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| 1422519447 | Lewiss Cass | Who is the Democratic candidate in the election of 1848? | 0 | |
| 1422519448 | popular sovereignty | Lewiss Cass coined this term. It was the belief that the people of a territory should decide the issue of slavery. | 1 | |
| 1422519449 | Zachary Taylor | Who is the Whig candidate in the election of 1848? | 2 | |
| 1422519450 | Free-Soilers | They favored the Wilmot Proviso and were against slavery in territories. They hated slavery because it took away job opportunities from whites. | 3 | |
| 1422519451 | Conscience Whigs | They condemned slavery on moral grounds. | 4 | |
| 1422519452 | Sutter's Mill | Gold was discovered here in California in 1848. | 5 | |
| 1422519453 | gold rush | This was the flood of people moving into California and out of Oregon after the discovery of gold. | 6 | |
| 1422519454 | slavery | In 1849, California drafted a constitution that forbade this. | 7 | |
| 1422519455 | admission of CA | This would have upset the South and made the North happy. It was a potential upset to balance between free and slave states. | 8 | |
| 1422519456 | South | The _____ had many presidents, cabinet members and justices. So if they were outnumbered in the House, they had equal representation in the Senate. | 9 | |
| 1422519457 | California | Up until __________, there were 15 slave states and 15 free states. | 10 | |
| 1422519458 | Underground Railroad | Under this secret system, thousands of slaves escaped to the North. | 11 | |
| 1422519459 | Harriet Tubman | She made 19 trips to the South and rescued over 300 slaves, including her parents. | 12 | |
| 1422519460 | The Great Triumvirate | This was composed of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun. | 13 | |
| 1422519461 | fire eaters | These were people in the South who threatened secession. | 14 | |
| 1422519462 | Stephen Douglas | Who accompanies Henry Clay when he comes back to help with the Compromise of 1850? | 15 | |
| 1422519463 | concessions | Henry Clay favored ___________ from both the North and South. He believed that the North should yield by enacting a tougher fugitive slave law. | 16 | |
| 1422519464 | The Great Nullifier | What was the nickname given to John C. Calhoun? | 17 | |
| 1422519465 | John C. Calhoun | He wanted to leave slavery alone and wanted to return the runaway slaves. | 18 | |
| 1422519466 | Daniel Webster | He favored a tough fugitive slave law. | 19 | |
| 1422519467 | Seventh of March Speech | This was a speech given by Daniel Webster in which he stated that territory gained from Mexico was not physically suitable for slavery, but he encouraged compromise from north. | 20 | |
| 1422519468 | William H. Seward | He was against concessions for the South. He believed that slavery shouldn't be allowed into Western territory due to a "higher law" than the Constitution. | 21 | |
| 1422519469 | President Zachary Taylor | William H. Seward swayed him to believe in the "higher law." He was against concession vetoed all compromises. | 22 | |
| 1422519470 | Millard Fillmore | Who took office after Taylor's death in office and signed the Compromise of 1850? | 23 | |
| 1422519471 | Compromise of 1850 | POPFACT; POPular Sovereignty in Mexican Cession; Fugitive Slave Law; Abolition of slave trad in Washington D.C.; California admitted as a free state; Texas given $10 million for disputed New Mexico territory | 24 | |
| 1422519472 | Bloodhound Bill | What was the nickname given to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850? | 25 | |
| 1422519473 | Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 | This was the single most important frictional issue between the North and South in the 1850s. It stated that slaves couldn't testify on their own behalf and were denied a jury trial. Northers who aided slaves could be fined or jailed. | 26 | |
| 1422519474 | moderates | Following the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, _________ joined the abolition bandwagon. | 27 | |
| 1422519475 | Personal Liberty Laws | These were passed in the North and denied local jails to federal officials involved in catching slaves. It was the North's version of nullifying this law. | 28 | |
| 1422519476 | Ableman v. Booth | In this 1859 court case, the Supreme Court upheld the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. | 29 | |
| 1422519477 | Clayton-Bulwer Treaty | This was an agreement in 1850 and stated that neither Britain nor America would seek control over future isthmus waterways. | 30 | |
| 1422519478 | Ostend Manifesto | This urged the US to buy Cuba from Spain for $120 million. If Spain refused, then the US was to take it over violently. Free-Soilers blocked the passage of this. | 31 | |
| 1422519479 | Caleb Cushing | Who traveled to China? | 32 | |
| 1422519480 | Treaty of Wanghia | This treaty of 1844 was the first diplomatic agreement between the US and China with the help of Caleb Cushing. | 33 | |
| 1422519481 | commerce | What did the Treaty of Wanghia promote? | 34 | |
| 1422519482 | missionaries | Following the Treaty of Wanghia, these opened up in China. | 35 | |
| 1422519483 | Matthew Perry | Who opened up Japan in 1852? | 36 | |
| 1422519484 | Treaty of Kanagawa | With this treaty of 1854, the US and Japan began trade after 200 years of Japan isolationism. | 37 | |
| 1422519485 | Meiji Restoration | The Treaty of Kanagawa begins this. | 38 | |
| 1422519486 | favorable geography | Why does the South win in building a railroad in the South? | 39 | |
| 1422519487 | Jefferson Davis | He was Secretary of War (and future CSA president) who appointed William Gadsen to negotiate the land purchase with Santa Anna. | 40 | |
| 1422519488 | William Gadsen | He negotiated the Gadsen Purchase with Santa Anna in 1853 in which the US agreed to pay $10 million for the area. | 41 | |
| 1422519489 | Kansas-Nebraska Scheme | What was the most important short-term cause of the Civil War? | 42 | |
| 1422519490 | Gadsen Purchase | What the Kansas-Nebraska Act a response to? | 43 | |
| 1422519491 | slave; free | Kansas would presumably be _____ and Nebraska would presumably be ____. | 44 | |
| 1422519492 | Missouri Compromise | What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act repeal? | 45 |
