HISTORY 3 Flashcards

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Grimke Sisters

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White Sisters raised in a slave-owning family in South Carolina who soon became nationally known to be the first white women advocates of abolition.

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Lived from 1805-1879.
Abolitionist, journalist and social reformer.
Editor of the newspaper “the Liberator” and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Association.

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Immediate abolition

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Support the immediate end of slavery

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Gradualists

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Wanted to end slavery gradually (supporting cash or financial compensation).

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Annexation

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The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit

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Sectionalism

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Loyalty to one’s own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.

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Texas Revolution

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Conflict between Anglo-American Texas settlers and Mexico from 1835-1836 resulting in the formation of the Republic of Texas

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Manifest Destiny

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The idea that Euro-Americans were sent from God to settle the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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Expansionism

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policy that calls for expanding a nation’s boundaries while getting more territory in exchange.

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Oregon Country

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The disputed territory of the Pacific Northwest between the US and British Canada.

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Republic of Texas

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independent republic after Texas gained independence from Mexico but before annexation by the U.S.

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Mexican War/Mexican-American War (1846-1848)

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Conflict between the US and Mexico after the American annexation of Texas.
The U.S. fought for Mexican soil (mainly).
The U.S. evaded and took over most of Mexico’s land

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million.

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Mexican Cession

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Awarded as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. U.S. paid $15 million for 525,000 square miles.

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Wilmot Proviso

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Proposal by David Wilmot to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexican War. Failed in Senate twice.

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Slave power

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The idea that the South was trying to gain control over the Federal Government in order to spread slavery throughout the country.

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Free Soil

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A political movement that opposed the expansion of slavery, specifically into the newly acquired western territories.
- Brought the idea of the Free Soil Party

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California Gold Rush

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Mass migration to California following the discovery of gold in 1848.