IN PROGRESS - 1845-1850 USA

Who was the Mexican Dictator who was defeated in the Mexican War?

Santa Anna

In which year was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed?

1848

What areas did America get from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, California

In what month and year was the Wilmot Proviso suggested?

August 1846

What was important about the voting for the Wilmot Proviso?

Passed the House because of Northern dominance

What did Calhoun issue in February 1847?

Calhoun Doctrine or Platform of the South

What did the Calhoun Doctrine/Platform of the South assert?

American Citizens had the right to take their property (slaves) into any of the territories (andy anywhere in America)

Who became President in 1848 and for which Party?

Zachary Taylor (Whigs)

How many people flooded into California by the end of 1849?

100,000

Texas had an ongoing border dispute with which area?

New Mexico

What was due to happen at Nashville in June 1850?

Nashville Convention (slave holding states discussing whether to leave Union) only 9/15 attended.

Who was key in proposing the 1850 Compromise?

Henry Clay (Whig, Kentucky)

Who eventually passed the 1850 Compromise?

Stephen Douglas (Democrat, Illinois)

Explain how the 'Little Giant' finally achieved the 1850 Compromise.

Broke bill down into its composite parts so that it got support from the majority and isolated extremists on certain issues.

Zachary Taylor

(1849-1850), Whig president who was a Southern slave holder, and war hero (Mexican-American War). Won the 1848 election. Surprisingly did not address the issue of slavery at all on his platform. He died during his term.

July 1850

Time of President Taylor's death

Popular Sovereignty

A belief that ultimate power resides in the people. People in the territories themselves should decide on the free/slave issue

Free Soil Party (1848)

This party was formed on a platform favoring the Wilmot Proviso and free land for settlers. They were a group of moderate abolitionists. They did not oppose slavery in the South, but opposed the expansion of slavery into the new territories. They split the Democrat vote in the 1848 election.

Liberty Party

A political party that started during the two party systems in the 1840's.The party's main platform was bringing an end to slavery by political and legal means. The party was originally part of the American Anti-slavery however; they split because they believed there was a more practical way to end slavery than Garrison's moral crusade.

Martin Van Buren

President (1837-1841) Advocated lower tariffs and free trade, and by doing so maintained support of the south for the Democratic party. He succeeded in setting up a system of bonds for the national debt.

Lewis Cass

Democratic senator who proposed popular sovereignty to settle the slavery question in the territories; he lost the presidential election in 1848 against Zachary Taylor but continued to advocate his solution to the slavery issue throughout the 1850s.

Michigan

State that Lewis Cass came from

Louisiana

State that Taylor came from

New York

Van Buren's home state. Crucially he sucked significant support for Cass from here in 1848

1848 election candidates

***Zachary Taylor (whig); Lewis Cass (democrat); Martin VanBuren(free soiler)

How many slave states attended the Nashville Conference June 1850?

9 out of 15. Appetite for secession?