American History to 1877 Final Exam
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Woman Suffrage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A woman's right to vote, an issue raised
for the first time at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.
The Texas Revolt - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The revolution of Texas against Mexico
led by Stephen Austin that resulted in Texas's independence in 1836.
Santa Anna - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas
revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the
Mexican War (1795-1876)
Mexican War - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(1846-1848) The war between the United
States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the
Mexican territory.
Gold Rush - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a period from 1848 to 1856 when thousands of
people came to California in order to search for gold.
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, Wilmot Proviso (1846) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Amendment that sought to prohibit
slavery from territories acquired from Mexico. Introduced by Pennsylvania
congressman David Wilmot, the failed amendment ratcheted up tensions
between North and South over the issue of slavery.
Free Soil Party (1848) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Formed in 1847-1848, this political
party was dedicated to opposing slavery in newly acquired territories such
as Oregon and ceded Mexican territory. Its candidate in the 1848 election
was former President Martin Van Buren.
- Most members eventually become Republicans.
- Party's founding demonstrates growing strength of the movement to keep
new territory free from slavery.
Popular Sovereignty - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A belief that ultimate power resides
in the people.
Know-Nothing Party - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Political party of the 1850s that was
anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant
Fugitive Slave Act (1850) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔allowed government officials to
arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave; all that was needed to
take away someone's freedoms was word of a white person; northerners
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Woman Suffrage - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A woman's right to vote, an issue raised
for the first time at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.
The Texas Revolt - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The revolution of Texas against Mexico
led by Stephen Austin that resulted in Texas's independence in 1836.
Santa Anna - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas
revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the
Mexican War (1795-1876)
Mexican War - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔(1846-1848) The war between the United
States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the
Mexican territory.
Gold Rush - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a period from 1848 to 1856 when thousands of
people came to California in order to search for gold.
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, Wilmot Proviso (1846) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Amendment that sought to prohibit
slavery from territories acquired from Mexico. Introduced by Pennsylvania
congressman David Wilmot, the failed amendment ratcheted up tensions
between North and South over the issue of slavery.
Free Soil Party (1848) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Formed in 1847-1848, this political
party was dedicated to opposing slavery in newly acquired territories such
as Oregon and ceded Mexican territory. Its candidate in the 1848 election
was former President Martin Van Buren.
- Most members eventually become Republicans.
- Party's founding demonstrates growing strength of the movement to keep
new territory free from slavery.
Popular Sovereignty - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A belief that ultimate power resides
in the people.
Know-Nothing Party - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Political party of the 1850s that was
anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant
Fugitive Slave Act (1850) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔allowed government officials to
arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave; all that was needed to
take away someone's freedoms was word of a white person; northerners
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