Mexican-American and Civil War Flashcards
Lonestar Republic
Texas
Bear Flag Republic
California
a future state won from Mexico
Arizona
Seneca Falls Convention purpose
Women’s Right
East v West not a _______ of Civil War
cause
Three day PA Civil War turning point battle
Gettysburg
Kansas cancelled this compromise
Missouri
Manifest Destiny expanded
Manifest Destiny
part of Manifest Destiny (49er)
gold rush
Walking part of Manifest Destiny
Oregon Trail
Moses/Tubman’s choice of travel
Underground Railroad
compromise that drew a line between slave and free
The Missouri Compromise
major part of compromise of 1850
fugitive slave act
new state union
Confederate States of America
withdraw from union
secede
Mexican living in Texas
Tejano
William Lloyd Garrison, the Grimke sisters, and Sojourner Truth were all ______.
abolitionists
“Let’s go to war” animal
hawk
set an example for others to follow
precedent
states given the right to choose Slave or free
popular sovereignty
say no to a bill, thus no law
veto
separation of powers helps _____ and _____.
checks and balances
put a POTUS on trial
impeach
Calhoun and S.C. argued to _____ federal laws, or cancel them
nullify
put a law into effect
ratify
add onto, such a state
annex
system of promoting friends to positions of power
spoils
tax on imported goods
tariff
small purchase of land after Mexican-American War
Gadsden Purchase
“before war” ___bellum
ante
Marbury v. Madison helped the Supreme Court get this power
Judicial Review
POTUS’s advisors
cabinet
Americans moved into Mexican land causing this war
Mexican-American
