AMSCO APUSH Unit 5 Vocab Flashcard

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US's fate to extend coast to coast

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Manifest Destiny

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President associated with Manifest Destiny; campaign slogan: 54'40 or fight; sent troops and declared war on Mexico.

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James K. Polk

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Gov. policy that boosted westward expansion by offering free land to settlers improving it for 5 years.

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Homestead Act

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Policy that boosted westward migration by linking East to West, reducing travel time and cost.

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)

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Funding bill for the Mexican-American War; passed by the House, not the Senate; prohibited slavery in territories won from the war.

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Wilmot Proviso

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Legislation terms: California as free state, territories by popular sovereignty, slave trade banned in D.C., stronger fugitive slave law.

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Compromise of 1850

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Legislation organized Kansas and Nebraska territories by popular sovereignty; repealed Missouri Compromise, incited violence in Kansas, and led to Republican Party formation.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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1857 Supreme Court decision stating slaves were property, not citizens, and declaring the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Arming slaves for rebellion; leader captured and executed.

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John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry