This territory was controlled by Russia, England, the U.S. and Spain
What is Oregon
100
Opened up the Santa Fe trail
Who is William Becknell
100
suggested all lands from the Mexican Cession would be closed to slavery but it was never accepted.
What is Wilmot Proviso
100
a compromise law in 1854 that suspended the Missouri Compromise and left it to voters in Kansas and Nebraska to determine whether they would be slave or free states.
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act
100
people vote for the constitution "with slavery" or "without slavery" but no matter which way the vote swings, slavery was still protected in Kansas.
What is Lecompton Constitution
200
Outbreak of fighting between American and Canadian lumberjacks over disputed Maine boundary
What is the Aroostoook War
200
The widespread American belief that God had ordained the United States to occupy all the territory of North America
What is Manifest Destiny
200
Rich Mexican province that Polk was determined to buy and Mexico refused to sell
What is California
200
The concept that political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government. People express themselves through voting and free participation in government. main ideal of Stephen Douglass
What is popular sovereignty
200
sprang up spontaneously in the Middle West as a mighty moral against the gains of slavery
What is the Republican Party
300
Independent nation that was the object of British, Mexican, and French scheming in the early 1840s
What is Texas
300
established the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints
Who is Joseph Smith
300
Treaty ending Mexican War and granting vast territories to the United States
What is Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
300
Created the Kansas-Nebraska act in hopes of bringing Nebraska into the Union
Who is Stephen Douglas
300
Allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state but preserved the balance between North and South by carving free-soil Maine out of Massachusetts and prohibiting slavery from territories acquired from Louisiana Purchase
What is 1820 Missouri Compromise
400
what were the 5 Indian tribes who got removed during the western movement/ manifest destiny
What are Choctaw, Cherokee, Seminole, Muskogee, and Chickasaw
400
Site of major victory by American troops under Zachary Taylor over Mexican troops under Santa Anna
What is Buena Vista
400
considered a minority candidate but he ended up winning the popular vote and the electoral vote
Who is Abraham Lincoln
500
many Indians lost their lives traveling on this trail
What is the Trail of Tears
500
Long-winded American diplomat who negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo