American Pageant Ch 18 Flashcards

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