Greenstein '11
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| 290467660 | White Trash | Poor white Southerners who were often more cruel and racists than wealthy slaveholders. | |
| 290467661 | Hillbillies | Nickname for southern textile wage slaves. | |
| 290467662 | King Cotton | Expression used by Southern authors and orators before Civil War to indicate economic dominance of Southern cotton industry, and that North needed South's cotton. Coined by James Hammond. | |
| 290467663 | The Plantation System | Large-scale commercial agriculture and wholesale exploitation of slave labor. | |
| 290467664 | American Colonization Society | A Society that thought slavery was bad. They would buy land in Africa and get free blacks to move there. One of these such colonies was made into what now is Liberia. Most sponsors just wanted to get blacks out of their country. | |
| 290467665 | The Liberator | An anti-slavery newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison. It drew attention to abolition, both positive and negative, causing a war of words between supporters of slavery and those opposed. | |
| 290467666 | Narrative of the Life oilfield Frederick Douglass | Published in 1845, Douglass wrotevahoutvhis upbringing, struggles, and escape. | |
| 290467667 | The Caroline | American steamer subject to an 1837 raid by a British-Canadian force while crossing the Niagara River, sinking just short of the falls. | |
| 290467668 | The Creole | An American ship that was captured by 130 Virginia slaves, who were then offered asylum by British officials. | |
| 290467669 | 54 40' | Northern boundary of Oregon territory jointly occupied with Britain, advocated by Democratic party and others as the desired line of American expansion. | |
| 290467670 | Manifest Destiny | This expression was popular in the 1840s. Many people believed that the U.S. was destined to secure territory from "sea to sea," from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This rationale drove the acquisition of territory. | |
| 290467671 | Polk's Four Points | Polk's presidential agenda: (1) Tariff of 1842, (2) restoration of independent treasury (1846), (3) acquisition of California, (4) acquisition of Oregon. | |
| 290467672 | Oregon Fever | Enthusiasm for emigration to the Oregon Country in the late 1830s and early 1840s. | |
| 290467673 | 54 40' or Fight! | In the election of 1844, Polk used this as a campaign slogan, implying that the he would declare war if Britain did not give the United States all the Oregon territory up to its northern boundary. | |
| 290467674 | 49th Parallel | Dividing line at the 49th parallel - north became Canada, South became Washington and Oregon. | |
| 290467675 | Bear Flag Republic | Nickname for California after it declared independence from Mexico in 1846. | |
| 290467676 | Mexican American War | After Mexican refusal to sell California-New Mexico region, Polk sent troops and it ended w/ Treat of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. Boarder at Rio Grande. | |
| 290467677 | Wilmont Priviso | A proposal to outlaw slavery in the territory added to the United States by the Mexican Cession; passed in the House of Representitives but was defeated in the Senate. | |
| 290467678 | Popular Sovereignty | The concept that political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government. People express themselves through voting and free participation in government. | |
| 290467679 | Underground Railroad | A system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North. | |
| 290467680 | Clayton-Bulwar Treaty of 1850 | Both U.S. and England wanted to build a Panama Canal. This said that if either of us built it, we'd get the builder's permission to use it and would share the profits. | |
| 290467681 | Treaty of Wanghia | The first diplomatic agreement between China and America in history, signed on July 3, 1844. Since America signed as a nation interested in trade instead of colonization, it was rewarded with extraordinary amount of trading power. | |
| 290467682 | Treaty of Kanagawa | An agreement by Japan with America, that Japan would open two ports to trade with the U.S. and would help shipwrecked U.S. sailors. | |
| 290467683 | Gadsden Purchase | Strip of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico that was acquired by the U.S. in 1853 for $10 million. | |
| 290467684 | The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | This treaty ended the Mexican-American war. Mexico agreed to give up all its northern lands to the United States. These lands included California, Utah, Nevada, and parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming. The United States payed Mexico $15 million. | |
| 290467685 | Free Soil Party | Formed in 1847 - 1848, dedicated to opposing slavery in newly acquired territories such as Oregon and ceded Mexican territory. | |
| 290467686 | Fugitive Slave Act | Law passed in 1850 that required all citizens to aid in the capture of runaway slaves | |
| 290467687 | The Bleeding of Kansas | Mini civil war in Kansas because of the idea of popular sovereignty. | |
| 290467688 | The Lincoln-Douglas Debates | Lincoln and Stephen Douglas ran against each other for a US Senate position in 1858. Lincoln challenged Douglas to a series of debates. In a series of 7 debates that were widely publicized, the two men debated slavery and states' rights. | |
| 290467689 | The Secessionist Exodus | Shortly after Lincoln's election South Carolina seceded from the Union followed by Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, and Texas. Jefferson Davis elected president of confederacy. | |
| 301695013 | Nat Turner | Slave in Virginia who started a slave rebellion in 1831 believing he was receiving signs from God His rebellion was the largest sign of black resistance to slavery in America and led the state legislature of Virginia to a policy that said no one could question slavery. | |
| 301695014 | William Lloyd Garrison | 1805-1879. Prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator", and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. | |
| 301695015 | Sojourner Truth | American abolitionist and feminist. Born into slavery, she escaped in 1827 and became a leading preacher against slavery and for the rights of women. | |
| 301695016 | Reverend Elijah P. Lovejoy | Lovejoy, from Alton, Illonois, was not content to assail slavery and impugned the chastity of Catholic women. His printing press was destroyed 4 times , and in 1837 he was killed by a mob and became the "martyr abolitionist." | |
| 301695017 | General Zachary Taylor | Commander of the Army of Occupation on the Texas border. Taylor's forces engaged in is a series of engagements that led to the Mexican War. His victories in the war and defeat of Santa Ana made him a national hero. "old rough and ready" | |
| 301695018 | General Winfield Scott | Led the U.S. forces' march on Mexico City during the Mexican War. He took the city and ended the war. He also invented the Anaconda Plan in the Civil War. | |
| 301695019 | James Polk | The 11th U.S. President, he led the country during the mexican war and sought to expand the United States. | |
| 301695020 | Franklin Pierce | Democratic candidate for President in 1852 and the fourteenth president of the US. He made the Gadsden Purchase, which opened the Northwest for settlement, and passed the unpopular Kansas-Nebraska Act. | |
| 301695021 | Harriet Tubman | United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913). | |
| 301695022 | Dred Scott | American slave who sued his master for keeping him enslaved in a territory where slavery was banned under the Missouri Compromise. | |
| 301695023 | John Brown | An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves, was hung in Harpers Ferry after capturing an Armory. | |
| 301695024 | Stephen Douglas | Democratic senate member who supported popular sovereignty and supported people's right to be heard. |
