Key Movements
What Act passed earlier in American history by the Adams administration is similar to the idea of nativism?
Alien and Sedition Act
The idea that prompted many to Go West!
Manifest Destiny
Despite Manifest Destiny influenced attitudes, many in the government were hesitant to add new territory to the Union because
Name of group of people in the south who surprisingly were supportive of slavery
poor Southerners
Lincoln was
answers will vary
this party was known for their anti-Catholic views
What economic reality prompted people to risk the journey West?
cheap land
The Compromise of 1850 included the passage of what Act that angered the North
The Fugitive Slave Act
A court case that essentially made all compromises about slavery invalid
Dred Scott
Lowell was
an industrialist who created the Lowell system that create a specific factory environment for young women
How did workers respond to conditions in early industrialization
protests, strikes
What did the US gain from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Western land from Mexico including California
In Kansas, the government attempted to resolve the issue of slavery using
popular sovereignty
The Dred Scott case said that the federal government could not do what
regulate slavery in the territories
Fredrick Douglas was
a prominent former slave turned abolitionist
Describe the early women's rights movement
focused on equal access to the public sphere- work and voting
Name an argument that proslavery advocates made because of industrial working conditions
slaves were cared for better than industrial workers
Describe the typical northern position on slavery during the 1850s
Anti-expansionist
The Mexican War contributed to rising tensions over what
Slavery
Clay was known for
trying to create compromises on the issue of slavery so that the union would stay strong
Describe transcendentalism.
the individual conscience was a sufficient guide to perfection
List examples of events that are consistent with the idea of Manifest Destiny
Indian Removal Act
Louisiana Purchase
The free soil movement
The Mexican American War
The Gold Rush
Mormon migration
How does the Kansas Nebraska Act compare to the Missouri Compromise?
Violates the line established in that compromise
This idea about what to do with land gained from the Mexican American War greatly angered the south
-no slavery in the territories- Wilmot Proviso
Calhoun was known as
pro-slavery advocate who supported nullification