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Politics and Conflict from 1830s-1860s
Manifest Destiny
Sectionalism
More Sectionalism
And More Sectionalism
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William Henry Harrison (Whig) defeated former President Van Buren (Dem) in the Election of 1840. However, Harrison died in office, so who took over?
John Tyler (Tippicanoe and Tyler Too)
100
After Texas gained its independence, what was a major factor that prevented their immediate annexation?
Issue of Slavery OR Fear of war with Mexico
100
What policy was adopted towards the issue of slavery in the previously-Mexican territories?
Popular Sovereignty
100
What act gave Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (I really hope you didn't get this wrong)
100
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
200
Americans came into conflict with what country because of the Caroline and Creole Incidents (1837 & 1841)?
Great Britain The Caroline Incident was when a US Ship was set on fire and sunk by the British The Creole Incident was when Britain provided asylum to slaves who had rebelled and captured a US ship
200
The Senate approved the 49th parallel offer by Britain, which split up what territory between US and UK?
The Oregon Territory
200
The Compromise of 1850 was mainly the product of what man who will never die?
Henry Clay The compromise strengthened the fugitive slave law, allowed for pop sovereignty in Utah and NM, and admitted California as a free state
200
What new party was formed by a conglomeration of Whigs, Democrats, Free-Soilers, Know-Nothings, etc.)?
The Republicans
200
Who won the election of 1856?
James Buchanan (some consider him the WORST PREZ)
300
Which presidential nominee (and winner) of the election of 1844 was a huge advocate of Manifest Destiny?
James K. Polk He wanted to annex Texas and to gain the Oregon Territory
300
The Mexican War was ended by what treaty?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
300
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by who? (Hint: "So this is the lady who started the Civil War" -Lincoln)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
300
Explain Bleeding Kansas- Make sure you mention the Lecompton Constitution
Boycotts of the pop sov vote by both sides, people moving from other states to shift vote, proslavery advocates burn Lawrence (antislavery HQ), John Brown leads antislavery advocates and kills 5. MINI WAR in Kansas. Lecompton Constitution- tricky document that deceived people into voting for slavery
300
What are some consequences of the Dred Scott decision?
Slaves are property, have no rights The government cannot abolish slavery-> unconstitutionality of Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850
400
What mini-war with Britain was resolved by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842?
The Aroostook War
400
What General used his success in the Mexican War to vault his Presidential campaign in 1848?
Zachary Taylor
400
The defeat of General Winfield Scott by Franklin Pierce ultimately led to the end of what political party?
The Whigs
400
Who delivered the blows to Charles Sumner that some consider "the first blows of the civil war"?
Preston Brooks
400
Who said that "a house divided cannot stand"?
Lincoln
500
The Whigs, led by Tyler, ended the independent treasury system, which was put into place by what bill?
Van Buren's Divorce Bill
500
The admittance of land gained through the Mexican War provided a problem of whether the territories would be slave or free. What policy (never passed) stated that the entire territory gained through the war was to be free?
The Wilmot Proviso
500
What purchase of Mexican land made CA and Oregon more accessible by land and boosted the South's claim to have a railroad built across the South?
The Gadsden Purchase
500
What was the Ostend Manifesto?
Secret negotiations btw US and Spain to buy Cuba- talks broke up when public heard and the North was angered by Pierce's attempts to get slave producer in the Caribbean
500
The election of Abe Lincoln led to what war?
The Civil War!