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The freeing of slaves, with no payment to slaveholders

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Emancipation

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Antibellum

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belonging to the period before the Civil War

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Racial white abolitionist and editor, he wrote the liberator ( which delivered the message of emancipation

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What is an abolitionist?

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somebody pushing to end slavery

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A free black, he advised blacks to fight for freedom rather than wait for it to end by itself

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David Walker

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Sarah and Angelina Gremke

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Daughters of a Southern Carolina slaveholder, they spoke about abolition, after seeing the slave trade

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Fredrick Douglas

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He wrote the North Star He said how knowledge was the path to freedom He was taught by his owners wife he fled to New York as a free slave

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free blacks

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Free Blacks in anti-slavery societies, they worked as day labors or artisians.

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Nat Turner

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Born into slavery He led a Rebellion to lead the people out of bondage

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The Republic of Texas(Lone Star Republic)

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Name of Independent Texas Sam Houston was president

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Santa Anna

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Mexican president who seeks to put down Texas Revolution and gain power over Mexico; He orders seige of Alamo He executes surviviors

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Sam Houston

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Commander of Texan Army who overtakes Santa Anna’s army at San Jacinto. This gives Texas its independence from Mexico.

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What were the 3 causes of the Mexican Revolution

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Negligence- anglos running own government affairs Racism- feel of betterness Cultural Differences- anglos refuse to learn Mexican culture Slavery-anglos continued after outlaw Government- anglos believed in state rights, mexico believed in central gov.

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Why has the Alamo become a motivation and battle cry for the Texans

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All the Texans are killed 187 to 2000 mexicans ,as a result the Alamo becomes a symbol of heroism and rallies Texans to fight.

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Why was the Treaty of Velasco(1836) controversial?

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The treaty gave Texas its independence and established a boundary between Mexico and Texas. The boundaries were disputed Texas thought it was the Rio Grande Mexico thought it was the Nueces River

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Republic of California

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The nation proclaimed by American settlers in California when they declared their independence from Mexico in 1846

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Mexico agreed to move the boundarie to the Rio Grande border for Texas plus ceded New Mexico and Calfornia to the US

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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an agreement to buy a strip of land, that is now the Southern United States, so that a railroad could be built to the Gulf of California US-Mexico border

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Gadsden Purchase

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California gold rush

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fleeing to California for gold, it brought diversity into California and allowed for California to be come a state.

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Sutter’s mill

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The first place gold was discovered by James Marshall, it led to the migration to California.

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Fourty Niners

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prospectors who flocked to California in 1849 in the gold rush, were people from Asia, South America, and Europe

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manifest destiny

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destiny to settle coast to coast

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President during War with Mexico, he supported claims over Texas-Mexico border.

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James Polk

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Sent by Polk to march to Rio Grande to blockade the river. (mexican rights violation) Old Rough and Ready

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Zachary Taylor

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Sent by Polk to Mexico to purchase California/New Mexico and settle the Mexican Border of Rio Grande.

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John Slidell

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Was a nationalist who called Mexico “the forbidden forest;political death” he was a politician and political theorist (main accomplishment: being known for not supporting the compromise of 1850)

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John C. Calhoun

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Led exploration party through Mexico’s Alta California Province (which was a violation of territorial rights)

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John C. Fremont

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“The longest marcher”, he marched from Kansas to the desert of Sante Fe New Mexico Led the battle of No shots Fired

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Stephen Kearny

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Winfield Scott

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he led the invasions of Mexico with Zachary Taylor

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Why did many Northerners oppose war with Mexico?

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They saw it as a plot to expand slavery

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What incident did President Polk use to call war with Mexico?

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A skirmish between Mexican and American soldiers near Matamores

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Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande border and ceded the territory to the US as part of the —-

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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What were the fourty niners accosiated with

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the california gold rush

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what event was most responsible for creating a diverse population in California?

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the gold rush

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Succession

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the formal withdrawl of a state from the Union

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popular sovereignty

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the right of residents of a territory to vote for or against slavery

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picked up pro-compromise reins when Clay left he had the plan to obtain majority vote for each issue individually.

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Stephen A Douglas

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Taylors successor, New President, he supported the Compromise

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Millard Filmore

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What were the Wilmont Proviso and what issues were raised by it?

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it proposed that none of the territory aquired in the war with Mexico would be open to slavery. It divided Congress on regional concerns North: said South basically voted no for internal improvements South: said slaves were property protected by the Constitution

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Why did California statehood in 1850 complicate the political atmosphere in the United States

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California became a state -they forbade slavery- this was against what the Missouri Compromise, which said California would be a slave state.

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What were the conditions of the Compromise of 1850? How did it attempt to settle the political waters at the time?

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It provided for both North and South North: California became a free state Sale of slaves banned in District of Columbia South:Utah and New Mexico decide about Slavery Texas-New Mexico boundary issue resolved

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what explains the dependence of the Southern economy on slavery?

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the southern economy was rurla and consisted mostly of plantations

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the wilmont proviso proposed that slavery should be banned from….

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all territories won from Mexico

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the formal withdrawl of a state from the Union is known as…

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sucession

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What was Henry Clay’s primary purpose in offering the Compromise of 1850?

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to avoid a civil war over the issue of slavey

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according to the idea of popular sovereignty, what described if slaves would be allowed into a territory?

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the residents of the territory

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personal liberty laws

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passed in nine states, it forbade the imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed jury trials for fugative slaves

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a system of roads along which runaway slaves helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in free states.

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underground railroad

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Uncle Toms Cabin

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Wrote by Harriet Brecher Stowe book about the cruelty of slavery moved many to join the abolition increase N and S tension

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Rep. Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner

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Sumner was critizing Brooks in a speech about supporting Kansas Nebraska acts Rep. Brooks beat Sumner with a cane to display Southern honor

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What is one way in which abolitionists defied the fugative slave act?

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nine southern states passed laws forbidding the imprisonment of runaway slaves.

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The publication of Uncle Toms Cabin helped…

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Northerns understand and sympathize with the problems of slavery

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what was one result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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popular soveignty for Kansas and Nebraska

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What did people start calling the Kansas Territory Bleeding Kansas?

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Many bloody confrontations between proslavery passes and anti-slavery groups happened there.

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60
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Horace Greeley

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Founder of the Republican Party

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Democrat running for President in 1856 agianst fremont, he won

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James Buchanan

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How were the Free-Soilers and why did they oppose slavery?

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they were northerners that werent abolitionists, they supported no black settlements or right to vote they didnt want slavery to affect free whote workers they thought slave power would be created

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How did the way in which the Republican Party was formed indicate that the party had a good chance of success?

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the party was against Kansas-Nebraska act. Htye (supported removing slavery from territories) they drew support from a diverse groups of people which caused them to win political tugs.

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Why did the nativism movement lead to the creation of the Know-Nothing Party?

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The navivist formed a Party called the American Party (it was secret) and the name later changed to the know-nothing party.

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What issue divided the Whig Party?

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Slavery

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People who favored the concept of nativism feared whom?

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immigrants

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The Republican Party was formed by people who were united in their…

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opposition to slavery in new territories

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Northerners who objected to slavery’s impact on free white workers were part of the….

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Free-Soil party

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What was an important result of Buchanans defeat of Fremont in the 1856 presidentual election?

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The South remained in the Union

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Confederate States of America

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a confederation formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union.

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Fredrick Douglas

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He wrote the North Star He said how knowledge was the path to freedom He was taught by his owners wife he fled to New York as a free slave

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William Lloyd Garrison founded what?

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The New England Anti-salvery Society

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what did Fredrick Douglas do?

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lectured on the evils of slavery

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what is one way urban slaves had different lives from rural slaves

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they had better clothes and food

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what was one result of the Nat Turners rebellion

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the tightening of laws controlling African American slaves

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What did the abolition movement promote?

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Ending the institution of slavery

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Commander of Texan Army who overtakes Santa Anna’s army at San Jacinto. This gives Texas its independence from Mexico.

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Sam Houston

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What were the 3 causes of the Mexican Revolution

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Negligence- anglos running own government affairs Racism- feel of betterness Cultural Differences- anglos refuse to learn Mexican culture Slavery-anglos continued after outlaw Government- anglos believed in state rights, mexico believed in central gov.

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Why has the Alamo become a motivation and battle cry for the Texans

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All the Texans are killed 187 to 2000 mexicans ,as a result the Alamo becomes a symbol of heroism and rallies Texans to fight.

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A
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The nation proclaimed by American settlers in California when they declared their independence from Mexico in 1846

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Republic of California

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Mexico agreed to move the boundarie to the Rio Grande border for Texas plus ceded New Mexico and Calfornia to the US

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an agreement to buy a strip of land, that is now the Southern United States, so that a railroad could be built to the Gulf of California US-Mexico border

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Gadsden Purchase

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California gold rush

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fleeing to California for gold, it brought diversity into California and allowed for California to be come a state.

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Sutter’s mill

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The first place gold was discovered by James Marshall, it led to the migration to California.

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Fourty Niners

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prospectors who flocked to California in 1849 in the gold rush, were people from Asia, South America, and Europe

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manifest destiny

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destiny to settle coast to coast

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James Polk

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President during War with Mexico, he supported claims over Texas-Mexico border.

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Sent by Polk to march to Rio Grande to blockade the river. (mexican rights violation) Old Rough and Ready

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Zachary Taylor

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Sent by Polk to Mexico to purchase California/New Mexico and settle the Mexican Border of Rio Grande.

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John Slidell

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John C. Calhoun

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Was a nationalist who called Mexico “the forbidden forest;political death” he was a politician and political theorist

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he led the invasions of Mexico with Zachary Taylor

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Winfield Scott

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Why was the Mexican-American war controversial?

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It was so controversial because it had to do with national affairs such as the Alamo in Texas

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What was president polk’s position on expansion

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he supported it; he wanted to bring Texas, New Mexico, and California into the Union

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Why did many Northerners oppose war with Mexico?

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They saw it as a plot to expand slavery

98
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What were the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War?

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Causes: Slavery Texas Revolution border disputes expansionism effects: Mexican Cession Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

99
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Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande border and ceded the territory to the US as part of the —-

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

100
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What were the fourty niners accosiated with

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the california gold rush

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what event was most responsible for creating a diverse population in California?

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the gold rush

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103
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Succession

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the formal withdrawl of a state from the Union

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popular sovereignty

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the right of residents of a territory to vote for or against slavery

105
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picked up pro-compromise reins when Clay left he had the plan to obtain majority vote for each issue individually.

A

Stephen A Douglas

106
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Taylors successor, New President, he supported the Compromise

A

Millard Filmore

107
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Why did California statehood in 1850 complicate the political atmosphere in the United States

A

California became a state -they forbade slavery- this was against what the Missouri Compromise, which said California would be a slave state.

108
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what explains the dependence of the Southern economy on slavery?

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the southern economy was rurla and consisted mostly of plantations

109
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the wilmont proviso proposed that slavery should be banned from….

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all territories won from Mexico

110
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the formal withdrawl of a state from the Union is known as…

A

sucession

111
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What was Henry Clay’s primary purpose in offering the Compromise of 1850?

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to avoid a civil war over the issue of slavey

112
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according to the idea of popular sovereignty, what described if slaves would be allowed into a territory?

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the residents of the territory

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114
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personal liberty laws

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passed in nine states, it forbade the imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed jury trials for fugative slaves

115
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a system of roads along which runaway slaves helped to escape to Canada or to safe areas in free states.

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underground railroad

116
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Harriet Tubman

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One of the most famous underground railroad conductors

117
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Wrote Uncle Toms Cabin

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Harriet Brecher Stowe

118
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How did Uncle Tom’s cabin affect the abolitionist cause? How did the South respond to it?

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin helped northerners understand and sympathize with the problems of slavery. It increase northern abolitionist protests against fugative slave act.The South responded bywhipping Uncle Tom to death.

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What were the conditions of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Why was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 a problem? Why was the Kansas-Nebraska Act so controversial?

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The Southern half would be Kansas; the Northern half would be Nebraska. It allowed for residents to decide if slavery was allowed, which made it controversial. The Missouri Compromise was an issue because Nebraska would have to be two states since it crossed the Missouri Compromise line.

120
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The publication of Uncle Toms Cabin helped…

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Northerns understand and sympathize with the problems of slavery

121
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Why was Bleeding Kansas linked to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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When South had possesions in Kansas Northerners wanted. Northerners created a town named lawrence, pro-slavery destroyed it, in revolt abolitionist John Brown led slaughter in Kansas

122
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what was one result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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popular soveignty for Kansas and Nebraska

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Why was the Fugative Slave Law so hated by the Northern abolitionists? How did the Northern states attempt to counter the federal law?

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The fugative slave act was hated by northerners because it gave the slaves no trial by jury or testify on their own behalf, it said slaves would have to return to their bondage, In response northern states tried to counter federal law by creating personal liberty laws

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What did people start calling the Kansas Territory Bleeding Kansas?

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Many bloody confrontations between proslavery passes and anti-slavery groups happened there.

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126
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nativism

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favoring the intrest of native born people over foreign-born immagrants (the Know Nothing Party)

127
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Won the election as a Democratic candidate , saw abolitonists as a threat to unify nation.

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Franklin Pierce

128
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What issue did slavery have on the Whig party?

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It split the Whig party

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130
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Dred Scott

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A slave from Missouri who was taken over the Compromise line into free territory, his owner died, so there is a debate if he is free or not.

131
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Abraham Lincoln

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He opposed slavery saying it was immoral He won the election using direct plain language He ran for presidency against douglas

132
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What was the significance of Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

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it ruled that slaves did not have rights and were considered property

133
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What was the Lecompton Constitution and why did President Buchanan supprt it? Why was it a poor decision?

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It admitted Kansas into the Union as a slave state, he wanted the Southern votes, it was a mess because anti-slavery forces rejected it.

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Why did the Lincoln-Douglas debates take place? Summarize the arguements of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the debates. How does the “Freeport Doctrine” fit into the story?

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The Licoln Douglas debates took place for US senate Lincoln: made popular soverienty be a empty phrase by asking if territorys could vote on excluding slavery before they were states. Douglas: brought in the freeport doctrine saying that any territory could exclude slavery by simply refusing to pass laws supporting it.

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Why did the South decide to suceed after the election of 1860?

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Southerners thought they lost their political voice in national government after lincoln won.

136
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Why did Harpers Ferry increase tensions between the North and the South?

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After John Brown was hanged the northerners called him a martyr and the southerners were scared of north slave uprisings

137
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What best summarizes Lincolns position on slavery in 1858?

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Slavery should not be spread because it is morally and politically wrong

138
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The Dred Scott descision did what?

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Ruled that slaves did not have rights and were considered property.

139
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The topic of lincoln and douglas debates was what?

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slavery in the territories

140
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what was one effect of John Browns actions at Harpers Ferry

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an increase in tension betweeen the north and the south.

141
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How did the south react to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?

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Seven Southern states suceeded from the Union before Lincoln inauguration

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