Cotton Candy
Life under the Lash
Border Disputes
The Threat of War
Let's Party!
100
Simple invention that reinvigorated the South’s dependence on cotton
What is the cotton gin?
100
Popular sovereignty was an integral part of these TWO agreements involving the expansion of slavery.
What were the Compromise of 1850 and the K-N Act?
100
This new party of random politicos coalesced around one motive: prevent the spread of slavery in the west
What is the Free Soil Party?
100
This agreement established the 36'30 line.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
100
This party dissolved shortly after the Hartford Convention. Their dissolution marked the start of the Era of Good Feelings.
What is the Federalist Party?
200
Region in the South known for its fertile soil, perfect for agricultural production.
What is the Blackbelt?
200
A failed attempt to outlaw the spread of slavery in the land acquired with the Mexican Cession.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
200
(State) Aroostook War
What is Maine?
200
Peace treaty that expanded the US by another 1/3.
What was the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo?
200
A military "hero" from the Mexican War and a known slave holder from Louisiana, he was elected President in 1848.
Who was Zachary Taylor?
300
Nickname assigned to wealthy planters who dominated the southern economy and politics
What is the Cottonocracy?
300
He demanded the immediate abolition of slavery & the provision of equal rights to all African Americans
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
300
Latitudinal line, marking the border between US and Canada throughout most of the west.
What is the 49th Parallel?
300
Name the concept/belief illustrated here.
What is Manifest Destiny?
300
Pro-bank, pro-tariff, pro-internal improvements; Tippecanoe’s party too
What is the Whig Party?
400
Congressional agreement that immediately tabled any debate regarding the future of slavery. (1836)
Who is the Gag Rule?
400
Aspect of the Compromise of 1850 that most infuriated northern abolitionists.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
400
This disputed natural boundary between Texas and Mexico provoked a war in 1846.
What is the Rio Grande?
400
Modest land purchase in the American southwest; Southerners hoped that this investment would secure a southern routing of the transcontinental railroad.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
400
Unhappy Whigs, Democrats, Free Soilers, and the Know Nothings formed this new party; it claimed the White House in 1860 with Lincoln's victory.
What is the Republican Party?
500
On the eve of the Civil War the South produced this fraction of the world’s supply of cotton.
What is 1/2?
500
He led a violent slave rebellion in 1832 that resulted in the murder of 60 Virginians.
Who was Nat Turner?
500
Review: Boundary set by King George III 100 years before the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is the Proclamation Line?
500
His written appeal to poor whites in the South infuriated plantation owners; indeed, there was an "impending crisis"
Who was Hinton Helper?
500
An expansionist; Napoleon of the Stump
Who was President Polk?