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Chapter 13

Chapter 13. Norton Media Library. Give Me Liberty! An American History Second Edition Volume 1. by Eric Foner. I. Westward migration. A. Oregon B. Utah (Mormons) C. Mexican frontier. Map 43. II. Roots of Mexican War. A. Pre-American settlers 1. Mexican independence from Spain (1821)

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Chapter 13

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  1. Chapter 13 Norton Media Library Give Me Liberty! An American History Second EditionVolume 1 by Eric Foner

  2. I. Westward migration A. Oregon B. Utah (Mormons) C. Mexican frontier

  3. Map 43

  4. II. Roots of Mexican War A. Pre-American settlers 1. Mexican independence from Spain (1821) 2. Mexicans and Indians 3. California’s commercial links to the United States

  5. II. Roots of Mexican War (cont’d) • From arrival of U.S. settlers to Texas revolt • Initial emigration to Texas • Moses and Stephen F. Austin (1820) • 1830 population = 7,000 • Mexican efforts to check American presence • Texas revolt • Demand by U.S. settlers and “Tejano” allies for autonomy (and slavery) • Clamp-down by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna • Declaration of Independence • Battle of the Alamo (March 1836) • Defeat of Santa Anna by Sam Houston at San Jacinto (April 1837)

  6. II. Roots of Mexican War (cont’d) B. From arrival of U.S. settlers to Texas revolt 4. Republic of Texas a. Establishment: 1837 b. Election of Houston as first president c. Early quest for U.S. annexation; opposition by President Jackson d. Swelling of American emigration: 150,000 by 1845

  7. II. Roots of Mexican War (cont’d) C. 1844 election 1. Revival of annexation issue a. Texas • Relation to slavery question (John C. Calhoun’s letter) • Support from John Tyler, James K. Polk • Opposition from Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren b. Oregon; “Fifty-four forty or fight” 2. Democrat Polk vs. Whig Clay 3. Election of Polk (James Birney and the Liberty Party) D. Annexations under Polk 1. Texas 2. Oregon up to forty-ninth parallel 3. Pursuit of California

  8. III. Mexican War • Immediate causes • Impasse over California • Border disupute: Zachary Taylor @ Rio Grande in 1846 • Polk’s declaration of war • American response • Broad support • Spirit of Manifest Destiny • America as bearer of liberty: Herman Melville’s “unbounded philanthropy” • Themes of dissent • War will promote expansion of slavery • War will undermine democratic values • Thoreau’s civil disobedience • Lincoln’s opposition to president’s war-making power

  9. III. Mexican War (cont’d) • Course of war • California • American rebels’ declaration of independence from Mexico • Announcement of John C. Fremont’s Bear Flag Republic • Arrival of U.S. Navy, superseding Bear Flag Republic • Santa Fe • Occupation by U.S. troops under Stephen Kearney • Subsequent suppression of Mexican resistance in So. Cal. • Mexico • Defeat of Santa Anna by Zachary Taylor at Battle of Buena Vista • Occupation of Mexico City by Winfield Scott

  10. Map 44

  11. III. Mexican War (cont’d) D. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1. Confirmation of U.S. annexation of Texas 2. Ceding to the United States of California and present-day New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah 3. Payment by the United States to Mexico of $15 million • Mexico’s lasting resentment over war

  12. III. Mexican War (cont’d) • “Race” and legacy of U.S. victory • Affirmation of Manifest Destiny assumptions • “Anglo-Saxon race” as innately superior • Association of Anglo-Saxon Protestants with civilization, progress, liberty • Social inequalities of newly acquired territories • Introduction of slavery • Ethnic discrimination

  13. IV. Gold Rush California A. Rise of mining frontier 1. Discovery of gold 2. Influx of migrants from around nation and world 3. Growth of San Francisco 4. Spread of mining communities B. Character of mining frontier 1. Social diversity 2. Shift from surface to underground mining 3. Vigilantism 4. Marginalization of non-whites 5. Destruction of Indian communities

  14. Map 45

  15. Map 46

  16. V. Revival of slavery question • Wilmot Proviso • Provisions and outcome • Prohibition of slavery in all newly acquired Mexican territory • Passed House; Failed Senate • Impact • Reawakening of slavery controversy • Sectional fragmentation of Democratic and Whig parties • 1848 election • Whig Taylor vs. Democrat Cass vs. Free Soil Van Buren • Election of Taylor • Significance of Free Soil party’s showing

  17. V. Revival of slavery question (cont’d) C. Appeal of Free Soil program to northerners 1. Resentment of southern domination of federal government 2. Vision of West as haven for economic independence 3. White aversion to contact and competition with blacks D. White South’s case for westward expansion of slavery 1. Regional pride 2. Need for fresh soil 3. Economic imperative 4. Preservation of political balance between North and South

  18. Map 47

  19. VI. Compromises and discord • Compromise of 1850 • Backdrop • Sectional clash over expansion of slavery • Proposals and debates • Clay plan • Free California • Abolition of slave trade in D.C. • Fugitive slave law • Popular sovereignty • Senate debate • Daniel Webster; pro-compromise • John C. Calhoun; uncompromising defense of slavery • William Seward; uncompromising assault on slavery

  20. VI. Compromises and discord (cont’d) • Compromise of 1850 • Outcome • Death of President Taylor • Millard Fillmore’s support for Clay plan • Adoption • Fugitive slave controversy • Terms of • No jury trial, facing accuser • Forced assistance of local authorities / citizens • Outrage over • Federal tribunals and return of fugitives to South • 300 cases / 157 returned • Resistance to recapture • Toni Morrison’s Beloved • Black flight to Canada

  21. VI. Compromises and discord (cont’d) • Kansas-Nebraska controversy • Douglas’s Kansas-Nebraska bill • To provide territorial governments for Kansas & Nebraska as well as the construction of a transcontinental railroad • Southern opposition • Principle of “popular sovereignty” • Nullification of Missouri Compromise • Broad antislavery reaction in North • Joshua Giddings and Salmon Chase’s Appeal of the Independent Democrats • Outcome • Passage of bill • Collapse of Whigs • Fracturing of northern Democrats • Birth of Republican party

  22. VII. Rise of Republican party A. Underlying economic and political trends 1. Maturation of market revolution across North a. Economic growth of 1840s and 1850s b. Integration of Northwest and Northeast within a dynamic economy • Expanded railroad network • Western agriculture • Industrial production • Spread and growth of cities 2. Rise and fall of Know-Nothing Party a. Nativist hostility to immigrants, Catholics b. Links between anti-Catholic and antislavery sentiment c. Limits of nativist crusade

  23. VII. Rise of Republican party (cont’d) • Republican party appeal: coalition of antislavery Democrats, northern Whigs, Free Soilers, and Know-Nothings • Free labor ideal • Opposition to expansion of slavery; “Freedom national” • Juxtaposition of “free labor North” and “slave South” • Depiction of free labor and slavery as incompatible • Broad appeal in North • Further factors behind rise of Republican party • “Bleeding Kansas” • Missouri’s “border ruffians” interference w/ Kansas elections resulting in proslavery legislature • President Franklin Pierce recognized this government • Regional civil war • Brooks assault on Sumner

  24. Map 48

  25. VII. Rise of Republican party (cont’d) • Election of 1856 • Victory of James Buchanan (D) over John C. Fremont (R) • Emergence of Republicans as northern party; Democrats as southern party

  26. Map 50

  27. VIII. Toward disunion • Dred Scott decision (March 1857) • Questions: • Could a black person be a citizen and therefore sue in court? • Did residence in free state make Scott free? • Did Congress possess power to prohibit slavery in territory? • Answers: • No • No • No • Aftermath • Indignation in North • Lecompton Constitution controversy • President Buchanan and Kansas as a slave state

  28. VIII. Toward disunion (cont’d) • Lincoln-Douglas senate campaign of 1858 • Abraham Lincoln • Personal background: poor childhood, uneducated, modest unknown politician • Political outlook • Moral denunciation of slavery (see Lincoln quotes, p. 467) • Call for containment; but not abolition of slavery • Personification of Republican free labor ideology • Racial perspective • Lincoln-Douglas debates • Lincoln’s freedom = opposition to slavery • Douglas’s freedom = local self-government & individual self-determination (see Douglas quote, p. 470 • “cannot endure . . . half slave and half free” • Outcome • Douglas “won” the battle but lost the war

  29. VIII. Toward disunion (cont’d) C. John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry 1. Background on Brown 2. The raid 3. Trial and execution 4. Vilification and martyrization 5. Continuing inspiration for activists D. Rise of southern nationalism 1. Secessionist impulse 2. Imperial impulse a. Ostend Manifesto b. William Walker expeditions • Baja California • Nicaragua 3. Measures to fortify slavery

  30. VIII. Toward disunion (cont’d) E. Election of 1860 1. Democratic party split a. Stephen A. Douglas as nominee for northern wing b. John C. Breckinridge as nominee for southern wing 2. Republican nomination of Lincoln 3. Newly formed Constitutional Union party nomination of John Bell 4. Lincoln victory, based on sweep of northern states

  31. Map 51

  32. IX. From secession to war A. Secession of seven Deep South states B. Crittenden compromise effort C. Formation of Confederate States of America 1. Seven Deep South states 2. President Jefferson Davis 3. Centrality of slavery and white supremacy to Confederate pronouncements D. Inauguration of Lincoln E. Lincoln’s balancing act F. Confederate attack on Fort Sumter G. Lincoln’s call for troops to suppress insurrection H. Secession of four more southern states

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