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History chapter 4

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internal improvements
roads , bridges , canals , and other transportation needs
Natchez Trace
the overland route that followed a northeasterly path beginning in Natchez
Wilmot Proviso
a bill, which did not pass in Congress, that attempted to exclude slavery from any territory that America might acquire from Mexico in the Mexican War
Northwest Ordinance
1787 law that established the Northwest Territory provided for its government, and forbade slavery in the territory
Kansas-Nebraska Act
an act of 1854 that created territories of Kansas and Nebraska, specified that the status of slavery there would determined by popular vote, and repealed the Missouri Compromise
Constitution of 1817
our first state constitution, which was written before Mississippi was admitted to statehood
Missouri Compromise
an 1820 compromise in the U.S. Congress that prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory above the 36°30 parallel but allowed slavery below the 36°30' line
annexation
adding territory to an existing governmental unit
Dred Scott decision
U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1857 that ruled that Dred Scott had not been freed even though he was taken into free territory, that slaves were recognized as personal property under the U.S. Constitution, and that slave owners could not be restricted from taking their slaves or other personal property into any state or territory
protective tariff
tax placed on manufactured goods that are imported into America from foreign countries; its purpose is to protect American manufacturers
Constitution of 1832
a constitution to replace the unpopular and outdated Constitution of 1817; it removed property qualifications for public office and for voting
abolitionist
a person who wanted to end slavery
sectionalism
allegiance to local, rather than national, interests
free soilers
those opposed to the extension of slavery into the territories
free soilers
period of economic expansion in the early 1830s
Devil's Backbone
nickname for the Natchez Trace
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
treaty that ended the Mexican War, wherein the U.S acquired all or part of the present states of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California
secession
withdrawal from the Union
Fire-eaters
a group of southern politicians who actively advocated secession
Louisiana Purchase
purchase in 1803 of the vast territory of Louisiana from France, which more than doubled the size of the United states
flatboat
a large boat with a flat bottom and square ends, used for carrying freight downstream
Compromise of 1850
compromise wherein California was admitted as a free state
What were the first two territorial capitals of the Mississippi Territory?
Natchez and washington
Who was Jefferson College's most famous alumnus?
Jefferson davis
Describe the boundaries of the Gulf Coast area added to the Mississippi Territory
Between 31 parellel and gulf coast, fromthe mississippi river on the west of the perido
Under the Mississippi Constitution of 1817, what were the four eligibility requirements to vote?
White
Male
21 years old
Owned property
Member of millita
What were the two major causes of sectionalism?
Slavery and protective tariff
What was Mississippi's population in 1830 and, then, in 1840?
1830 - 136,621
1840- 375,651
Who served as military governor of Mexico City during the Mexican War?
John Antony
Why did the Wilmot Proviso upset so many Mississippians?
Had the law pasted mississippians and other southerners could not take slaves to western territory
What did Union Party members oppose?
Secession from the union
What group's influence increased in Mississippi politics during the 1850s?
Fireaters
In nineteenth-century America, why did people often develop a stronger allegiance to their state or region than the nation as a whole?
Mississippi had to have slave labor
Why would candidates for political office, inthe antebellum Mississippi, make their speeches while standing on a tree stump?
They didn't have a plat form or stage
In what sense was Cotton "King" in antebellum Mississippi?
The whole world was depending on cotton
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