Cotton Gin

This form of farming was wasteful due to excessive

cultivation of cotton which spoiled good land.

Plantation Agriculture

This was the main crop raised by

southern subsistence farmers.

Zachary TaylorEnded the Mexican-American

war, recognized the Rio Grande as the Tx. Border, and the US purchases California

and NM for 15 million.

Corn

The forced separation of slave families was

the theme of this novel.

John Tyler

This invention resulted in the re-invigoration of

slavery.

Spain, Russia, Britain and the United States

Won election of 1844

Missouri Compromise

Vice president of Harrison who became president after

Harrison’s death. Was known as a Democrat in

Whig’s clothing.

Harriet Tubman

Henry Clay was known as:

James K. Polk

The idea that Americans were destined by God to

spread democracy throughout the Americas

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Four nations that claimed Oregon Country

Popular Sovereignty

This proposed that slavery should not be allowed in any area purchased (or won) from Mexico. While it passed the House, it did not pass the Senate. It symbolized the burning issue of slavery.

Aroostook (Pork and Beans) War

In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846,

the northern boundary of the US was

established here.

Gold was discovered in California

Conductor of the underground

railroad

49th Parallel

Won victory at Buena Vista; “Old Rough and Ready;” future Whig

president.

William Lloyd Garrison

This conflict over the border of Maine was eventually solved by

compromise that gave each side new land.

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

The idea that whether or not a territory became a slave or free state would be decided by the people

living in that state.

Nativism

Stated that slaves could not testify on their own behalf, and were denied a jury trial. Also paid a judge more if a person were found to be a

slave.

Manifest Destiny

Publisher of “The Liberator,” this man

pledged his dedication to the immediate

abolition of slavery.

Wilmot Proviso

This party was a combination of anti-slavery

whigs and democrats. They did not want the expansion of slavery.

Free Soil Party

1848 – Sutter’s Mill

Great Nullifier

This was the central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the

1856 election.

William Walker

Author of “The Impending Crisis of the South” who

argued that non-slaveholding southern whites were hurt the

most by slave labor.

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

This admitted California as a free state and opened New Mexico and Utah to slavery based on popular

sovereignty

Matthew Perry

This had to be repealed to make way for popular

sovereignty and the Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850

Proposed that the state of Kansas have slavery regardless of whether the document was

approved or not.

Great Pacificator / Great Compromiser

John Calhoun was known as:

Hinton R. Helper

The man who opened Japan to the United

States.

Lecompton Constitution

Installed himself as president of

Nicaragua in 1856