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Abolition
Movement to abolish slavery. Became the most important of a series of reform movements in America. -
Missouri compromise
Maine free state, Missouri slave state. Split Louisiana territory in half, southern states become slave and northern become free. James Madison was president during this time. -
San Felipe de Austin
Colony between the Brazos and Colorado rivers. Founded by Stephen F. Austin in honor of his father who died when establishing the colony. -
Santa Fe Trail
Stretched 780 miles from Independence, Missouri, to
Santa Fe in the Mexican province of New Mexico. One of the old Native American trails that people followed when expanding west. -
Harriet Tubman
One of the most famous conductors was a born slave in Maryland. After Tubman's owner died she had rumors she was about to be sold. Fearing the possibility, Tubman decided to make a break for freedom and succeeded reaching Philadelphia. -
The Liborator
Antislavery paper demanding emancipation. Written by white radical abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. -
Mexico abolishes slavary
Many of the settlers were Southerners,
who had brought slaves with them to Texas. Mexico, which had abolished slavery
in 1829, insisted in vain that the Texans free their slaves -
Nat turners rebellion
Turner and more than 50 followers attacked four
plantations and killed about 60 whites in an act of rebellion. -
Stphen F Austin goes to jail
Austin had
traveled to Mexico City late in 1833 to present petitions to Mexican president
Antonio López de Santa Anna for greater self-government for Texas. While
Austin was on his way home, Santa Anna had Austin imprisoned for inciting
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Orgeon Trail
Stretched from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon. 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 -
Texas Revoluion
gained its
independence from Mexico -
Mexican american war
he war was initiated by Mexico and resulted in Mexico's defeat and the loss of approximately half of its national territory in the north. -
Manifest destany
The belief that the westward expansion was predestined by God.The phrase “manifest destiny”
expressed the belief that the United States was ordained to expand to the Pacific
Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory. Manifest is inevitable -
Texas enters the US
Southerners wanted it to expand slavery, northerners didn't because it could to inbalance in senate. 1844 U.S. presidential campaign focused on westward expansion. The
winner, James K. Polk, a slaveholder, firmly favored the annexation of Texas.On December 29, 1845,
Texas entered the Union -
The North Star
Written by Frederick Douglass who escaped from bondage and became an outspoken critic against slavery. Named after the star that guided runaway slaves to freedom. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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. U.S. agreed to pay $15 mil for the cession -
Underground railroad
The system of escape routes they used became known as underground railroad. -
Fugitive slave act
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 6 months. -
Compromise of 1850
Clay's compromise contained provisions to appease Northerners as well as Southerners. To please the North, the compromise provided that California be admitted to the Union as a free state. To please the South, the compromise proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law. Had also provided for sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah -
Uncle Toms cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe published her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which stressed that slavery was not just a political contest, but also a great moral struggle. -
Kansas Nebraska act
Stephen Douglas introduced a
bill in Congress on January 23, 1854,
that would divide the area into two
territories: Nebraska in the north and Kansas in the south. If passed, the bill would repeal the Missouri Compromise
and establish popular sovereignty for both territories. -
Dread scott vs standford
The case was in court for years. Finally on March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott.According to the ruling, Scott lacked any legal standing to sue in federal court because he wasn't a citizen.
