Ch 9 And 10 Flashcards

1
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withdrew from the union

A

secession

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2
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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
"mechanical reaper" inventor
cyrus mccormick
26
prairie states, very flat | people didnt want to settle to the west
"middle ground"
27
new mexico, arizona, california
treaty of guadalupe
28
mormon | 1814 killed by an anti-mormon mob
joseph smith
29
prohibited slavery in california and any other territory from mexico
wilmot proviso
30
northern object to slavery and the impact of white workers
free soilers
31
citizens chose on free or slave states
popular sovereignty
32
9 northern states passed forbid the imprisonment of slaves gave them rights
personal liberty laws
33
actions in kansas | triggered "bleeding kansas"
john brown
34
feeling of mistrust directed towards increasing number of immigrants and catholics
nativism
35
nominated lincoln as first candidate, formed in wisconsin 1854
republican party
36
congress could not forbid slavery in any state because it interfered with slave holders rights to own property
dred scott decision
37
california-free state voters in utah and new mexico decide themselves on slavery more effective laws to require free states to return fugitive slaves
compromise of 1850
38
dispute on oregon trail | texas appeal for americans-cheap land
"fifty-four or fight"