Road War To The Civil War: Mexican American War And How It Was Justified

Missouri Compromise/ Compromise of 1820

Missouri compromise was passed into law in 1820 and it regulated slavery, although it took place 41 years before the civil war it played a huge role in the civil war. After the Louisiana purchase, Missouri wanted to be admitted into the US as a slave state but the north argues that slavery should be abolished, the south said that it should be upto the states to choose if they wanna be a free state or not. Also if they choose a side, it would throw off constitutional balance of the Congress as there were 11 slave and 11 free states. So the Congress came up with this compromise where the Missouri land was divided into two and the northern part was slave free whereas the southern had slaves. and a line was drawn through the unincorporated western territories along the 36 30 parallel, dividing north and south as free and slave which leading to the civil war: increased sectional tensions and didn’t solve the issue of slavery- just pushed back it’s end.

Tariff of abominations

On this date, the Tariff of 1828—better known as the Tariff of Abominations—passed the House of Representatives, 105 to 94. The north loved tariffs because they made people buy more american manufactured goods although the south didn’t like tariffs because it hurt their trade with Europe. The southern said that they had the right to withdraw from the union but President Jackson didn’t want that to happen so he made a compromise in which the northerners accepted lower tariffs and the southerners didn’t withdraw. This led to the civil war because it heated things up between the north and south which will spread with more events taking place.This is notable because it is one thing that split the north and south, creating them as two more politically distinct areas.

Texas Independence and Annexation

During the 1820s Mexico picked up freedom from Spain and permitted the migration of pioneers into its scantily populated Texas. It so happens that most of outsiders were Americans whose populace outperformed that of the Mexicans by a few overlap. What pursued were endeavors by the Mexican government to control this populace, however these endeavors prompted insurgencies during the 1830s. At last in 1836 Texas pronounced its freedom from Mexico and chose its first president, Sam Houston. Be that as it may, another quarrel started following Texas' case of the Rio Grande outskirt which Mexico asserted command over. Around then, Texas needed to be attached by the United States however there were two significant obstacles. In the first place, the US would just add Texas as a slave state yet this would make an awkwardness as stipulated by the association's constitution as to the quantity of slave and non-slave states. Besides, Mexico had compromised war if the US proceeded with the extension. It was not until eight years after Texas picked up autonomy from Mexico that President John Taylor prevailing at adding Texas through a Treaty of Annexation.As occasions spun themselves out throughout the following fifteen years, the country got itself no longer ready to determine its distinction by political methods. The outcome was the awfulness of the Civil War.

The Mexican-American War

In any case, the United States' extension of Texas was not the end of the story. In the spring of 1846, strains mounted between the United States and Mexico, and the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) began, to some degree, over a fringe question between the two nations. Mexico guaranteed the Nueces River to be Texas' southern outskirts, yet the United States demanded the fringe lay further south at the Rio Grande River. The Mexican-American War affirmed Texas' southern fringe at the Rio Grande, showing the United States triumph. The United States additionally gained California, New Mexico, and Arizona, just as parts of Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming.

The Mexican-American War, pursued between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, satisfied America's 'show predetermination' to extend its domain over the whole North American mainland. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo finished the war. Picking up this much land at a time appeared as though a smart thought until the US needed to manage the political issues that accompanied it. Servitude was one of those issues. Inhabitants from both the North and the South needed to know whether the new land would become slave states or free states. This prompted numerous contentions and attempting to pass new acts. At last, the Compromise of 1850 managed the issues. California joined the Union as a free state and Texas joined as a slave state. This didn't keep numerous individuals upbeat for exceptionally long. Which later prompted the common war.

The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Mexican cession

On February 2, 1848, the United States and Mexico marked the settlement of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. In the Treaty, Mexico consented to give up all cases to Texas and acknowledge the Rio Grande as the limit of that state. Mexico likewise consented to sell its New Mexico and Upper California domains to the United States at a cost of $15 million. The settlement successfully divided the size of Mexico and multiplied the domain of the United States. This regional trade had long haul consequences for the two countries. The war and bargain stretched out the United States to the Pacific Ocean, and gave an abundance of ports, minerals, and regular assets for a developing nation. The bounty of terrains additionally delivered discussions about expanding servitude into the West, a contest that would help flash a country characterizing common war. In Mexico, the loss of fights and domains was a national injury. As political and military pioneers tested each other on the most ideal approach to resuscitate their pained nation, Mexico likewise plummeted into an extensive stretch of disturbance, common war, and remote intercession. In any case, the war likewise propelled new pioneers who were resolved to dodge extra embarrassment for their nation. The new age in the long run joined Mexico, constrained out remote trespassers, and built up the establishments of a cutting edge state.

Harriet Beecher stowe’s Uncle Tom’ Cabin

Harriet Beecher wrote a book about the dark truths about slavery, which thousands of people are gonna read because they don’t have internet or other means of watching news like today. The book will change the way people think about slaves and change them into abolitionist and this leads to the civil war because it brings in the change of ideals between people because some people love slaves because they are a source of money to them but some people know that slaves are no less than ourselves and they should be given the proper respect.

Bleeding Kansas

Kansas is a significant arranging ground for what a few people contend is the main clashes of the Civil War, since it is this front line on which the powers of abolitionist servitude and the powers of subjugation meet. The 'squatter's power' approach, which is upheld by Stephen A. Douglas, is an approach that says: We'll choose whether Kansas will be slave or free, when the individuals who settle in Kansas vote on this inquiry. All things considered, at that point it turns out to be significant with respect to who settles in Kansas. Thus from Missouri, the star subjugation component are attempting to get pioneers who are favoring bondage, to move into Kansas. Then, from New York and New England, the abolitionist servitude component is attempting to get individuals who support abolitionist subjugation to move into Kansas. Actually, the powers of subjugation and the powers of abolitionist servitude meet in Kansas. Also, accordingly, 1854, '55, '56, we have what is classified 'Draining Kansas.' That is, the war among bondage and abolitionist servitude in the Kansas domain.

John Brown’s Raid

On the evening of October 16, 1859 John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. Descending upon the town in the early hours of October 17th, Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal. Brown had hopes that the local slave population would join the raid and through the raid’s success weapons would be supplied to slaves and freedom fighters throughout the country; this was not to be. First held down by the local militia in the late morning of the 17th, Brown took refuge in the arsenal’s engine house. However, this sanctuary from the fire storm did not last long, when in the late afternoon US Marines under Colonel Robert E. Lee arrived and stormed the engine house, killing many of the raiders and capturing Brown. Brown was quickly placed on trial and charged with treason against the state of Virginia, murder, and slave insurrection. Brown was sentenced to death for his crimes and hanged on December 2, 1859