Chapter 13 IDs Flashcards
1
Q
Abraham Lincoln
Who
A
Republican
2
Q
Abraham Lincoln
What
A
Elected as president of the US
3
Q
Abraham Lincoln
When
A
1860
4
Q
Abraham Lincoln
Where
A
US
5
Q
Abraham Lincoln
Why
A
Spurred process of disunion
6
Q
Compromise of 1850
Who
A
Largely due to Stephen Douglas
7
Q
Compromise of 1850
What
A
Series of bills passed regarding slavery
8
Q
Compromise of 1850
When
A
1850
9
Q
Compromise of 1850
Where
A
US
10
Q
Compromise of 1850
Why
A
Avoided secession and civil war for four years
11
Q
Dred-Scott
Who
A
Roger Taney
12
Q
Dred-Scott
What
A
Declared slaves could not bring suit in court because they were not citizens
Congress does not have the power to deprive persons of the slave property so MO Compromise was always unconstitutional
13
Q
Dred-Scott
When
A
1857
14
Q
Dred-Scott
Where
A
US
15
Q
Dred-Scott
Why
A
Heighten controversy
16
Q
49ers
Who
A
Gold rush migrants
17
Q
49ers
What
A
Abandoned current lives and searched for gold
18
Q
49ers
When
A
Mid 1800s
19
Q
49ers
Where
A
CA
20
Q
49ers
Why
A
Majority were men which created a volatile society
21
Q
Free Soil Party
Who
A
Opponents of slavery
22
Q
Free Soil Party
What
A
Found the choice of candidate in the 1848 election unsatisfying and made their own party
23
Q
Free Soil Party
When
A
1848
24
Q
Free Soil Party
Where
A
US
25
Free Soil Party
| Why
Signaled the inability of existing parties to contain the political passions slavery was creating
26
Gadsden Purchase
| Who
James Gadsden
27
Gadsden Purchase
| What
Bought land from MX that would have facilitated a southern route for the transcontinental railroad
28
Gadsden Purchase
| When
1853
29
Gadsden Purchase
| Where
Parts of AZ + NM
30
Gadsden Purchase
| Why
Accentuated sectional rivalry
31
Santa Anna
| Who
Mexican general who seized power as dictator
32
Santa Anna
| What
Fought for TX
33
Santa Anna
| When
Mid 1830s
34
Santa Anna
| Where
TX
35
Santa Anna
| Why
Eventually signed a treaty giving TX independence
36
Harpers Ferry
| Who
John Brown
37
Harpers Ferry
| What
Where John Brown attacked and seized US arsenal
38
Harpers Ferry
| When
1859
39
Harpers Ferry
| Where
Harpers Ferry, VA
40
Harpers Ferry
| Why
Convinced white southerners that they could not live safely in the Union
41
James Polk
| Who
President
42
James Polk
| What
Got TX, OR, CA, NM
43
James Polk
| When
1844 elected
44
James Polk
| Where
US
45
James Polk
| Why
Added controversy as the whether or not these states would be free or slave
46
John Brown
| Who
Antislavery zealot
47
John Brown
| What
Attacked and seized control of a US arsenal
48
John Brown
| When
1859
49
John Brown
| Where
Harpers Ferry, VA
50
John Brown
| Why
Convinced white southerners that they could not live safely in the Union
51
Kansas Nebraska Act
| Who
Douglas
52
Kansas Nebraska Act
| What
Divided the area into two territories (KA + NB)
Repealed MO Compromise in the area
Determined that the status of slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty
53
Kansas Nebraska Act
| When
1854
54
Kansas Nebraska Act
| Where
KA
55
Kansas Nebraska Act
| Why
Divided the Whigs and Northern Democrats
Spurred creation of the Republican Party
56
Manifest Destiny
| Who
Americans
57
Manifest Destiny
| What
Belief that US was destined by God and by history to expand its boundaries over a vast area
58
Manifest Destiny
| When
1840s
59
Manifest Destiny
| Where
US
60
Manifest Destiny
| Why
Caused increased expansion which reopened slavery conflict
61
Oregon Trail
| Who
Westward migrants
62
Manifest Destiny
| What
Major route West
63
Manifest Destiny
| When
Mid 1800s
64
Manifest Destiny
| Where
Across Great Plains and through Rocky Mountains
65
Manifest Destiny
| Why
Facilitated Westward movement
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Ostend Manifesto
| Who
Peirce administration
67
Ostend Manifesto
| What
Movement to try and annex Cuba
68
Ostend Manifesto
| When
1854
69
Ostend Manifesto
| Where
Cuba
70
Ostend Manifesto
| Why
Angered many antislavery northerners who charged the administration with conspiring to bring in a new slave state
71
Sam Houston
| Who
US General
72
Sam Houston
| What
Defeated the MX army and took Santa Anna prisoner at battle of San Jacinto
73
Sam Houston
| When
1836
74
Sam Houston
| Where
TX
75
Sam Houston
| Why
Became president and TX and asked to join the Union
76
Stephen Douglas
| Who
Democratic Senator
77
Stephen Douglas
| What
Helped draft Compromise of 1850
78
Stephen Douglas
| When
1850
79
Stephen Douglas
| Where
IL
80
Stephen Douglas
| Why
Avoided secession and civil war for four years
81
Stephen Austin
| Who
Immigrant from MO
82
Stephen Austin
| What
Established the first legal US settlement in TX
83
Stephen Austin
| When
1822
84
Stephen Austin
| Where
TX
85
Stephen Austin
| Why
Effectively recruited US immigrants
Created centers of power in the region that competed with the MX government
86
The Alamo
| Who
Texans
87
The Alamo
| What
Battle cry referring to the Battle of the Alamo in which Santa Anna's cruelty inspired many Texans
88
The Alamo
| When
Battle in 1836
89
The Alamo
| Where
TX
90
The Alamo
| Why
Gave TX people a desire for revenge which they used to gain independence
91
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
| Who
Nicholas Trist negotiated with new MX government
92
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
| What
MX ceded CA and NM to US and acknowledged Rio Grande as TX boundary
US assumed financial claim of its new citizens and paid 15 million
93
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
| Why
1848
94
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
| Where
US + MX
95
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
| Why
Added controversy as to whether or not these states would be slave or free
96
Wilmot Proviso
| Who
David Wilmot
97
Wilmot Proviso
| What
Amendment to the appropriation bill prohibiting slavery in any territory acquired from MX
98
Wilmot Proviso
| When
1846
99
Wilmot Proviso
| Where
Territories acquired from MX
100
Wilmot Proviso
| Why
Called up, debated about, and voted on repeatedly for years
101
Winfield Scott
| Who
US General in MX US war
102
Winfield Scott
| What
Never lost a battle and seized MX capital
103
Winfield Scott
| When
Mid 1800s
104
Winfield Scott
| Where
MX capital
105
Winfield Scott
| Why
Mexicans were ready to negotiate a treaty
106
Young America
| Who
Franklin Peirce administration
107
Young America
| What
Movement in the Democratic Party which saw the expansion of US democracy throughout the world as a way to divert attention from slavery controversy
108
Young America
| When
Mid 1800s
109
Young America
| Where
US
110
Young America
| Why
Ended up entangled with the section crisis
111
Zachary Taylor
| Who
General and later president
112
Zachary Taylor
| What
Led a small army into TX disputed boundary
113
Zachary Taylor
| When
1845
114
Zachary Taylor
| Where
TX
115
Zachary Taylor
| Why
Caused MX US war
