within two years of the compromise of 1850, all the following members of the congressional old guard
were dead except - ✔✔stephen douglas
the primary conductor for the undergound railroad, who enabled many fugitive slaves to find freedom in
north and in canada was - ✔✔harriet tubman
president polk provoked war with mexico by - ✔✔sending soliders into disputed territory
the slogan 54 40 or fight involved which one of these territories - ✔✔oregon
which one of these philosophies has been used to describe slavery - ✔✔cradle to grave, peculiar
institution, positive good
when americans moved to texas in the 1820's, which of these were required by the mexican governemt
- ✔✔conversion to catholicism, no slavery was allowed, the spanish language must be learned
which former slave learned to read and write and gave eloquent lectures across the country against the
atrocities of slavery - ✔✔fredrick douglas
who was the founder of mormonism - ✔✔joseph smith
a politician, usually a northerner, who could take multiple sides on each issue when speaking to
different audiences was known as - ✔✔doughface
the nat turner rebellion - ✔✔led to the development of further slave codes, which restricted slaves
freedoms
the wilmot proviso - ✔✔forbade slavery in all lands taken from mexico, was opposed in the south,
passed the house of rep., but failed in the senate
, the gadsden purchase - ✔✔was undertaken to build the possible southern route of the trans-
continental railroad
the ostend manifesto - ✔✔involved in the potential purchase of cuba from spain, occurred during the
franklin pierce administration, saw one of the three ministers to europe threaten a duel
Support for abolitionists came from which of the following regions? - ✔✔northeast
the term manifest destiny refers to the belief that - ✔✔god had destined the american continent to be
dominated by the united states
the mexican commander who granted texas independence from mexico was - ✔✔santa anna
the american colonizations society was established to - ✔✔enable former slaves and freedmen to
emigrate to africa
in retaliation to the lawrence raid, john brown and his men - ✔✔butchered pro-slavery settlers at
pottwattomie creek
the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo - ✔✔authorized the united states to pay 15 million to texas, fixed the
texas boarder at the rio grande, ended the united states war with mexico
which of the following was tru for the texas revolution - ✔✔the battle of the alamo was part of it
in the mexican war - ✔✔the united states won every battle due to its superior leadership and weapons
which one of these slaves states did not secede from the union - ✔✔kentuky
the compromise of 1850 - ✔✔became law after senator douglas maneuvered it through congress