Go West!
Territorial Expansion was the primary platform of this Democratic President who served only one term between 1844-48
James K. Polk
This Compromise was essentially nullified by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Missouri Compromise
The difference of labor between the North and South is:
Paid wage labor vs. Slave labor
Franklin L. Pierce was a Democrat President who helped propose the Ostend Manifesto which sought to take Cuba from Spain either by force or by sale in the hopes of making it a "free" or "slave" territory
Slave
The forcing open of Japan for trade is most closely related to what idea?
Manifest Destiny
To gain California, more of Texas, and the rest of the Modern American Southwest, the US sought war with this nation
Mexico
California as a free state, the slave trade in Washington D.C. being banned, and popular sovereignty in new states are all parts of this compromise
Compromise of 1850
The Free Soil Party and its successor the Republican Party's main platform was this:
Slavery could continue where it existed but could not be allowed to expand any further
Whig President Millard Fillmore would have likely supported this economic system
Crop failures, land scarcity, political revolutions, and a poor job market led to this trend of migration from Europe to the US, especially among the Irish and Germans
Immigration
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War after the US occupied Mexico City (the capital of Mexico) for roughly six months
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The name of the mini Civil War in Kansas which killed hundreds. Fought over the future of slavery
Bleeding Kansas
This slave sued for his freedom after being brought to a "free state" by his "master." Ultimately, the Supreme Court ruled that he was still a slave and was not actually free. Making this infamous decision raise the question whether any state really was "free"
Dred Scott or Dred Scott Decision
Over time, this party of the common man slowly became the Pro-Slavery party and became a solid voting bloc in the South
Democrat
This controversial book by Harriet Beecher Stowe became popular in part due to the Market Revolution. Its main theme was that the practice of slavery was evil and led to movements in the South to ban the book
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This term was coined by John O'Sullivan regarding how it was the United States' fate to "conquer" the west and spread White-American, Christian civilization across the continent. This idea would also have a lot of economic motivations too
Manifest Destiny
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The raid on the Harpers Ferry Arsenal in Western Virginia by "radical" (in more ways than one) abolitionists was meant to spark a slave rebellion on the eve of the Civil War. This raid was led by this man who was heavily influenced by the Second Great Awakening and saw himself on the side of justice while his enemies on the side of chains
John Brown
The Republicans supported the idea of providing free land in the west to encourage Western Settlement, continued tariffs on manufactured goods, government subsidies for railroad construction, and most importantly confining slavery to only the South. Their candidate won the election of 1860 and was so unpopular in the South, his name did not even appear on the ballot
Abraham Lincoln
This violent assault of a Northern Congressman by a Southern Congressman on the floor of the Capitol Building is perhaps the best example of Sectional Tension
Caning of Charles Sumner
How would the discovery of gold in California affect population? Describe the social class of people who would likely move west
Population Increases and mostly the poor would move to California
If you were a runaway slave and caught by the police or bounty hunters in a "free state," OR could not prove your free status, OR you were busted for helping a runaway slave would result in being sent "back" to the South or imprisoned was made law by this Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Led by abolitionists (mostly radical), this secret network of escape routes was used to help runaway slaves escape to freedom in the North and later Canada. Harriet Tubman was a famous figure associated with this
Underground Railroad
The "Native American Party" felt immigrants were ruining the country and that the Irish couldn't be trusted since they were Catholic. They even won the support of former Whig President Millard Fillmore. This party was more commonly known as:
The Know Nothing Party
This short serving Whig President died of an extreme tummy ache
Zachary Taylor