APUSH Review 15 (Gadsden Purchase to Uncle Tom’s Cabin) – Flashcards
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In 1853, this President rounded out the Mexican cession by making the Gadsen Purchase from Mexico, which transferred to the United States the Mesilla Valley in the southernmost region of New Mexico and Arizona.
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Franklin Pierce
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In 1853, President Franklin Pierce rounded out the Mexican cession by making this from Mexico, which transferred to the United States the Mesilla Valley in the southernmost region of New Mexico and Arizona.
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Gadsen Purchase
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When Pierce made the Gadsen purchase, this controversy began to rage in D.C.
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slavery
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When Pierce made the Gadsen purchase, this controversy began to rage in D.C.
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slavery
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Some these used passages from the Bible to justify the institution of slavery.
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apologists
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A large movement of apologists, led by this man, spoke of the happy lives of Southern slaves who were clothed, fed, and housed by benevolent slave owners.
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George Fitzhugh
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Fitzhugh argued in this book that African-Americans slaves were much better of than the "Northern wage slave," who did not have basic living needs provided for him and his family.
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Cannibals All
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Fitzhugh argued in Cannibals All that African-Americans slaves were much better of than these who did not have basic living needs provided for him and his family.
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Northern wage slave
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The election of 1848 brought a third party into the political arena, the Free-Soil Party, encouraged by this.
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Wilmot Priviso
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This was made up of antislavery advocates from all political parties.
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Free-Soil Party
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The Free-Soil Party held some of the same beliefs of the old this party.
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Whigs
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The Free-Soil Party opposed this.
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expansion of slavery
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The Free-Soilers nominated this man as their candidate to run against the Whig Zachary Taylor and the Democrat Lewis Cass.
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Martin Van Buren
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Cass had gained national attention with his proposal to use this to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories in 1848.
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popular sovereignty
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This man won the election of 1848, as crucial Northern Democratic votes were split by the emergence of the Free-Soil Party and its candidate, former president Martin Van Buren.
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Zachary Taylor
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With the discovery of gold in 1848 and the massive influx of these into the west to find their fortune, California quickly drafted a new constitution to gain statehood.
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49ers
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With the discovery of this in 1848 and the massive influx of 49ers into the west to find their fortune, California quickly drafted a new constitution to gain statehood.
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gold
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The new constitution of ---- [forbade slavery/allowed slavery], which would alter the sectional balance in the Senate.
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forbade slavery
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Henry Clay came to the rescue with a plan to avert a national crisis: he would admit California as a this state, divide the Mexican cession into New Mexico and Utah territories with these serving as the basis for slavery, ban this in D.C., and enact a stricter this, and give this area monetary compensation for the states willingness to drop its claims to part of New Mexicos territory.
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free state, popular sovereignty, slave trade, Fugitive Slave Law, Texas
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Debate ensued after the idea of California being a free state, as these three men led the way with impassioned speeches on the floor of the Senate, with the first against and the last two in favor.
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Calhoun, Clay, and Webster
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This man argued that slavery should be banned on moral grounds, and Taylor rejected any talk of compromise with the South.
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Seward
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Compromise looked to be impossible until the sudden death of Taylor due to cholera. This man took over the presidency and ushered a compromise bill.
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Millard Fillmore
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(1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas.
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Compromise of 1850
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Mandated that northern states forcibly return escaped slaves to their owners in the South.
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Fugitive Slave Law
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This was established by abolitionists to assist slaves in escaping to freedom in either the Northern United States or British North America.
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Underground Railroad
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This woman wrote Uncle Toms Cabin in 1852.
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Harriett Beecher Stowe
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Harriett Beecher Stowe wrote this book in 1852.
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Uncle Toms Cabin
