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Mexican Cession

chapter 18

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Chapter 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle The Popular Sovereignty Panacea Election of 1848 Polk does not want to run again for the democrats Democrats pick General Lewis Cass (War of 1812) Believed in popular sovereignty Popular Sovereignty? Doctrine that stated that the sovereign people of a territory should determine the status of slavery Whigs nominate General Zachary Taylor No official stance on the extension of slavery, but owned slaves Free Soil party Organized by antislavery men?agree with Wilmot Proviso Disliked slavery because it hurt whites chances to own land Wanted free soil in the West so whites could own property Nominated Van Buren Taylor won Free-soilers took votes from Democrats in NY CA Gold Rush, Sectional Balance and the Underground Railroad

slavery and sectionalism vocabulary

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Slavery and Sectionalism (1845-1860) 136. Nat Turner?s Rebellion: Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Virginia, attacked many whites, prompted non-slaveholding Virginians to consider emancipation 137. Yeoman Farmers: family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season, self-sufficient, participated in local markets alongside slave owners 138. Underground Railroad: network of safe houses of white abolitionists used to bring slaves to freedom Harriet Tubman ? worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom 139. ?Wage slaves?: northern factory workers who were discarded when too old to work (unlike the slaves who were still kept fed and clothed in their old age) 140. Nativism: anti-immigrant, especially against Irish Catholics

events leading to the civil war

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12/3/13 US HISTORY EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVAL WAR STATE HOOD FOR CALIFORNIA -AQUIRED CALIFORNIA, UTAH, AND NEW MEICO IN THE MEXICAN CESSION -RAPID POPULATION GROWTH IN 1849 FROM THE GOLD RUSH -PROBLEM: CALIFORNIA REQUESTS STATEHOOD -SOUTHERNERS ARGUMENT- MOST OF CALIFORNIA IS BELOW THE 36?30 LINE SOTHEY THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE A SLAVE STATE -NORTHERN ARGUMENT- DIDN?T WANT THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH COMPROMISE OF 1850 -HENREY CLAY COMPROMISE AGAIN! -1ST- CALIFORNIA IS A FREE STATE (HELPS THE NORTH) - -2ND- NEW AND MORE EFFECTIVE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT (HELPS THE SOUTH) -3RD- POPULAR SOVEIGNTY- IN UTAH AND NEW MEXICO TERRITORIES (PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE CAN VOTE ON SLAVERY) FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT -ALLEGED FUGITIVES ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A TRIAL
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