Expansion West and Attempts at Compromise
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Gold Rush | Immigrants came to California for the purpose of getting rich , most didn't get rich, but ended up staying in California. |
| Indian Removal | the forced removal of Native Americans in order to claim their land and to reduce the level of conflicts between them and settlers. |
| Oregon Trail | connected Missouri and Oregon, 2000 mile journey, pioneers traveled it in hopes of obtaining fertile and cheap land. |
| Texas Annexation | the US brings Texas into the United States, helping to spread the US across the continent |
| Mormons | felt they were being persecuted for their beliefs and chose to move into the area that becomes Utah |
| Maine | Free State that entered the US as a result of the Compromise of 1820 |
| 36 30 Line | Boundary used to divided the Louisiana Purchase into free and slave territory |
| Fugitive Slave Act | allowed slave catchers to take runaway slaves back to the South and punished whites who helped runaways |
| Washington, D.C. | where the slave trade was banned as a result of the Compromise of 1850 |
| Kansas | territory where bloody fighting will take place as a result of proslavery settlers arriving from Missouri |
| Nebraska | territory north of Kansas where little fighting occurred over the slavery issue |
| California | state that enters the United States as a free state from the Compromise of 1850 |
| Missouri | Slave State that entered the US as a result of the Compromise of 1820 |
| Dred Scott Decision | Supreme Court ruling that said the new territories are open to slavery |
| Santa Anna | leader of the Mexican army during the Mexican war |
| James K. Polk | President of the United States during the Mexican War, wanted the US to expand |
| Slave code | laws that restricted slaves' freedom and rights |
| Andrew Jackson | leader of the Democratic Party, supported by the common man and those on the frontier |
| Nullification Crisis | South Carolina did not want to pay a tariff |
| Spoils System | the practice of giving jobs in government to supporters |
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