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1. 1846: Wilmot Pro- In the Wilmot Proviso, David Wilmot endorsed the annex-
viso (1846) p. 542 ation of Texas as a slave state. BUT HE ADDED IF any
new territory was acquired as a result of war with Mex-
ico--SLAVERY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. The House
approved it but the Senate balked. The Wilmot Proviso
would frame the debate over slavery expansion in the
West Territories for the next 15 years.
Importance: The Wilmot Proviso was so controversial as
the attempt to prohibit slavery in the Mexican Cession
territories incensed southern states. It helped to reignite
the issue of slavery in national debate and caused south-
erners to cast a wary eye towards the north over the
attempt to limit the expansion of slave states.
2. 1848: Popular With popular sovereignty, Democrat Lewis Cass of Michi-
sovereignty p. gan tried to remove the controversy over slavery from
542 national politics by proposing voters in each territory be
given the right to regulate their own internal concerns
in their own way. Popular sovereignty appealed to many
eager to protect states' rights because it seemed like the
most democratic solution.
Importance: It did not allow African Americans to vote on
their fate and it allowed whites to strip blacks of freedom
and human dignity.
3. 1848: Free-Soil Free Soil Party. Americans who worried about the evils of
party p. 543 slavery but did not endorse abolition supported banning
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slavery from the Western Territories. As a result, "free soil
in the new territories" became a rallying cry for the Free
Soil Party, which was focused on stopping the spread of
slavery in new territories.
Importance: In 1854 the disorganized remnants of the
party were absorbed into the newly formed Republican
Party, which carried the Free-Soil idea of opposing the ex-
pansion of slavery one step further by condemning slavery
as a moral evil as well.
4. 1849: California Gold is found as California is turned over to the Unit-
gold rush begins ed States as part of the Mexican American war treaty.
p. 544 100,000 Americans set off for California. By 1854, the
number would top 300,000, making it the greatest mass
migration of people in American history. Between 1851-55
California produced half the world's gold.Influx of Amer-
icans disastrous for Native Americans. California was a
male-dominated society. Most were not interested in stay-
ing in California, they wanted to strike it rich and go home.
It was a dirty, unlawful dangerous existence. Whites looked
upon with disdain among Blacks, Chinese, Hawaiians and
Hispanics.
-Importance: California's request for statehood was used
by President Zachary Taylor to end the stalemate in Con-
gress over slavery. California chose to become a free
state.
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