Slaves were blocked from bringing lawsuits in courts because they weren't citizens.
The United States should reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest destiny was the idea that it was the nation's destiny to expand across the continent to the Pacific.
Stephen Douglas supported popular sovereignity, also called squatter sovereignity, which stated that each territory had the right to determine if they would accept slavery or not.
He tried to organize a revolt against Mexico in California.
The Santa Fe Trail was a trade route between the United States and Mexico.
Britain and Mexico fought with the United States over the Oregon and Texas territories.
Hispano (apex)
it was unjust, oppressive, and cruel
Free African Americans feared being sent to prison.
They became free.
California became a free state.
isolation - apex
Figured it out.
The answer is: The right of African Americans to vote was a matter for states to decide. [APEX]