____________ argued slaves were better off than northern factory workers
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Stono River, Denmark Vessey, and Nat Turner
____________________ slave rebellions, all ending in failure
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William Lloyd Garrison
___________ publishes the very radical Liberator
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Frederick Douglass
___________ was more moderate and published the North Star
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Manifest Destiny
____________: the God-given right to expand sea-to-sea
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Texas
Mexico declares independence from Spain, needs Americans who bring slaves, Mexico outlaws slavery, Texans declare independence and ________ is annexed by Polk in 1845
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1842
Treaty signed between US and English Canada divides land along border after the Lumberjack War (1838-1839)
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Election of 1844
James Polk (Democrat, pro-expansion) against Henry Clay (Whig), Polk wins
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James Polk's Plan
-Annex Texas -“54-40 or Fight!“ – lumberjacks, trappers want north border of Oregon -Settled on 49 degree line to avoid war with England because he realized he couldn’t fight two wars at once -Triggers war with Mexico to gain CA, NM, AZ
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Mexican War 1846-1848
-Mexico refuses to honor US annexation of Texas -Polk offers $30 million for California and New Mexico/Arizona -Mexico refuses so he orders troops to the border -War Begins
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Free Soil
________ political party organized to oppose spread of slavery
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
__________ grants US AZ, NM, CA, NV, UT for $18 million, ended war between US and Mexico
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Gadsden Purchase
1853 for railroad land passing through southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico
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Gold
____ discovered in California in 1848 (thousands head west, opening up new trails and lands for settlers)
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Bleeding Kansas
_________ = mini Civil War
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Republican Party
Whigs and Free Soilers form new (modern) ____________, they push for ending end of slavery & American System ideas to unite
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
______________________ is national best-seller and opens Europeans and Northerners eyes to the horrors of slavery
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
_______________ allows Popular Sovereignty
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slavery
Lincoln-Douglas Debates over future of _______
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Abraham Lincoln
The Republican Party – organized to stop the spread of slavery and elects ____________
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