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Ch 10 - 14 Review
Westward, North & South, Political Divisions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Manifest Destiny | a belief shared by many Americans in the mid-1800s that the United States should expand across the continent to the Pacific |
| James K. Polk | (1795–1849) 11th president, he settles the Oregon boundary with Great Britain and successfully conducts the Mexican-American War - promotes Manifest Destiny. |
| 54' 40" or Fight! | slogan that represents threat of expansionists to fight Great Britain over far northern border with Canada - compromise reached |
| Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo | 1848 - ends Mexican-American War, forces Mexico to cede (turn over) large amounts of territory to US (Mexican Cession) including California |
| Eli Whitney | (1765–1825) inventor whose cotton gin enables large increases in cotton production in the South; he also introduces the means of mass production through interchangeable parts in gun-making in the North. |
| interchangeable parts | process of production that creates identical parts of gun in order to produce large numbers - leads to assembly lines |
| Robert Fulton | (1765–1815) American engineer and inventor, he builds the first commercially successful full-sized steamboat, the Clermont which leads to the development of commercial steamboat ferry services for goods and people. Tested on Hudson River. |
| telegraph | 1832 Samuel F. B. Morse perfects machine that uses pulses of electric current to send messages across long distances through wires - communications revolution |
| Transportation Revolution | rapid growth in speed and means of travel - steamboats, railroad, canals |
| Morse code | series of dots and dashes to communicate over telegraph |
| cotton gin | important invention that industrializes agricultural South and allows for far greater processing speed |
| planters | top "1%" of Southern society with large numbers of enslaved people - enormous power for a relatively few number of people |
| Nat Turner | (1800–1831) American slave leader, he claims that divine inspiration had led him to end the slavery system, his slave revolt was the most violent one in U.S. history; he was tried, convicted, and executed. |
| abolition | movement to immediately end slavery |
| William Lloyd Garrison | (1805–1879) American journalist and reformer, he publishes the famous antislavery newspaper, the Liberator, and helps found the American Anti–Slavery Society promoting immediate emancipation and racial equality. |
| Frederick Douglass | (1817–1895) American abolitionist and writer, he escapes slavery and becomes a leading African American spokesman and writer. He publishes his biography and founds the abolitionist newspaper, the North Star. |
| Harriet Tubman | (c.1820–1913) abolitionist who escapes slavery, assists other enslaved Africans to escape; most famous Underground Railroad conductor, known as the "Moses" of her people. |
| popular sovereignty | principle of "rule of the people" - allows for people to decide whether to allow slavery in their new states |
| Compromise of 1850 | California comes in as free state, Fugitive Slave Act passed - creates tension, but no war |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Strict law passed that punishes people that help enslaved people on the Underground Railroad |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that portrays the horrors of slavery - informs North - consciences awakened |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | 1854 - popular sovereignty in new western territories |
| "Bleeding Kansas" | small-scale civil war created by popular sovereignty - 200 people killed |
| Republican Party | political group that is dedicated to stopping the spread of slavery into the new territories |
| Dred Scott decision | Supreme Court ruling - decision upheld slavery in territories and found the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. "Dreadful decision" by the Supreme Court. |
| Lincoln-Douglas debates | famous verbal conflicts over issue of slavery in the territories and rights of blacks in America |
| John Brown's raid (Harper's Ferry) | attempt to help enslaved people escape by taking weapons from armory - fails, but enrages the South |
| secession | states leaving the nation (Union), breaking agreement made in the Constitution of majority rule |
| Confederate States of America | attempt by Southern states, led by South Carolina, to create a new nation, based on the inequality of some |
| Jefferson Davis | (1808–1889) First and only president of the Confederate States of America after the election of President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 led to the secession of many southern states. |
| Abraham Lincoln | (1809–1865) promotes equal rights for African Americans in the famed debates. Becomes Republican party nominee for president in 1860 - his win splits the country in two. |
| TL: Compromise of 1850, ______________, Kansas-Nebraska Act | TL Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| TL: Uncle Tom's Cabin, ________________, :"Bleeding Kansas" | TL Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| TL Kansas-Nebraska Act, _________________, Dred Scott decision | TL "Bleeding Kansas" |
| TL Dred Scott decision, __________________, John Brown/Harper's Ferry | TL Lincoln-Douglas debates |
| TL Lincoln-Douglas debates, ___________________, Lincoln elected | TL John Brown/Harper's Ferry |
| TL John Brown/Harper's Ferry, ____________________, South Carolina secedes | TL Lincoln elected |
| TL Lincoln elected, ________________________, Fort Sumter | TL South Carolina secedes |
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