Ch 9 And 10 Flashcards

1
Q

withdrew from the union

A

secession

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2
Q

clay, calhoun, webster

suppose to end all issues/problems, but it didnt

A

compromise of 1850

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3
Q

harriet beecher stowe

A

uncle tom’s cabin

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4
Q

horace greeley

founding father

A

republican party

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5
Q

quality of life improved for almost everyone

A

19th century improvement

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6
Q

advantage is speed of canals

can’t move as much product

A

railroads

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7
Q

help settle the west

A

mormons

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8
Q

land agents of texas

A

empesarios

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9
Q

delayed because of the balance between free and slave states

A

delayed annexation of Texas

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10
Q

highly responsive with the diverse population of california

A

gold rush

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11
Q

biggest impact is the midwest was now connected to world markets connected US cities

A

canal building era

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12
Q

popular sovereignty ability to choose for yourself

A

kansas-nebraska act

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13
Q

anti-slavery violent

God told him to be violent-led to bleeding kansas

A

john brown

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14
Q

immoral and political wrong

should not spread

A

lincoln on slavery 1858

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15
Q

war for texas independence
the battle of santa anna-captured
ended war and texas became independent

A

san jacinto river

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16
Q

north favored it

A

wilmot proviso

17
Q

conductor of the underground railroad

A

harriet tubman

18
Q

election of 1856

buchanan defeats freemont and south will stay in the union

A

buchanan vs. freemont

19
Q

belief in nativism

secret handshakes and passwords

A

know-nothing party

20
Q

main topic was slavery

A

lincoln-douglas debate

21
Q

south was happy
supreme court is pro-slavery
missouri compromise is unconstitutional and slaves don’t have rights

A

dred scott decision

22
Q

president favored taking land from mexico

A

jame k. polk

23
Q

final border of lower 48 states

A

gadsden purchase

24
Q

made rubber that didn’t freeze

A

charles goodyear

25
Q

“mechanical reaper” inventor

A

cyrus mccormick

26
Q

prairie states, very flat

people didnt want to settle to the west

A

“middle ground”

27
Q

new mexico, arizona, california

A

treaty of guadalupe

28
Q

mormon

1814 killed by an anti-mormon mob

A

joseph smith

29
Q

prohibited slavery in california and any other territory from mexico

A

wilmot proviso

30
Q

northern object to slavery and the impact of white workers

A

free soilers

31
Q

citizens chose on free or slave states

A

popular sovereignty

32
Q

9 northern states passed
forbid the imprisonment of slaves
gave them rights

A

personal liberty laws

33
Q

actions in kansas

triggered “bleeding kansas”

A

john brown

34
Q

feeling of mistrust directed towards increasing number of immigrants and catholics

A

nativism

35
Q

nominated lincoln as first candidate, formed in wisconsin 1854

A

republican party

36
Q

congress could not forbid slavery in any state because it interfered with slave holders rights to own property

A

dred scott decision

37
Q

california-free state
voters in utah and new mexico decide themselves on slavery
more effective laws to require free states to return fugitive slaves

A

compromise of 1850

38
Q

dispute on oregon trail

texas appeal for americans-cheap land

A

“fifty-four or fight”