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northwest ordinance
The northwest ordinance was law passed by congress in 1787. That gave rules for controlling the northwest territory , Land north of the Ohio river and west of Alleghenies, It let out rules for what parts of the territory could eventually became states . -
missouri compromise
The Missouri compromise was a temporary agreement to make a debate over slavery. And it basically banded slavery in different parts of Missouri. -
annexation of texas
Annexation of Texas was when the people of Texas had broken away from mexico and was scared they would come back for them so they asked the U.S could they make themselves a american state and the U.S declined the offer. -
Mexican american war
This war was the 1st U.S armed conflict fought on foreign soil . A border along the Rio grande started the fight off, And finished with a series of U.S victories .Mexican lost about 1\3 of their territory. -
Treaty of Guadalupe
This treaty was signed of February 2nd 1848. This allowed the war to end in the favor of the U.S, It also added 525,000 square miles to U.S territory . Mexico gave up all claims to texas. The U.S paid mexico 15 million . -
California gold rush
The cause of this gold rush was the discovery of a few gold nuggets in Sacramento valley . News had spread of the discovery and soon gold miners were surrounding the area . They traveled by sea or on land to San Francisco . 2 billion worth of metal was found during this gold search in the american river . -
compromise of 1850
This consisted of laws admitting California as a free state. Calhoun attacked this plan and demanded the north stop trying to limit slavery . A higher law was required than the checking of slavery in the constitution. Senator Stephen A . Douglas split the proposal into individual bills. -
The fugitive slave act of 1850
These laws allowed for the capture and return of any runaway salve in the terrtory of the U.S this act was enacted by congress in 1793 . This local the grovermants to seize and return escaped slaves to their masters and punish them . Also punish anybody who helped them escaped. They(hunters) had to bring the slaves in front a judge. -
uncle tom's cable
This was a anti slave man who went around in the south trying to help the slaves by giving them guns and weapons to kill their masters and get to freedom. But it back fired and he ended up getting caught and killed and than they made a book about it and the south banded the book from the south if you were caught reading it you would be put in jail. -
The underground railroad
The underground railroad helped slaves escape to safety. The fugitive slave act made capturing runaway slaves a business. Harriet Tubman , The conductor of the underground railroad , guided fugitive slaves to safe houses . -
caning of summer
Charles summers was known for deep commitment to the cause civil rights. He was antislavery leader in the late 1840s . In 1851 , He was elected to the U.S senate as a free solider .He campaigned against the aggression he saw in slavery. -
bleeding kansas
This term bleeding Kansas is used to describe the violence during the setting of Kansas territory . pro slavery and free state settlers came into Kansas to influence the decision . Either Kansas would become a slave state or a free one . Everyone was fighting for control . -
lecompton Constitution
This was formed by the southern side of Kansas . It contained causes pro-telling the bill of rights excluding free blacks . It added frictions leading up to the civil war . It rejected by territorial election . -
john brown's raid
John brown lead on a small group on a raid against a federal army in Harper's Ferry Virginia. Brown came from a staunchly Calvinist and antislavery family. He declared bankruptcy at 42. He had 20 lawsuits against him. Brown traveled to Kansas to fight against pro-slavery.
