American Expansion
Why did many Americans move to California?
gold rush
What were slave codes?
laws of what slaves could not do
What was the Underground Railroad?
What happened when Lincoln was elected president?
North and South became more divided
Why did Texas revolt?
wanted independence from Mexico
What happened to many African-American families during slavery?
broken up
What did John Brown do?
used force to try to end slavery
Why was the Republican Party founded?
to end slavery
What is manifest destiny?
idea US should stretch from West to East Coast
What is the difference between a slave and free state?
slave state allowed slavery free state did not
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
law saying new states would vote on slavery
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
law saying escaped slaves had to be returned to the South
What happened after the Mexican-American War?
US gained many new territories
What was the Missouri Compromise?
law saying any state above line was free and below was slave
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
Supreme Court decision saying Dred Scott would stay a slave even though he had lived in the North
What is sectionalism?
being more loyal to one part of the country rather than the whole country
What was the argument over adding Texas as a state?
How did African Americans resist slavery?
broke tools, worked slow, tried to escape, rebelled and got education
What were the Lincoln-Douglas debates like?
very close but Douglas won however made Lincoln famous
What issues did free African Americans face?
discrimination and being sent into slavery for not having paperwork