SLAVERY
Novel that spurred the slavery topic
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Young man running for the Illinois Senate opposed to slavery spreading west
Abraham Lincoln
This is why Polk was popular in the south
He wanted to expand slavery in the west
We needed this to complete the Transcontinental Railroad
Gadsden Purchase
This is what the 49er's want to do after getting rich
Return home and enjoy their lives
Most abolitionist were against this topic on slavery in the west
Popular Sovereignity
Young man running for the Sentae seat in Illinois who wanted popular sovereignity in the west
Stephen Douglas
This is why the south voted for the Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
This is how U. S. got Arizona and California
War with Mexico (Mexican American)
What group deminished after the gold rush began
Native Americans
This part of the Compromise of 1850 required northerners to help capture runaways
Fugitive Slave Act
The Free Soilers and Northern Whigs formed this new political party
Republicans
The fight overy slavery brought about becasue of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
The Mexican Cession lands increased what in the U.S.
The topic of the expansion of slavery in the newly acquired lands
They were the largest gorup that moved into California in search of gold
Chinese
He sued for his freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court
Dred Scott
This line seperated Britain territory from the U. S. bterritory
49th Parallel
They were the first to leave the union
South Carolina
This state doubled in two years
California
Placed a 20$ tax on all non-American miners
Foreign Miners tax
This is the overall decision of Justice Taney
Slavery anywhere in the U.S. is legal according to the 5th Amendment
This Act casued a wider division between the north and the south after the gold rush ended
This is why South Carolina left the Union
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming
Mexican Cession
These towns popped up quickly because of the gold rush
Boom town