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who was texas originally settled by

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na’s

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what country claimed the territory in the 1500’s

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spain

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why did the spaish eventualy decide to settle texas

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protect the territory from French settlement

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4
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what did the Spanish build throughout texas

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christain misssions

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what was the gial of the spainsh building them

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to educate and civilize the na’s

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why did the mission system fail

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the na’s disliked the Spanish, refused to inhabit towns, attacking missions

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in 1800 how many settlements did spain have in texas

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8
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who made the deal with spain to colonize texas

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moses austin

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what happened to him? who had to take over

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died shortly after, his son Stephan took over

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how long did it take him to buiod a successful colony

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4 years

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11
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what happened in mexico in 1821

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gained independence from spain

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12
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what did mexico want to do with texas

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increase settlement

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13
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who are empresarios

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people like Stephan Austin who recruited settlers

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what was the poulationof texas in 1830? how many colonies were there

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over 30,000 settlers, 12 established colonies

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who were the tejanos?

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native Texans who are of Mexican heritage

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what are the five Mexican laws the settlers of texas had to follow

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  • swear alligance to mexico
  • give up U.S. citizenship
  • adopt roman Catholicism as there religion
  • stay on their land for 7 years
  • no slavery
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17
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why did many settlers not follow the Mexican laws

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many were protistans
they wanted slaves
ignored the laws to live the way they wanted

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what did mexico do to force the settlers to obey their laws

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bans American immigration into mexico

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19
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why did mexico feel that the us wasnted to aquire texas

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it was part of the LA purchase, but the Usdropped the claim with spain

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why did texas want to become independent from mexico

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unhappy w/Mexican laws

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who was the Mexican pres. how did he respond

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Antonio…Jebron (Santa Anna) he was determined to keep control of the territory

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what was the name of the meeting the Texans had to draw up the new governemnt

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the constitution

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who does the “constitution” choose as their leader. who is he

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sam Houston, former senator from TE

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24
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what was the Alamo originally. wjhat was it turned into

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old abanndond mission. turned into fortress protected by 21 canons

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how many troops does santa anna bring to the Alamo. how many Texans are there

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6000 troops, 250 texans

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who is in charge of the Alamo. who s there to assist him

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William travis, assisted by volunteer army led by davy crockett (former congressman)

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27
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how long was the Alamo battle. what was the result

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12 days, Texans died, and travis and crokett also died

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28
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why was the battle of the Alamo important

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sam houstan assembled large army at san Jacinto

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what is the goliad. what happened there

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abandoned missionturned into prison that heldmany Texans accusedof crimes against Mexican government. Santa annas troops murdered all 340 prisoners

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30
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what does sam Houston have planned for the Mexican army at San jacinto

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all out attack in san jacinto

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what was the result at san jacinto

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  • mexicans marched into ambush

- Texans were able to force the Mexicans to surender

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32
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what happened to santa anna

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flees, but was found under a tree

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33
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what was he forced to do

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sign treaty

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34
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what are the terms of the treaty

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  • mexico withdraws troops

- Texans become independent republic

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35
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what was the issue that was raised when new land was acquired in the west

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slavery status in the territory

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36
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what did southerners want added to the laws on the US

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add new laws to assist the capture of run away slaves

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37
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why did president polk think that the west was not suitale for slavery

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the climate

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38
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what did the wilmont proviso state

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to ban slavery in any territory gained from mexico

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39
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how did the south react to the wilmont proviso

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they were furiuos

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40
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what happened to the wilmont proviso in congress

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senate refused to even vote on it and the bill died

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what was the idea proposed by lewis cass for deciding whether a territory should have savery

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let the people on the territory decide for themselves whether or not to have slavery

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42
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how did this idea work

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popluar sovereignty- majority rules

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43
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why was pop. sovereignty not a solution

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unpopular with the abolishionists

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44
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CA applied for state hood as what kind of state

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free state

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45
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why did this upset the southeners

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more free states than slave states

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46
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how did the compromise of 1850 attempt to resolve the problem with slave/free states

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please both sides

  • CA free state
  • all other territory from mexico is pop. soverneignty
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47
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what was the other component of the 1850 compromise

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the fugitive slave act

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48
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if an African American was accused of being a runaway slave, what happened first

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arrested and brought in fromt of a judge

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49
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how was it detrmined if a slave was a runaway or not

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a sworn statement from a white person

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50
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what could the accused runaway not do

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no right to trail

could not testify

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51
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why was this system corrupt

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$5 goes to the judge for siding with the accused

$10 goes to judge for siding with the white person

52
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how did the northeners react to he is law

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furious- people in north who helped slaves could be jailed

53
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who speaks against the law

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Frederick douglas

54
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what are the results of his speaches

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  • whites ignore the law about not helping slaves

- underground railroad gains much more popularity

55
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what us uncle tom’s cabin

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anti-slavery novel

56
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who wrote the novel

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harriet beecher stowe

57
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what was the effect of the book on the country

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become secong most widley read book

-increased slavery hatred by northeners, outraged the south

58
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what did Abraham Lincoln say about the author

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”s your the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war” #burn

59
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why was a transcontinental railroad needed in the us

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the opening of Oregon and the admission of CA to the union

60
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what was the issue that kept a route from being built through the south

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the route would go through northern mexico

61
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what is done to solve this

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james gudsden was sent by the us to buy the land from mexico

62
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what was acquired. how much did it cost

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what is now Arizona and new mexico. 10 million

63
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how did the north respond to this purchase

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they want northern railroad now

64
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what has to be done to satisfy the north

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settle 2 territories (Kansas/Nebraska territories)

65
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why did the south not want Nebraska to become an organized territory

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they would both have to be free staes bc they are above the missuri line

66
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how did senator douglas propose to resolve the issue

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Kansas-Nebraska act

67
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how would it be determined if each territory was open to slavery

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pop. soverneignty

68
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what results in kansasa. what name is given to this situation

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became the scene of territorial civil war between pro-slavery and antislavery settlers (bleeding Kansas)

69
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who is the leader of the anti-slavery group in kansas

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john brown

70
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what is the signifigance of the events in kansas

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preview of what is to come in the later years to the country

71
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who was dred scott

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a slave who had moved around a lot and at one time lived in a free state and didn’t know it

72
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whi did he sue in federal court

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he had resided in a free state and should have been set free

73
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what did the supreme court decide in the dred scott case

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  • African americans could not be considered citizens in the us
  • they had no right to sue in federal court
74
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how did the ruling in this case divied democrats and republicans

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democrats liked the decision
republicans were outraged
-said the decision was not binding
-the ruling intensified sectional defferences

75
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what position were Stephan douglas and Abraham Lincoln running for in 1858

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reelection to senete

76
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how did they spread their messages

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series of 7 debates

77
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what was Douglas’s position on the slavery issue

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the idea of popular sovereignty

78
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what was Lincoln’s position

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opposed extention of slavery to territories

79
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who won the election between Lincoln and douglas

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douglas

80
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what were some positive results for lincoln

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gained national reputation

-rebullicans see him as a rising star

81
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what happened on oct. 16, 1859

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harper’s ferry (john brown/ and sons)

-he wants to raid the federal arsenal and give the guns to the slave to rebel

82
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what happened to brown

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he got arrested and put on trial and hanged

83
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who was the republican nominee for president in 1860

A

abe lincoln

84
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who were the democratic nominees. why were there two

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Stephan douglas and johnbreckinridge. they had two different views on slavery

85
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who was the third party canidate

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john bell (TN) pro-slavery but wanted t keep the counry together

86
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who wins the election. why

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Lincoln. the split of the votes gave him more by default

87
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what was the last ditch effort by the south to protect slavery called. what did it call for

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Crittenden compromise.

  • garenteed slavery where it exsisted
  • reinstated 36-30 line to the CA boarder
88
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what happened to this proposal

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did not pass

Lincoln apposed it

89
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what then took place. why was it unuccesful

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peace conference. no body came from secessionist states so the proposal was voted down by congress

90
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what happened on December 17, 1860

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SC secedes

-legistlature dissolved union with US

91
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what soon followed

A

MS FL AL GA LA TX VA AR NC TN

92
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what did this group become known as. who were its leaders

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the confederacy. Jefferson davis (MS) president
Alexander stephans (GA) VP

they had a constitution like US’s

93
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who coined the phrase “manifest Destany”

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john O’Sullivan

94
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what does manifest destiny mean

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belief that US would inevitably expand westward to the pacific ocean and into Mexican territory

95
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what are the three major reasons americans moved west

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  • many americans had personal economic problems
  • land in west was a freash start
  • availability of cheap land meant prosperity and you could prfit off it
96
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who was most likely to move west

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farmers
miners seeking gold and other precious ore
merchants followseeking new markets

97
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what was the original purpose of the oregan trail

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traveled by christain missionaries

98
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where did the Oregon trail start and end

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start- independence MI

end- Portland Oregan

99
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who had followed a similar route to the oregan trail

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lewis and clark

100
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what weresome of the hazards of the trail

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long trip
poorly made wagon
moved slowly over lnd
temp changes
contaminated water
101
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what did the painting suggest about the oregan trail

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beautiful, flatland, everyone looks great

102
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what happened to the donner party

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they took an incorrect route and became canibalists, 45 out of 83 survived

103
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why did mormans migrate west

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angry neighbors because of polygamy

104
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what happened to their leader

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killed by angry mobs

105
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who takes over as leader

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bringham young

106
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where does he lead them to

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salt lake, utah

107
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what caused the Aroostook war

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the expulsion of Canadian lumberjacks in pisputed rea by maine officials

108
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what resulted from the Webster ashburn treaty

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maine boundry settlement

109
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why were presidents Jackson and van buren hesitant to add texas as a state to the US

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it would upset northerner votes who did not want another slave state added

110
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which two countries had a claim on the Oregon territory

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us and britain

111
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what was the major question concerning the oregan territorty

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which country does the territory belong to

112
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what issue caused debate over the expansion of the united states. why

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slave state issue. northeners wanted non slave territory

southeners wanted slave territory texas

113
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why did john tyler run for reelection as a democrat in 1848

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he was kicked out of his original party-whigs

he wants to see both texas and oregan added

114
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why did the democrats choose james polk as their candidate instead of tyler

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pleases both north and south with his agenda and he had always been a democrat

115
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who is polk’s opponent in 1848. what party is he from. who wins

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henry clay, whig, james polk

116
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why was james polk popular in both north and south

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wants to add both territories

117
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why did polk not want war with Britain over oregan

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they were already going to have to go to war with mexico- he did not want a second war

118
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how was the oregan territory divided between the us and britain

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drawn down at the 49th parallel

119
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what territory was disputed between the us and mexico

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what wa the original texas territory

120
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why does the us relieze war is the only option against mexico

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mexico refused to negociate, mexico tells cali to declare independent

121
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what general was able to lead troops deep into mexico

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general Zachary taylor

122
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what is the name of the peace treaty the Mexicans are forced to sign

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the treaty of Guadalupe-hidalogo

123
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what territory is gained by the us as a result of the treaty

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south west, Mexican cession

124
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what discovery was made in CA in 1848

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gold

125
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what resulted after the discovery

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massive migration of minors in 1849

126
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what was the overall affect on CA

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by the time the gold rush was over, CA’s population was 400,000

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