Mexican War
Party that led the opposition to the war
What is Whig
This event end all hope for delay on the issue of territorial government in the West
What is California Gold Rush
Out of the British games of Cricket and Rounders, Alexander Cartwright developed this game which increased in popularity throughout the civil War
What is Baseball
He went to jail rather than pay the taxes supporting the Mexican War
What is H.D. Thoreau
War which transformed Colonia/British relationship, when it’s debts required new taxes
What is French and India, Seven years or Great war for empire
Territory gained by the US as a result of the war with Mexico
What is CA, TX, and NM
Chief Southern demand (and achievement) in the Compromise of 1850
what is Fugitives slave law
Largely symbolic action of Lincoln to free some slaves in September 1862
What is emancipation proclamation
This indecisive Union commander ran against Lincoln in 1864 he lost
What is G.B. McClelland
Adams administration laws which suppress speech against the government
Polk ordered his army into a disputed area, hoping to provoke war with Mexico, it worked
What is Zac Taylor
This political part demand NO slavery in any of the territories gained from Mexico
What is Free Soil or Liberty
Southern financing of the war brought this economic catastrophe
What is Inflation
He warned in the 1840s that territorial expansion would re-open the question of slavey and thus was a bad idea
What is Henry Clay
Ben Franklin’s failed plan for intercolonial union in 1754
What is Albany plan
This general led the campaign to capture Mexico City and end the war
What is W. Scott
Method used to decide slavery in NM and UT territories
What is popular sovereignty
DD this organization encouraged women to act as nurses in the war, transforming the profession from one dominated by men, to one dominated by women
What is US Sanitary Commission
His demands to keep slavery out of the territories captured from Mexico was never approved by Congress
What is D. Wilmot
Jefferson’s law that fully separated Church and State in Virginia in 1786
What is Virginia Statue on Religious Freedom
This American negotiator failed to get all that Polk had hoped for in the Treaty Guadalupe-Hidalgo
What is Nicholas Trist
He succeeded in passing the Compromise of 1850 where clay had failed
What is Stephen Douglas
She sought to win the vote for women, as well as free slaves during the war
DD he ran as a Free Soil candidate in 1848 winning 10% of the vote, and proving the strength of the movement.
What is Martin van Buren
Meeting in response to the Intolerable Acts this group strengthened intercolonial cooperation before the American Revolution
What is First Continental Congress