APUSH Live Review (Road to Civil War: 1845-1860) 

The years go by, and it's pleasant to see, Tom Richey is keeping in good health. Wednesday _Tom's criticism of The APUSH Curriculum_ 26:08 The APUSH Curriculum makes learning history so formulaic in a bad way. *Manifest Destiny* 2:16 The Idea of Manifest Destiny. Manifest = "It's What Will Be" "We're gonna do it and nothing will stop this." 3:36 America is a Special Country which will hold land Sea to Shining Sea, From The Atlantic Ocean to The Pacific Ocean. 4:53 Manifest Destiny begins to take root in 1803, alongside The Louisiana Purchase between Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon. 6:36 5:42 Thomas Jefferson 6:56 Led "As Israel of Old" 7:27 The United States of America is rich in resources. *John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry brought more 8:38 9:17 John Brown, to Southerners, embodied the (any-means-necessary) Abolitionist. Slaves will be freed without deliberation. 10:52 Before The 1830s, there was not an Abolitionist Movement. Abolition hadn't begun in America until the 1830s 1840s. (there were prior movements in Europe, with the Outlawing of The Slave Trade, although America hadn't had Emancipation yet). 13:42 Jefferson and other Founders weren't proud of slavery, they were self-conscious about it. THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING *The Second Great Awakening appealed to Frontier Life* 14:54 15:24 Ex. The Pandemic of 2020, and Living on The Frontier, was a lonely living. You would have been some of the 1st settlers of new territory, reaching out to untamed wilderness without neighborhoods and town stores and government to look after you. *What were The First and Second Great Awakening? How were they similar, how were they different?* 1st & 2nd 32:09 Both involve Emotional Preaching. Both resulted in an increase in non-traditional evangelical denominations, such as Baptists and Methodists. 33:20 _The Main Difference between Great Awakening 1 and Great Awakening 2_ The 2nd Great Awakening gave rise to The Antebellum Reform Movements. *What led to the Missouri Compromise?* 1820 17:58 18:22 Missouri wants to enter The Union. 18:36 The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, under The Articles of Confederation period of America which came before The Constitution, that there was a law passed to _Restrict The Extension of Slavery into a territory_ 19:31 Free States vs Slave States. Trajectory. 19:58 According to Geography, Missouri looks like it should be a Free State. 20:37 The Tallmadge Amendment of 1819 21:25 The Balance of Free and Slave States. 11 Free 11 Slave prior to Missouri and Maine joining The Union. The North and Southern interests seek to keep an equal balance of the power and influence of Slave And Free States. Parody, keeping Balance. 21:57 22:24 Antebellum Period 1820-1860, Free States start to out-populate The South, making The Northern Free States take more representative power in The House of Representatives. Meanwhile, The Senate keeps a balance, since 1/2 The States were Free States and 1/2 the States were Slave States and each state is given 2 Senators balancing out the power in the Senate and requiring The Senate to be more compromising/(or betraying if you have political allies who see you side with the other side on something your side finds important.) 22:32 Henry Clay, The Great Compromiser. Missouri will be admitted to the United States as a slave state. Maine will be admitted to the United States as a free state. 23:44 The Free-Slave Line will be set at the 36-30 Parallel Line. North of the line = Free States always -------36-30 Parallel. ------------- South of the line = Slave state always *What made the USA delay the Annexation of Texas?* 25:55 26:46 Aristocratic vs Democratic Republics. 27:07 Aristocrat Republics seek to make deals. Democracies pit Party vs Party. 28:12 1830s Gag Rule - "We don't talk about it" "We are not talking about this subject/issue." We have enough problems, we are not discussing this problem currently. 29:56 1844 James K. Polk elected on ANNEXING TEXAS. Northeastern Whigs are displeased with this move to Annex Texas. 31:13 The People Wanted Texas. MANIFEST DESTINY. So we get a Mexican War, which America Wins, and America gains Texas. *What were the effects on slavery of The Mexican Cession?* 34:28 The Wilmot Proviso proclaimed that ANY LAND GAINED FROM MEXICO IS FORBIDDEN FROM HAVING SLAVES. This did not pass. 35:55 Free Soil is similar to The Containment of Communism. Slavery is a plague Communism is a plague Covid is a plague Stop The Spread. *Henry Clay's American System* 44:50 Henry Clay Song 37:34 38:18 NIP = National Bank, Internal Improvements, Protective Tariffs. 38:58 Promote Self-Sufficiency and Independence from European Economics. 39:49 All of America benefited from slave labor. Some were Abolitionists Some were Free Soil 41:37 The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. The Most Controversial part of The Compromise of 1850. 42:27 The Federal Government takes hold of some Texas Land, and The State of Texas is granted $10 Million dollars to pay down war debts. 42:50 1864 - Congress Abolishes Slavery by law, with the force of penalty and prison for non-compliance. *Dred Scott vs Sanford* 49:15 Dred Scot, a slave, was brought into Free States such as Illinois. They lived there for 4 years, and Dred felt he should be free. 50:55 The Constitution never ties citizenship to the race of a citizen. 51:46 A Humongous Blow to Free Soil Movement. 52:13 Lincoln [Free Soil] vs Stephen Douglas [Popular Sovereignty defender]. 53:17 What if there is a community out West that says we do not want slavery in our community? 54:34 Hope this was helpful.

Great talk on the subject of road to civil war.