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Behind the leadership of Henry Clay, Congress passed a series of agreements
in 1820–1821. The president during the time was James Monroe -
The movement to abolish
slavery, became the most important of a series of reform movements in America. -
The main settlement of the colony was named San Felipe de Austin, in
Stephen’s honor. It's a colony between the Brazos and Colorado rivers. -
Written by William Garrison. It delivered an uncompromising
demand: immediate emancipation. -
Mexico, which had abolished slavery
in 1829, insisted in vain that the Texans free their slaves. Many of the settlers were Southerners,
who had brought slaves with them to Texas so they didn't want to free their slaves. -
Turner and more than 50 followers attacked four
plantations and killed about 60 whites. Whites eventually captured and executed
many members of the group, including Turner. -
Santa Anna had Austin imprisoned for inciting
revolution when Austin was on his way home. -
A trail that stretched from Independence,
Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon. It was blazed in 1836 by
two Methodist missionaries named Marcus and Narcissa
Whitman. By driving their wagon as far as Fort Boise (near
present-day Boise, Idaho), they proved that wagons could
travel on the Oregon Trail. -
the 1836 rebellion in which Texas gained its
independence from Mexico -
expressed the belief that the United States was ordained to expand to the Pacific
Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory. -
A trail that stretched 780 miles from Independence, Missouri, to
Santa Fe in the Mexican province of New Mexico. Each spring from 1821 through the 1860s,
American traders loaded their covered wagons with goods
and set off toward Santa Fe. -
Texas enters the Union
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Started April 25, 1846 and ended February 2, 1848. Mexico and America were fighting over the territory of Texas.
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Written by Fredrick Douglass. It was an antislavery newspaper.
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Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico and
ceded the New Mexico and California territories to the United States -
Clay presented to the Senate a series of resolutions
later called the Compromise of 1850.
Clay’s compromise contained provisions to appease Northerners as well as
Southerners. To please the North, the compromise provided that California admitted to the Union as a free state. To please the South, the compromise proposed
a new and more effective fugitive slave law. -
Under the law,
alleged fugitive slaves were not entitled to a trial by jury. In addition, anyone convicted
of helping a fugitive was liable for a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for
up to six months. -
As time went on, free African Americans and white abolitionists developed a
secret network of people who would, at great risk to themselves, hide fugitive
slaves. The system of escape routes they used became known as the
Underground Railroad. -
One of the most famous conductors was Harriet Tubman. Is said to have
helped 300 slaves—including her own parents—flee to freedom. -
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It stressed
that slavery was not just a political contest, but also a great moral struggle.