Presidents
Who was the first president from the Whig Party?
William H Harrison
Which President was Pro-Expansion and really big on Manifest Destiny?
James K Polk
What treaty ended the Mexican American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Which abolotionist who was a slave wrote a narrative of his life
Frederick Douglass
Which Party was completely against slavery and wanted to get rid of it?
Liberty Party
Who took over the office after Harrison passed away?
John Tyler
Why did so much people go to California?
California Gold Rush
What was the treaty between America and China for trading?
Treaty of Wanghia
What law had high penalties for anyone who helped slaves.
Fugitive Slave Law
Which Party eventually became the Republican Party?
The Whig Party
What Party was Franklin Pierce in?
Democratic Party.
Mexican-American War
What was the Compromise of 1850?
CA would be admitted as a free state, Utah and New Mexico would be territories where slavery would be based on popular sovereignty.
What was the idea that the people would decide the status of slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
Which Party was against the extension of slavery in the new territories?
Free Soil Party
Who became president after Zachary Taylor's death?
Millard Fillmore
Who is the lady on the painting of Manifest Destiny?
Columbia
Which act in 1854 violated the Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who published the Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
What were the series of violent battles in Kansas over the topic of slavery?
Bleeding Kansas
Franklin Pierce
What slogan was used by James K Polk to advocate for the annexation of Oregon?
54 40 or Fight!
Which treaty protected the neutrality of Central America and was signed by the US and Britain?
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
What helped slaves escape and were their stations to rest and move?
Underground Railroads
South's attempt to try and silence Northern Opposition in 1836.
Gag Resolution