carolina started first; protection of states rights and protection of institution of slavery)
even though the North & South mobilized their entire economies & societies to fight the Civil War the North (Union) ultimately won because of several strategic advantages (leadership of Lincoln; greater percentage of railroads)
after the Civil War, America entered a period of Reconstruciton which abolished slavery, amended the Constitution significantly, & sought to reunif the North & South
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reconstruction ultimately failed because of Northern weariness of forcing Southerners into submission & Southern insistence on maintaining their pre-Civil War society
though slavery was technically abolished, sharecropping was replaced which ended up enslaving ex-slaves anyway; slave codes discriminated against African American rights; Plessy v Ferguson 1896 case decided that segregation was constitutional (they are equal but should still be separated)
Unit 6!
in this period, continued westward migration & the advent of transcontinental railroad systems helped unify the nations economy in many cases in favor of industrialists and at the expense of farmers
Americans moved westward for a variety of reasons, including economic opportunity & self sufficiency but the continued push West led to increasingly bitter conflicts with American Indians living in those lands
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despite significant efforts to create a New South, the southern states entrenched themselves in racial segregation & a continuing adherence to agriculture
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while some Americans standard of living improved, many in the labor sector found their lives unsustainable & fought for better treatment
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as immigration increased during the Gilded Age, immigrants faced opposition from nativists & labor unions, but found help through private welfare programs like settlement houses
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politics in the Gilded Age continued to resemble party divisions lingering from the Civil War, and they contended on the proper place of government in American life
urban political machines (boss tweed) because of their corruption; yet they helped people in the community in exchange for votes
Unit 4!
in the Era of Jefferson, political parties continued to argue about policy, the Supreme Court established its role in American govt and the U.S. greatly expanded its territorial expandings
as federal power grew in this period, regional interest often conflicted with and opposed it
during this period the US sought to establish its place as an independent nation on the world stage by claiming territory & consolidating over Western Hemisphere
market revolution was the linking of northern industry & southern farms which was created by advances in technology & had significant effects on the society & culture of the US
during this period, the demand for expanding democracy manifested itself in universal white male suffrage & the growing influence of political parties
president Andrew Jackson made profound ue of federal power on issues like the national bank, tariffs, federally funded internal improvements, & the forcible removal of American Indians from their lands
Americans labored during this period to define a distinct American identity through language, philosophy, art, & religion
the rise of democratic & individualistic beliefs & the social changes brought on by the Market Revolution led to a significant effort to reform American society
AP History Makes Me Nauseous: abolitionism, Pacific Railways Act, Homestead Act, Morrill Tariff, Morrill Land Grant Act, National Banking Act
though the majority of southern white people did not own enslaved people, southern culture ensured that institution of slavery was part of the southern life, thus protected