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Unit 5--Part 1

APUSH

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the idea that the people who settled a territory should decide the issue of slavery for that territory by voting Popular Sovereignty
1st proposed by Henry Clay; meant to resolve the dispute over the admission of California as a free state Compromise of 1850
as part of the Compromise of 1850, it said the federal government would be responsible for hunting down runaway slaves; captured persons were denied trial by jury Fugitive Slave Law
proposed by Stephen Douglas (railroad), it divided Nebraska territory into Kansas and Nebraska and allowed popular sovereignty in each place; this effectively nullified the Missouri Compromise line and upset anti-slavery northerners Kansas-Nebraska Act
system developed by some abolitionists to aid runaway slaves on their journeys north (usually to Canada) Underground Railroad
escaped slave who helped run Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman
court case in which slaves were deemed property and declared Missouri Compromise line unconstitutional Dred Scott v Sandford
term that referred to violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas Bleeding Kansas
comprised of those who wanted no expansion of slavery into western territories because slaves took jobs from wage earners Free Soil movement
northern nativists who hated Irish Catholic and German Catholic immigrants Know Nothings
political party that formed as direct result of Kansas-Nebraska Act; platform was to prevent slavery's expansion Republican Party
idea promoted by early Republican Party that said slavery was economically inefficient free labor ideology
hatred of immigrants nativism
term that implied it was America’s “obvious” destiny to take over the entire continent to the Pacific Manifest Destiny
ended Mexican-American War; Mexico recognized Rio Grande as Texas border, US received Mexican Cession, US paid Mexico $15 million Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
said slavery should be forbidden in new territories acquired from Mexico in war Wilmot Proviso
took place in the 1840s as migrants rushed for land in the Pacific Northwest Oregon fever
gave migrants 160 acres of free land if they farmed it for 5 years Homestead Act
led the Mormons to Salt Lake City in Utah territory Brigham Young
provoked war with Mexico in order to take Mexican Cession James K. Polk
forced the Japanese to open trade with the USA through intimidation Matthew Perry
using the navy to intimidate a foreign power into doing something (trade) gunboat diplomacy
official treaty that opened American trade with Japan Treaty of Kanagawa
western territory taken in the 1846 war Mexican cession
court case in which Chinese were declared inferior and unable to testify against whites People vs Hall
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