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APUSH Unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the spot Resolutions? | Lincoln questioned Polk and asked him to show the exact "spot" where American blood was shed to justify the Mexican-American War |
| What did "54' 40'' or fight' mean? | Slogan demanding the U.S. claim all of Orgeon Territory up to latitude 54'40 |
| What caused the Mexican-American War? | Manifest Destiney, Annexation of Texas, border dispute (Rio Grande vs Nueces River), and Polk's expansion goals. |
| What was Manifest Destiney? | Believe that the U.S. was destined by God to expand across North America |
| Why is John Tyler important? | President who supported Texas annexation and dealt with boarder disputes with Britain. |
| What did the cotton gin do? | Machine that quickly separated cotton fibers from seeds, making cotton production boom. |
| Who was Eli Whitney? | Inventor of the cotton gin. |
| What was the Amistad case? | Enslaved Africans rebelled on a Spanish ship and won freedom in the Supreme Court. |
| What was the Caroline affair? | Conflict between the U.S. and Britain involving aid to Canadian rebels. |
| Who was David Wilmont? | Congressman who proposed banning slavery in land granted from Mexico. |
| Why was the election of 1844 important? | Polk (2nd term) won on expansion and Manifest Destiney. |
| Who was Henry Clay? | Whig candidate in 1844 who supported limited annexation of Texas. |
| What divided the Whig Party? | Disagreements over expansion and slavery. |
| What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo do? | Ended the Mexican-American War and gave the U.S. Mexican Cession territory. |
| Why did annexing Texas matter? | It increased tensions with Mexico and helped cause war. |
| What is a joint resolution? | A bill passed by both houses of Congress; used to annex Texas. |
| What happened with the Oregon Territory? | The US and Britain divided it at the 49th parallel. |
| Who were the Know-Nothings? | Nativist political group against immigrants and Catholics. |
| What was the Wilmot Provisto? | Proposal to ban slavery in territory gained from Mexico; it never passed. |
| What was Oregon Fever? | Large migration westward to Orgeon for land and opportunity. |
| How did the South defend slavery? | claimed it was necessary for the economy and a "positive good" |
| What were the main types of abolitionism? | Gradual - slowly stop slavery Recolonization - sending slaves to Africa Radical - ending slavery in anyway possible |
| What was gradualism? | Slowly ending slavery over time. |
| What was recolonization? | Plan to send freed African Americans to Africa |
| What did radical abolitionists believe? | Slavery should end immediately by any means necessary. |
| Who were abolitionists? | People who worked to end slavery. |
| What was the American Colonization Society? | Organization that sent freed African Americans to Liberia |
| Why was the election of 1840 important? | William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren using popular campaigning. |
| What was Southern society like? | Wealthy plantation owners were at the top; most whites owned no slaves |
| How did slavery affect the South? | It became central to the economy because of cotton production |
| Who was John O'Sullivan? | Journalist who coined the term Manifest Destiney |
| What was the Bear Flag Republic? | Short-lived revolt by Americans in California against Mexico |
| Who was Zachary Taylor? | General in the Mexican-American War and later U.S. president. |
| Who was the Aroostook War? | Border dispute between Maine and Canada. |
| What did the Webster-Ashburton Treaty do? | Settle the Maine-Canada border dispute. |
| Who was John C. Fremont? | Explorer and military officer involved in western expansion. |
| Who was Nat Turner? | Led a major slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831 |
| Who was Frederick Douglass? | Former slave and famous abolitionist speaker/writer. |
| Who was John Slidell? | Diplomat sent to buy California from Mexico |
| What is Liberia? | African nation founded for freed African Americans |
| Who was William Lloyd Garrison? | Radical abolitionists who published The Liberator? |
| Who was David Walker? | Black abolitionist who wrote Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World. |
| Who was Sojourner Truth? | Former slave who fought for abolition and women's rights. |
| What was the gag resolution? | Rule preventing Congress from discussing anti-slavery petitions. |
| Who was Denmark Vesey? | Planned a large slave rebellion in South Carolina? |
| Who was William Henry Harrison? | Whig president elected in 1840; died shortly after taking office/ |
| Who was Winfield Scott? | U.S. general who captured Mexico City in the Mexican-American War |
| Who were the Conscience Whigs? | Anti-slavery Whigs who opposed expansion of slavery. |
| What was the Liberty Party? | Political party focused on abolishing slavery. |
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