Vocabulary
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who fought against slavery
How did the cotton gin impact the NORTHERN united states?
Increased textile mills
what is Harriet Tubman known for?
Helped about 300 enslaved people escape on the underground railroad
Bleeding Kansas
"Most of the settlers who first moved to Kansas after the land went on sale were small midwestern farmers and non-slave holders from the Upper South and both groups had little interest in slavery’s extension. While there were few slave-owning settlers, [people who supported slavery] were determined to legalize slavery in Kansas. On March 30, 1855 hundreds of heavily armed Missourians poured over the border [and legally] voted in the first territorial election… [They] also stuffed the ballot box with hundreds of [fake] ballots. [As a result], a high majority of pro-slavery men were voted into the territorial legislature… When this split between a proslavery government and an anti-slavery government it was only a matter of time before violent clashes broke out. "
What is a quote that shows that Kansas was a place of violence and political instability?
"1855 hundreds of heavily armed Missourians poured over the border [and legally] voted in the first territorial election…"
"They] also stuffed the ballot box with hundreds of [fake] ballots"
" it was only a matter of time before violent clashes broke out"
What is sectionalism?
Devotion to a region rather than the country as a whole
What is the GOD GIVEN right for americans to conquer all land from the Atlantic to pacific ocean
westward expansion/ manifest destiny
What was a consequence of the Mexican-American War?
Expansion of slavery
What was the Republican platform on the issue of slavery?
They opposed its expansion into new territories
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Bleeding Kansas
Most of the settlers who first moved to Kansas after the land went on sale were small midwestern farmers and non-slave holders from the Upper South and both groups had little interest in slavery’s extension. While there were few slave-owning settlers, [people who supported slavery] were determined to legalize slavery in Kansas. On March 30, 1855 hundreds of heavily armed Missourians poured over the border [and legally] voted in the first territorial election… [They] also stuffed the ballot box with hundreds of [fake] ballots. [As a result], a high majority of pro-slavery men were voted into the territorial legislature… When this split between a proslavery government and an anti-slavery government it was only a matter of time before violent clashes broke out. "
Why would someone use this source to gather information about the consequences of westward expansion?
It talks about a consequence of westward expansion: the expansion of slavery, and violent conflicts
Which key policy caused "bleeding Kansas"?
The Kansas-Nebraska act
What is Nationalism?
What was the impact of the War of 1812?
Increased nationalism
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the Seneca Falls convention to discuss what?
Women's voting rights
The opinion then current among Californians… was that destiny had awarded California to the Americans to develop, that the [Native Americans] were no asset to the state, and that wherever they interfered with progress they should be pushed aside. The state proceeded to implement this opinion by authorizing military campaigns… The result was one of the most disgraceful chapters in the entire history of the state. Armed bands took the field against the Indians…
Would the person who wrote this quote agree with the artist who drew "American progress". Why or why not
Yes, they both show Native Americans being pushed out of their land
What was the impact of the Missouri Compromise
Maintained temporary balance between the free and slave states
What is an example of a PUSH factor
What was the Indian Removal Act?
Forced relocation of Native American groups to the west
What kinds of things did abolitionists do?
Underground railroad, speeches, fight for rights of enslaved people
"The opinion then current among Californians… was that destiny had awarded California to the Americans to develop, that the [Native Americans] were no asset to the state, and that wherever they interfered with progress they should be pushed aside. The state proceeded to implement this opinion by authorizing military campaigns… The result was one of the most disgraceful chapters in the entire history of the state. Armed bands took the field against the Indians…"
What is one piece of evidence "quote" that supports that idea that settlers in the west had no respect for the rights of Native Americans?
" that the [Native Americans] were no asset to the state"
"they interfered with progress they should be pushed aside"
"Armed bands took the field against the Indians"
What was the impact of the compromise of 1850?
Forced some northern states to return some African Americans to enslavement
What did the Homestead act of 1862 offer?
Free land for people moving west
What was the ultimate goal of Westward expansion?
Promoting a set of religious beliefs
What was the impact of slave uprisings done by Nat Turner and Denmark vessey?
States restrict the actions of enslaved people
Source information: John Gast, the artist of this image, was hired by a publisher who created travel guides.
What information raises concerns about source A’s usefulness for determining the impacts of westward expansion?
It was created with the purpose of encouraging people to go west, not to show the impact of westward expansion
Describe the key policy of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Settlers were allowed to decide whether slavery would be permitted in new states