Westward Expansion
Term that means that the U.S. had the god-given right to expand across the continent.
What was manifest destiny?
Defeated by Pol in the Election of 1844.
Who was Henry Clay?
Voters in a territory should decide whether or not to have slavery.
What was popular sovereignty?
Democratic presidential candidate who lost to Taylor in 1848 who ran on the idea of popular sovereignty?
Who was Lewis Cass?
The dispute over adding this state led to the Compromise of 1850.
What was California?
Name Brigham Young and the Mormons gave to their settlement.
What was New Zion (Deseret)?
Polk signed the Oregon Treaty that set the border between the U.S. and Canada at this line.
What was the 49th parallel?
Loosely organized group who aided runaway slaves.
What was the Underground Railroad?
Senator from South Carolina who was a vocal opponent of the Compromise of 1850?
Who was John C. Calhoun?
Law that required people to aid in the return of escaped slaves.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
The Mexican Cession was the territory acquired by the U.S. under what treaty.
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
General sent by Polk into the disputed area around the Rio Grande.
Who was Zachary Taylor?
First major anti-slavery party in the North.
What was the Free Soil Party?
Created the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Who was Stephen Douglas?
Laws passed by Northerners that banned slave-catchers in their states.
What were personal liberty laws?
Polk's campaign slogan about the Oregon Territory.
What was "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!"?
Offered up the Spot Resolution in the House at the start of the Mexican-American War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Allowed the U.S. to buy land in southern Arizona and New Mexico with the intent of building a transcontinental railroad.
What was the Gadsden Purchase?
"Doughface" Democrat who won the Election of 1852 over Winfield Scott.
Who was Franklin Pierce?
Proposed law that called for the banning of slavery in the Mexican Cession.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
Tyler annexed Texas using this method in Congress.
What was a joint resolution?
Polk promised to acquire four places during his campaign. Name 3 of 4.
What were California, New Mexico, Texas, and Oregon?
The Ostend Manifesto called for the U.S. to annex this place.
What was Cuba?
Whig president who signed the Compromise of 1850?
Who was Millard Fillmore?
The Aroostook War along the border of Maine led to what treaty that settled the border between Maine and Canada.
What was the Webster-Ashburton Treaty?