Manifest Destinyand Western Westward Expansion In The 1840S

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In the 1840s westward expansion where Led Americans to acquire all lands from the Atlantic to Pacific in a movement called

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Manifest destiny

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Americans loaded into the west for

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New economic opportunities

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Do US gained Texas Oregon California and other territories through

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Treaty or war

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Jeffersons Louisiana purchase (doubled size of America), Lewis and Clark’s exploration confirmed economic potential of the Western territory, The growth of king cotton and commercial farming lead to a desire for more Western lands, improved transportation such as canals steamboat and railroads increased speed and profitability, the US grew 300%, Number of states grew from 13 to 26, Western State population exploded (ohios population grew from 50,000 to 1,500,000)

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Reasons for manifest destiny

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Westward expansion that conflict with Indians such as the Black Hawk war because

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Trails disrupted hunting grounds and violated previous treaty agreement

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Motivations for Westward expansion; the journey west was dangerous and unpredictable yet thousands of Americans traveled along

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Oregon, Santa Fe, and Mormon trails

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The earliest pioneers were for traders land speculators and poor farmers looking for

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Cheap land

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Soon _________, _______ and ___________ groups flooded west

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Farmers, miner, ranchers and religious groups

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______________ ___________ let thousands of farmers to the fertile lands of Oregon in the 1840s

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Oregon Trail

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Santa Fe Trail allowed the US to sell goods to

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Mexico

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_____________ _________ let the Mormons to create a new settlement in Utah

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Brigham young

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In the 1840s America realized it’s manifest destiny by

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Acquiring all lands to the Pacific Ocean

US annexed the independent nation of Texas, settled a dispute with England to gain Oregon, USA gained new lands in the Southwest by winning the Mexican American war

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In 1821 Mexico won independence from

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Spain

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The new Mexican government welcome to Americans into Texas by offering

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Cheap land

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One of the wealthiest anglos in Texas

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Stephen F. Austin

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Americans refused to accept Mexican laws because

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They would not convert to Catholic, would not accept a ban on slavery, wanted a voice in Mexican government

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Mexican president Santa Anna begin to view Anglos as a threat so he

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Had Austin arrested

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Texans were in open rebellion against the

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Mexican gov

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______lost at the Alamo but the battle created inspiration “remember the Alamo”

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Texans (all Americans died )

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Texans led by Sam Houston captured Santa Anna and

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Won their independence in 1836

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First president of the Republic of Texas

From 1836-1845 Texas was an independent nation

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Sam Houston

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Houston invited the USA to annex Texas but ______ ______ _______ kept America from adding Texas as a state

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Debate over slavery

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_________ ___ _________ won the election of 1844 and became the manifest destiny president

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James K Polk

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James wanted to;

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Make Texas the 28th US state

End British claims to Oregon

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Texas became a __________ _________ when it was admitted into the union in 1845

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Slave state

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What did President Polk want to do to make Northerners happy

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Add Oregon as a free state but Oregon was jointly occupied by the USA in Britain

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The dispute of the borders of the republic of Texas led to

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The Mexican American war

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What provoked Mexico into war

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President Polk sent General Zachary Taylor across the Rio Grande River

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Who won the Mexican American war ?

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U.S

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What ended the Mexican American war

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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After the war the U.S gained

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All of Texas to the Rio Grande River

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Mexico gave up territory in the Southwest called the

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Mexican cession

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The United States bought the _________ purchase for $10 million to build a southern railroad

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Gadsen

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Mexico offered ______ ______ to American ranchers and farmers to move to California

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Cheap land

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What happened to California when war broke out in 1846

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Californians revolted from Mexican rule and created an independent nation

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The ________________ ____________ was annexed by the USA is part of the Mexican Cession in 1848

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California republic

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What led to the flood of Americans to California in 1849

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The discovery of gold in San Francisco

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The California gold rush led to a population boom in the

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West

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America had a continental empire from the Atlantic to

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Pacific

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__________ ___________stimulated the economy spread of democracy and increased US nationalism

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Westward expansion

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As American spread west:

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Sectional issues over slavery grew

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In 1820 _______ ________ negotiated the Missouri compromise

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Henry Clay

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Missouri became a slave state while Maine broke from Massachusetts and became a

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Free state

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What divided the north and the south in the 1830s

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Tariffs

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Southerners argued that tariffs

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Benefited only the north I made manufactured goods too expensive

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____________ ___ ___________ of South Carolina attempted nullification and threatened SECESSION

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John C Calhoun | President Jackson fought this states right arguement

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The _____ __________ ___________ increase the barbarity of slavery in the south

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Nat Turner rebellion

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What did Nat Turner do

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Freed slaves on Virginia farms and killed 60 white people

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How did southern whites respond to the nat turner rebellion

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made slave codes more severe

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Why wasn't Texas annexed for nine years

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Because it would unbalance the number of free and slave states

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What gave southerners hope that slavery would spread to the Pacific ocean

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Addition of the Mexican cession

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Law that would have outlawed all slaves from the Mexican cession

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Wilmot Proviso

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_____ ______ _______ ________ was formed to keep slavery from spreading west

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Free soil party

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The _____________ of ______ soles the sectional dispute between north and south , California entered as a free state , the people of new Mexican could vote to allow slavery or not

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Compromise of 1850

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Why did sectionalism in america increase

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Differences in regional economies and the use of slavery, Westward expansion and the injury of new states to the union, growing abolitionism in the north Each time a dispute threatened the nation a compromise was reached

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Abolitionist and many northerners despise the

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Compromise of 1850 --fugitive slave law allowed runaway slaves and sometimes free blacks to be captured and enslaved --northerners formed vigilante committees to protect runaways

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__________ ______ ___________ phone the American anti-slavery society and publish the liberator

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William Floyd Garrison

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Published the North Star

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Ex slave Frederick Douglas

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The ___________ __________ revealed that some southerners opposed slavery

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Grimke sisters

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Network of safe houses to help slaves escape to freedom

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Underground railroad

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Harriet Beecher Stowe publish the

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Uncle Tom's cabin (depicted slavery as a moral evil and inspired many in the north to join the abolitionist cause) (best selling book of the 19th century)

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In 1854 congress passed the _________ __________ , _________ __________ ___ which used popular sovereignty to determine slavery

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Stephen Douglas Kansas Nebraska act

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Northerners were _____________ by the kansas Nebraska act

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Outraged

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Why couldn't Dred Scott sue

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Blacks were not citizens

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What made Lincoln popular

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He argued that Congress must stop the spread of slavery (free soil arguement)

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The abolitionist _____ ______ led an unsuccessful raid on a federal Armory at Harpers Ferry, VA in an attempt to free slaves in a massive slave uprising

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John brown He was caught an executed but he was seen as a martyr by many in the north, others believe northerners were using to violence to end slavery

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Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln who argued for

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"free soil" and a strong national government

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Why were the democrats in the north and south split

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The issue of slavery

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Northern Democrats nominated Stephen Douglas who argued for

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Popular sovereignty

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Southern democrats nominated John Breckenridge who argued for

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Protection of slavery

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What did the term manifest destiny mean

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Destiny of the US to expand its territory over the whole of North America

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The Oregon territory served as the gateway for trade with

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China and Japan

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In what state the Joseph Smith establish the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saint

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New York

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Who led the mormons after the murder of Joseph smith

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Brigham young

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Fifty- four forty or fight referred to what territory

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Northern limit of Oregon territory

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Who led the first American settlers into Texas in 1821

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Stephen F Austin

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Why did Mexican president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna arrest and imprison Stephen Austin

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He petitioned for Texas to have a self government and started a resolution

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How many of the 187 American survive the Alamo during the Mexican attack

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None

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What battle did Santa Anna surrender to the Texans led by San Houston

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The battle of San Jacinto

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Why did northern congressmen oppose the annexation of Texas in 1836

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They didn't want another slave state to make Senate unbalanced

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What three things was John Slidell sent to Mexico to negotiate

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Purchase California, New Mexico and make Rio Grande the Texas border

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What congressional amendment to an appropriations bill in 1846 attempted to prohibit slavery in any lands acquired from Mexico

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Wilmot Proviso

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What was the spot resolution that was proposed in Congress recieved President Polk's woman

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Certify the spot where the skirmish had occurred

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Which American general captured Mexico during the Mexican American war

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Winfield Scott

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What's treaty ended the Mexican war

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Guadalupe hidalgo

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What major idea did the free soil party support

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Congressional prohibition on extension of slavery in the territories

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Who were the 49ers

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Prospectors his flock to Cali

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What role did immigrants play in the industrialization of the north

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Entered into the workplace in growing numbers, post slavery, threaten to reduce status of white workers

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In what three southern states were African-Americans in the majority of the states population

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Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina

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Which section of the United States oppose the passage of the Wilmot proviso in 1846

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Southerners

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Define secession

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Formal withdrawal of a state from the union

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The compromise of 1850 would allow the mission of what state

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California as a free state

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The compromise of 1850 allowed for the passage of a new federal law which was an attempt to please the south which law

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Fugitive slave act

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Define popular sovereignty

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Right of residents of a territory to vote for or against slavery

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Why was Anthony burned under federal gaurd in Boston on June 2, 1854

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He was the leader of a abolitionist movement, he escaped from slavery

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What was the function of underground railroad and who was Harriet Tubman

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1. A network of people who aided fugitive slaves in their escape 2. Most famous underground railroad conductor

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What was Harriet Beecher Stowe's contribution to the abolitionist movement

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She published uncle Tom's cabin

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Which act of Congress repealed the Missouri compromise of 1820 replaced it with popular severity in the territories of the Louisiana purchase north of 3630

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Kansas Nebraska act

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Why did the territory of Kansas have two governments

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There was a proslavery government so then another group formed anti slavery

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Flower farm in murdered at Pottawaromie

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Brown believe God call upon him to fight slavery and he was plotting revenge because he thought Lawrence killed five people against slavery

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What issue divided the Whig party eventually causing instruction

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Slavery

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What was the major goal of the know nothing party

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Keep immigrants out America

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Why did the Republican Party form in 1854

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Please discontented northern whigs, anti slavery democrats and free soilers

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Who is elected president in 1856

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James Buchannon

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Who was dred Scott

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Sleep from Missouri who live in a free territory for four years then his owner died sued for freedom and lost

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Why did the Supreme Court rule the Missouri compromise unconstitutional as a result of the dread Scott versus Sanford decision

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Congress couldn't for bid slavery in any territory because it would interfere with slaveholders right to own property -fifth amendment

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What was but Shannon's position regarding the Lecompton constitution

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He endorsed pro slavery

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How did the Lincoln Douglas debate in 1858 bring national change into Lincoln

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Freeport doctrine and his opinion that slavery was evil

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What was the impact in the north and the south after John Brown was hung

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South- paranoid about North having too much power | North- Martyr, crowd gathered to denounce south

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Who were the major candidates for president in 1860 Democrat

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Northern – Stephen Douglas | Southern – Breckenridge

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Major candidates a president in 1860 Republican

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Republican – Lincoln | constitutional union – John Bell

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Which day it was the first to secede following Abraham Lincoln's with electoral victory

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South Carolina

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Who is elected president of the Confederate states of America

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Jefferson Davis