5.2-5.5 Flashcards

Manifest Destiney

The Popular belief that the US had a divine mission to extend its power and civilization across the whole continent of North America

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

An agreement that ended the Mexican–American War and resulted in the U.S. acquiring a vast amount of territory, such as present-day California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. It also established the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico. Renewed tensions put on hold by the Missouri compromise

Compromise of 1850

Proposed by Henry Clay, this compromise proposed to admit California as a free state, admit texas as a slave state, enact a stronger slave law that allowed catchers into the North, and allowed popular sovereignty to determine the status of slavery in future states

Nativism

The idea that native born whites in America were superior to all immigrants

Cause of Nativism

Rise of immigrants moving into the US during the mid to late 1800s, especially that of Irish and German immigrants, who moved into cities in the northeast and lived in ethnic neighborhoods

Effect of Nativism

Groups such as the Know Nothing Party formed in an effort to oppose the influx of immigrants of differing traditions and faiths, as well as those that might compete for jobs. They worked to slow immigration down while limiting citizenship and the right to vote