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The idea that Americans had a God-given right to conquer and civilize North America
#expansion |
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The United States took claim to the nation of Texas and freed them from Mexico
#freedom |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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Mexico sold its northern half to the United States and recognized the Rio Grande as the Texas border
#byebyenorth |
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Gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.
#getrichquick |
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A law passed by the United States that made it illegal for slaves to run away to a free state
#youaintgoingnowhere |
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A 29,670-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States purchased via a treaty
#giveusmore |
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An American abolitionist who believed in and advocated armed insurrection as the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States
#useforceifnecessary |
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An American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War
#emancipationproclomation |
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Douglas said that slavery could be allowed but a territory did not have to pass laws to protect it
#sortofslavery |
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This last ditch effort proposed bringing back the Missouri Compromise line and extending it to the West coast
#worthashot |
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This fort was attacked in 1861 by the South after Lincoln's inauguration.
#confederacy |
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One of the trails used for settlers to move to the West
#longjourney |
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This was a war between Mexico and America that occurred over the dispute of ownership over Texas
#noitismine |
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Term meaning "let the people rule"
#powerofthepeople |
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| “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight” |
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This slogan stated the desire of Americans to own ALL of the Oregon Territory up to the 54° 40’ latitude line
#takeitall |
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A book about slavery written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that highlighted the daily life of slaves in a graphic way
#hardtruth |
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This law was meant to organize new northern states in the Midwest for a northern railroad
#newrailroad |
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When Charles Sumner made a speech in Congress about denouncing slavery, he was almost caned to death by a congressman from South Carolina
#Idonotagree |
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A case made by a slave who wanted slavery out of the West; he sued and argued that being taken into a free territory meant he was free
#givemefreedom |
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John Brown and his followers seized a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia; Brown intended to smuggle military weapons to the South and start a major slave rebellion
#revolution |
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| Confederate States of America |
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The group created by the seven states of the South who had seceded from the Union
#wewantslavery |
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Border States formed the border between the North and South that had slavery but had not seceded
#halfwaythere |
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Ran in the election of 1844 against Henry Clay; he advocated for westward expansion
#manifestdestiny |
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To appease northerners, this suggested making all land won from Mexico free
#youarewelcomenorth |
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This party did not want slavery to expand West, but they were not against slavery itself; they were afraid of the competition
#nocompetition |
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This determined the status of the land from the Mexican Cession, including California
#thankshenryclay |
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| Transcontinental railroad |
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A railroad that would unite the West (California and Oregon) to the East
#connected |
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Kansas had a civil war between abolitionists and slave owners
#minicivilwar |
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A party which advocated for slavery to not expand West and existed in the North
#abrahamlincoln |
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Republican Abraham Lincoln ran against Stephen Douglas for Senate and challenged him to a series of debates
#senatedebates |
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Republicans did not want slavery to expand to the West; Lincoln was not an abolitionist, but also did not want slavery to expand
#whatwillhappentoslavery |
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President of the confederacy
#southernpride |
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