Manifest Destiny
This place is home to the gold rush in 1848
Where is Californi?
Mexicans believe the boarder lied on this river
What is the Nueces River?
This was when Northern Democrats and Whigs wanted new land to be the domain of free laborers
What was the Free Soil Movement?
This drew the lines of two states at the 36 degrees and 30 degrees line
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This act gave away land for cheap to set up homesteads
What were the Preemption Acts?
This was the official confirmation that the boarder was at the Rio Grande river
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
These people wanted to ban slavery everywhere
Who were abolitionists?
This person wanted states to have popular sovereignty regarded slavery
Who is Stephan Dougla?
Mormons settled in Utah for this
What is religious refug?
This person was sent to define the boarders of Mexico and America
Who is John Slidell?
The process where each state got to decide if it would be a slave or free state
What is Popular Sovereignt?
This event was when pro slavery people from Missouri cased illegal votes for the state
What was Bleeding Kansas?
This person secured Texas for America
Who is James K. Polk?
This person conquered Mexico City and forced the government there to negotiate with them
Who is General Winfield Scott?
This person believed in popular sovereignty
Who is Henry Clay?
This court case involved an enslaved man suing his master after them moved and he lived in a free state for 2 years
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
This battle included Texans capturing the Mexican general
What was The Battle of San Jacinto?
The buying of almost half of Mexico’s territory
What was the Gadsden Purchas?
This person passed in the House of Representatives but did not make the senate
Who is Wilmot Proviso?
This Chief Justice was against the Dred Scott Case on account that he was not a citizen and therefore could not sue someone in a federal court
Who is Roger Taney?