Manifest Destiny
This event in 1848 created a huge demand to migrate west to California
Discovery of Gold
The lawlessness in Kansas is often referred to as this
Bleeding Kansas
They were the original abolitionists
The Quakers
His election in 1860 caused 8 southern states to secede
Abraham Lincoln
People began flocking to these places from farms in the 18430's and 1840's because more and more jobs could be had
The City
Under the belief of Manifest Destiny Americas right to conquer was based on what?
God's will
Part of the compromise of 1850, this Act upset abolitionists more than any other part
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Abolitionist Sarah Grimke, Showed that not all Abolitionists came from here
Northern Free States
The addition of Maine as a free state to balance out this new slave state helped maintain the union in 1820
Missouri
Samuel Slater is known as the father of "this"
The factory system
The Mexican Government used Empresarios to do this
Recruit Americans into Texas
Charles Sumner was attacked by his colleague over an anti-slavery speech given here
The Halls of Congress
(The Capital building)
As a former slave, his experiences and ability to deliver a passionate attack against slavery made him an influential abolitionist
Frederick Douglass
Although not an abolitionist, Lincoln's view on slavery was that
He did not want to see it expand further than it had already spread
The attack of the free soil Capital of Lawrence Kansas was avenged by John Brown at this "massacre"
Potawatomie Massacre
The United States used this as a justification to declare war on mexico
A border dispute
This anti-slavery novel sold more than 2 million copies in the decade before the civil war and is the most politically influential books of all time
Uncle Tom's Cabin
As abolitionism advanced, it became more acceptable to do this
use violence to destroy slavery
His campaign pledge 54' 40' or fight was a rallying cry for conquest of the Oregon Country
James K. Polk
This invention increased the demand for alves
The cotton gin
American Settlers in Texas were expected to become Mexican, convert to Catholicism and do this to prove they weren't intending to leave
Build a home on the land
The Kansas Nebraska act, which was intended to settle the territories for a proposed railroad instead led to this violent period of time
Bleeding Kansas
His Anti-slavery newspaper, the liberator was read by most Abolitionists of the era
William Lloyd Garrison
Lincoln lost this election in 1858 to Stephen Douglass after a series of debates
Illinois Senate Race
This Nationalist Holiday was first celebrated in 1820 in Eastport Maine
Independence Day (July 4th)