designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War
Wilmot Proviso
100
Under Mexican rule, the main appeal Texas held for American settlers was
What is Cheap land
100
It helped several hundred slaves escape to safety in Northern states and Canada
Underground Railroad
100
What did people who believed in the idea of nativism fear and oppose
What is Immigration
200
Give two reasons for Manifest Destiny
Economic opportunity for growing population (land farming), Increase in trade, chance for exploration, spread religion
200
Who was one of the main "conductors" of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
200
Which US President asked for war with Mexico
What is President James K. Polk
200
A Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It spread anti-slavery sentiment in the north
Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
Military leader of Mexico in the 1830s
General Santa Anna
300
Give two reasons against Manifest Destiny
Cause of war with Mexico
Cause conflict with Native Americans (led to many deaths)
Will expand slavery
300
Supreme Court case nullified all of congress' attempt to ban slavery by saying slaves were protected property
Dred Scott v. Sandford
300
Treaty that ended the Mexican- American War
What is Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo
300
This Abolitionist published abolitionist papers in the North Star
Frederick Douglas.
300
Chief Justice presided over Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court Case
Roger Taney
400
How was the dispute over the Oregon Territory finally settled?
Treaty with Britain
400
Which political party opposed the extension of slavery because of the effects it would have on the labor market for white workers?
Free Soil Party
400
Which country was texas party of in 1836
None, it was independent
400
Founder of the Free- Soil party
Martin Van Buren
400
This political party formed because they were angry with President Jackson
Whig Party
500
an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
What is Gadsden Purchase
500
according to the idea of popular sovereignty, who should decide whether or not slavery should be allowed in certain states
The residents of the territory
500
Who was the President of the Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
500
Opposed the Compromise of 1850 and a firm supporter of slavery.
John C. Calhoun
500
This party resonated with the "common man" and support President Jackson