Chapters 17-19 Flashcards
Tariff of 1842
Signed by Pres. Tyler under peer pressure
Caroline
American steamer carrying weapons to Canadian rebels sunk in New York by Brits
Creole
Britain offers asylum to escaped slaves on the ship the Creole
Aroostook War
lumber jack war at the Maine/Canada border
Manifest Destiny
Ideology to expand west
Fifty-four forty or fight
Americans want all of Oregon, or a fight
Liberty party
small anti-slavery party in New York
Walker Tariff
reduced the tariff from 32% to 25%, Pres Polk
spot resolutions
Lincoln’s case for saying the disputed zone in Texas was, “spotty”
California Bear Flag Republic
John C. Fremont’s small rebellion to overthrow beaners
Buena Vista
Zachary Taylor’s spot
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
treaty that gave America Texas and California
“Conscience Whigs”
antislavery whigs who also opposed Mexican war
Wilmot Proviso
states that slavery should not be extended to any territories ceeded from Mexico
John Tyler
President that replaced William Henry Harrison
James K Polk
Democratic nominee, 4 point plan
Stephen W. Kearny
helped with the conquest of California
John C. Fremont
Helped to conquer fort in California, later republican candidate
Winfield Scott
general and Whig Candidate for 1852
David Wilmot
tried to pass Wilmot Proviso
popular sovereignty
made by Lewis Cass, allows states to choose for themselves
Free Soil party
anti slavery, federal aid for internal improvements and homesteads
California gold rush
tens of thousands of people rush to California for the prospect of gold
Underground Railroad
system of houses that allowed slaves to escape
Seventh of March Speech
Speech by Webster urging compromise and union
Compromise of 1850
made by Clay, made temporary compromise
Fugitive Slave law
slaves cannot testify, no right to trial
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
states that America and Britain had no right to a water way
Ostend Manifresto
USA tells Spain to sell Cuba, or to have it take from them
Opium War
Britain’s war to gain trading rights to China
Treaty of Wanghia
Cushing uses charm to gain trading rights to China
Treaty of Kanagawa
established relations with Japan
Gadsden Purchase
Mexico seceedes a small part of land so America can builld rails
Lewis Cass
created idea of popular sovereignty
Zachary Taylor
Mexican War general, and future Pres
Harriet Tubman
lead slaves to freedom
Millard Filmore
breifly the president after Zachary Taylor’s death
Caleb Cushing
Chinese diplomat, charming
matthew c. perry
japanese diplomat, flashy
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Beecher Stowe write of the horrors of slavery
The Impending Crisis of the South
talks of how it’s in the best financial interest of non-slace holders to become abolitionists
New England Emigrant Aid Company
Kansas pioneers financed by abolitionists
Lecompton Constitution
kansas constitution forced that favored slavery
Bleeding Kansas
Preston Brooks attacks Sumner
Dred Scott v. Sandford
decrees that slaves are private property, and can therefor be taken from any territory. Also nullifies Compromise
panic of 1857
Cali gold, russian grain, speculation of rails and land
Tariff of 1857
reuduced tariffs 20% on dutiable goods
Lincoln-Douglas debates
Honest Abe vs. Bullhorn Douglas for Illinois Senate
Freeport Question
ask whether slavery is about Congress or the people
Freeport Doctrine
argued people will get rid of slavery, if they don’t want it
Harpers Ferry
where John Brown seizes federal arsenal
Constitutional Union Party
Union, consitution, law
Confederate States of America
made in Montgomery, lead by Jefferson Davis
Crittenden amendments
proposed compromise by John Crittenden, new lines for compromise
Harriet Beecher Stowe
wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
James Buchanan
Democrat who tears party apart
Charles Sumner
beaten by Preston S. Brooks
Dred Scott
Black slave who sews
Roger B. Taney
Chief justice who charges against Dred Scott
Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln’s competition for the Illinois senate
John C. Breckinridge
southern democrat’s representative
