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Unit 6 American I

Unit 6 American History I

TermDefinition
Manifest Destiny Belief that the United States would expand across the continent
"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!" Slogan used in the 1844 presidential election as a call for U.S. annexation of the Oregon Territory
Republic of California Nation declared by American settlers after defeating Mexicans
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty ending the War with Mexico
Forty-niners people who came to California in 1849 in search of gold
Gold Rush Movement of people to a place in which gold has been discovered
Wilmot Proviso Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico
Compromise of 1850 Series of measures that were intended to settle the disagreements between free states and slave states
Popular Sovereignty idea that people living in a territory should make their own decisions, especially the decision to admit slavery
Fugitive Slave Act law that provided for harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them
Underground Railroad Secret network of people who hid fugitive slaves who went north to freedom
Kansas Nebraska Act Law that split Nebraska into the territories of Nebraska and Kansas and allowed for popular sovereignty there
Bleeding Kansas Nickname given to the Kansas Territory because of the bloody violence there
John Brown fierce opponent of slavery who led a raid that killed five proslavery people
Free Soil Party Political party formed to oppose extending slavery in the territories
Harriet Tubman famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Beecher Stowe Author of the antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
Oregon Trail Trail from Missouri to Oregon
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