RTTCW: Part 2
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purplebright2 on February 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 California | what state applied for statehood in 1850 as a free state? |
| 1850 | what year did california apply for statehood |
| Gold rush | what famous even happened in 1849? (origin of 49ers) |
| 15 | how many free states were there before california? |
| 15 | how many slave states were there before california? |
| Compromise of 1850 | 5 Point Plan! - California enters as a free state - New mexico - popular sovereignity - resolved border dipute in New Mexico and Texas in favor of New Mexico - slave trade banned in Wahington D.C. (not slavery though!) - stronger fugitive slave act |
| Zachary Taylor | who died in 1850....? |
| Stephen Douglas and Millard Fillmore | the two people who get the compromise passed. |
| Stephen Douglas | "the little giant" |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Part of the Compromise of 1850: - required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves and allowed for the punishment of anyone who aided in their escape - judges of special courts were paid to return slaves. - north was outraged and defied the law, resisted slave owners who came north |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | book written by Harriett Beecher Stowe (acted kinda like Common Sense - Thomas Paine) sold 300,000 copies the first year. eventually sold over 6.5 million copies world wide. Novel depicted the evils of slavery. It helped develop an abolitionist movement in the North. angered people in south! |
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