changes in voting patterns and office holding
debates about access to voting rights
expansion of slavert into newly acquired territories
james k polk
passage of the 14th and 15th amendments
reopended the issue of slavery in a territory north of 36 30
south carolina
the american victory in the mexican war
the belief in white cultural and pilitical superiority
the draft riots in new york city
the idea of manifest destiny
the passage of the missouri compromise
the polical struggles to pass the 13th amendment
the rise of the know nothing party
tilled farms as renters and sharecroppers