HIST 2061 Chapter : Into The War
Document Summary
Western expansion: 1820: missouri compromise, mexican american war, free labor. Stronger fugitive slave law/ fugitive slave law 1850 makes it a near certainty that any african american under the law will be sentenced back to slavery. Requires us marshalls, citizens, etc. to send them back. Those who refuse apprehended runaways would be fined themselves. Result of slave- owners frustration with the success of the underground railroad. Kansas-nebraska act: 1854: stephan douglass and popular sovereignty . 1849 discovery of gold in california caused huge gold rush almost exclusively white males. 1850 only about 1000 black ppl in california, 900 of them male. California"s population goes over 100,000 applies for statehood starts free vs slave state debate again. Kansas nebraska act: whig and republican parties, american/ know nothing party: anti-catholic, anti-immigrant, bleeding kansas (8500 settlers/245 slaves, missouri voters, 2 territorial governments, 200 dead, attacks on lawrence, john brown and. Pottawattamie: 1856 elections: james buchanan v. john c. fermont.
