Leaked secret proposal by diplomats under orders from President Franklin Pierce to try and buy Cuba from Spain, which angered antislavery members of Congress and ultimately failed.

Failed private attempt to build a proslavery Central American Empire, which included trying to take the Baja Peninsula from Mexico and Nicaragua.

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850)

Agreement between the United States and the British that neither nation would attempt to take exclusive control of any future canal route in Central America (revised in 1901).

Purchase of southern sections of present-day New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico organized by President Franklin Pierce in order to build a railroad through the region.

Ideology of many Northern Democrats and Whigs about stopping the spread of slavery to new parts of the country, but leaving slavery intact where it already existed.

Political organization founded on the ideology of stopping the spread of slavery to new parts of the country, but leaving slavery intact where it already existed.

Democratic senator from Michigan who proposed a Congressional compromise of allowing new states to vote on whether or not to allow slavery in a process called popular sovereignty.

Congressional compromise idea of allowing new states to vote on whether or not to allow slavery in a process called popular sovereignty.

Famous general of the Mexican-American War and the 12th President of the United States (Whig) who opposed the spread of slavery, but died suddenly in office.

Antislavery Democrats whose defection to the Free-Soil Party threatened to severely weaken or destroy the Democratic Party.

Representative from Kentucky that promoted the idea of the American System and was also known as the Great Compromiser due to his efforts to try and keep the country from falling to sectionalism.

Law proposed by Henry Clay that hoped to resolve sectional tension over expanding slavery into new territory from the Mexican Cession, but the compromise proved unsuccessful.

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Compromise of 1850

Term	Definition
Ostend Manifesto	Leaked secret proposal by diplomats under orders from President Franklin Pierce to try and buy Cuba from Spain, which angered antislavery members of Congress and ultimately failed.
Walker Expedition	Failed private attempt to build a proslavery Central American Empire, which included trying to take the Baja Peninsula from Mexico and Nicaragua.
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (1850)	Agreement between the United States and the British that neither nation would attempt to take exclusive control of any future canal route in Central America (revised in 1901).
Gadsden Purchase	Purchase of southern sections of present-day New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico organized by President Franklin Pierce in order to build a railroad through the region.
Free-Soil Movement	Ideology of many Northern Democrats and Whigs about stopping the spread of slavery to new parts of the country, but leaving slavery intact where it already existed.
Free-Soil Party	Political organization founded on the ideology of stopping the spread of slavery to new parts of the country, but leaving slavery intact where it already existed.
Lewis Cass	Democratic senator from Michigan who proposed a Congressional compromise of allowing new states to vote on whether or not to allow slavery in a process called popular sovereignty.
Popular Sovereignty	Congressional compromise idea of allowing new states to vote on whether or not to allow slavery in a process called popular sovereignty.
Zachary Taylor	Famous general of the Mexican-American War and the 12th President of the United States (Whig) who opposed the spread of slavery, but died suddenly in office.
Barnburners	Antislavery Democrats whose defection to the Free-Soil Party threatened to severely weaken or destroy the Democratic Party.
Henry Clay	Representative from Kentucky that promoted the idea of the American System and was also known as the Great Compromiser due to his efforts to try and keep the country from falling to sectionalism.
Compromise of 1850	Law proposed by Henry Clay that hoped to resolve sectional tension over expanding slavery into new territory from the Mexican Cession, but the compromise proved unsuccessful.

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