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| Influential to Transcendental Philosophy. |
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| Canadian lumberjacks trying to claim land confronted by the Maine militia. |
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| 2,000 mile trail that began in Independence Missouri with 17 deaths per mile. |
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| School of painting which captured the beauty and magnificence of nature. |
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| Treaty which allowed Britain to build the Halifax-Quebec route |
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| Representative sent to Mexico to offer to buy California for $25 million. Arrested on Trent. |
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| Law that sought to ban slavery in new territories. |
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| coalition of northern Whigs, Democrats, and Liberty Party members that opposed any expansion of slavery. |
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| Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John Calhoun. |
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| Senator that said Slavery is wrong due to a higher law. |
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| President that signed the Compromise of 1850. |
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| Treaty between Britain and U.S. that said that neither would build a canal without the other's consent. |
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| American adventurer that captured Nicaragua. |
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| Treaty between Spain and U.S. in Ostend, Belgium, that offered $120 million for Cuba, or we take it by force. |
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| Impending Crisis of the South |
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| Book written by Hinton R. Helper that argued that non-slave owner whites suffered more. |
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| Senator that became a bloody puddle on the senate floor. |
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| John Brown and sons slaughtered five men for suspected slavery. |
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| Nominated Millard Fillmore in the election of 1856 |
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| Started as debate between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. The doctrine is Stephen Douglas' answer to Lincoln's question on slavery. |
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| John Breckinridge and Stephen Douglas |
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| Democratic nominees in election of 1860. John was southern, Stephen was northern. |
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| Achieved second in election of 1860. |
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| Amendment to appease the south that gave all states below 36 30 parallel popular sovereignty. |
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| Confederate battleship that sank 64 ships. |
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| Texas, Oregon, Mexican War |
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| Three components need for Manifest Destiny. TOM |
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| Revolt in which Californians defeated Mexicans. |
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| Democratic nominee in election of 1852 |
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| Purchase of southern New Mexico (Mesilla Valley) from Santa Anna for $10 million. |
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| Kansas Constitution that said they would apply as a slave state then vote on whether to stay as one. |
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| General and presidential nominee that said we should leave southern states alone. "Wayward sisters depart in peace." |
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| Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas |
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| Besides South Carolina, six states that seceded within six weeks. |
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| Maryland, Kentucky, West Virginia, Missouri, Delaware |
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| Five border states that Lincoln knew we needed to keep. |
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| Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson |
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| Talented officers of the south. |
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| Amount of Industry in the north |
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| Knickerbocker group in New York |
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| President known as "His Accidency" |
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| Treaty that ended the Mexican War. Stated that U.S. gained California, Utah, Nevada, parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming. |
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| Triumvirate member that began a campaign to maintain the union that upset abolitionists. |
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| Place in Virginia where John Brown was captured and later killed. |
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| Presidential Nominee in the election of 1860 that won most of the south. |
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| Southern white population in border states |
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| California admitted to Union free state. No slave trade D.C. New Mexico and Utah given Popular Sovereignty. New Fugitive slave law passed. Texas given $10 million to give up parts of New Mexico. |
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