TEXAS REVOLUTION
ALTHOUGH AMERICANS LOST THE BATTLE HERE, IT INSPIRED OTHERS TO REMEMBER THEIR SACRIFICE.
ALAMO
THE PRESIDENT WHO ASKED CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR ON MEXICO.
JAMES K. POLK
ONE REASON THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT WAS CONTROVERSIAL IN THE NORTH
ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL GOVERNTMENT
PUNISHMENT: FINES & JAIL
ACCUSED CANNOT TESTIFY
COMMISSIONERS PAID DOUBLE
THIS ABOLITIONIST WAS BEATEN FOR HIS SPEECH "THE CRIME AGAINST KANSAS."
SENATOR CHARLES SUMNER, MA
JOHN O'SULLIVAN COINED THIS TERM IN 1845 - WHICH WAS JUST A NEW NAME FOR AN OLD IDEA
MANIFEST DESTINY
HE DEFEATED SANTA ANNA AND FORCED SANTA ANNA TO SIGN A TREATY THAT HE LATER DISPUTED.
SAM HOUSTON
THE NAME OF ALL THE LAND MEXICO HAD TO GIVE TO THE UNITED STATES
MEXICAN CESSION
THIS 1854 LAW REPEALED THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE BY INTRODUCING POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
TWO OF THE FOUR CANDIDATES AND THEIR POLITICAL PARTY IN THE 1860 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, REPUBLICAN
STEPHEN DOUGLAS, DEMOCRAT (NORTH)
JOHN BRECKINRIDGE, DEMOCRAT (SOUTH)
JOHN BELL, CONSTITUTIONAL UNION
THE REGION OF NORTH AMERICAN THAT WAS ONCE SHARED BY THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND
OREGON TERRITORY
THIS CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE DELAYED THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS BY NINE YEARS.
SLAVERY
HE DEFEATED SANTA ANNA AND LATER BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
ZACHARY TAYLOR
THE 1852 ANTISLAVERY NOVEL AND ITS AUTHOR WHO CREATED EMPATHY FOR SLAVES AND OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
HARRIETT BEECHER STOWE
STEPHEN DOUGLAS ANGERED SOUTHERNERS WITH THIS DECISION DURING THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
FREEPORT DOCTRINE
CHOOSING POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE DRED SCOTT DECISION
THIS TERM REFERS TO A CANDIDATE WHO IS NOT WELL-KNOWN OR EXPECTED TO WIN (LIKE IN THE 1844 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION)
DARK HORSE
THE TWO RIVERS THAT THE AMERICANS AND MEXICANS BELIEVED WERE THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF TEXAS.
RIO GRANDE
NUECES RIVER
THE TREATY WHICH ENDED THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
TREATY OF GUADALUPE-HILDALGO
TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO JOINED THE NEWLY CREATED REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 1854
FORMER WHIGS (FROM THE NORTH)
FREE SOILERS
ABOLITIONISTS
THE TWO LOCATIONS THAT JOHN BROWN TRIED TO STRIKE A VIOLENT BLOW AGAINST SLAVERY.
POTTAWATOMIE CREEK, KANSAS (1856)
HARPERS FERRY, VIRGINIA (1859)
THESE RESIDENTS OF MISSOURI WOULD CROSS OVER INTO KANSAS TO VOTE FRAUDULENTLY OR COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
BORDER RUFFIANS
THE THREE RULES AMERICANS SETTLERS IN TEXAS WERE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW.
1. NO SLAVES
2. BECOME CATHOLIC
3. FOLLOW MEXICO'S LAWS
THE TWO REASONS THAT THOREAU AND LINCOLN OPPOSED THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR.
THOREAU: UNJUST WAR THAT PRESIDENT INTENTIONALLY STARTED TO GAIN LAND
LINCOLN: PRESIDENT ACTED LIKE A KING, VIOLATED CONSTITUTION
THE FOUR PARTS OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
1. CALIFORNIA = FREE STATE
2. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN OTHER TERRITORIES
3. SLAVE AUCTIONS IN D.C. ENDED
4. FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT
CHIEF JUSTICE ROGER B. TANEY'S TWO MAIN POINTS IN THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.
AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE NOT CITIZENS, CANNOT SUE
PEOPLE CANNOT BE DENIED THEIR PROPERTY (SLAVES) ACCORDING TO 5TH AMENDMENT
THE PROPOSAL TO BAN SLAVERY IN ANY TERRITORY ACQUIRED FROM THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR (WHICH WAS MADE BEFORE THE WAR WAS WON).
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