APUSH Period 5: 1844-1877

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Why was the Republic of Texas annexed by the U.S. in 1845 and not in 1836?

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slavery

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President Polk fought what war over disputed territory in Texas?

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Mexican-American War

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What failed proposal aimed to ban the expansion of slavery in the Mexican Cession?

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Wilmot Proviso

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What treaty gave the U.S. California & New Mexico?

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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

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California added as a free state; slavery allowed in adjoining territories; Fugitive Slave Act

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Compromise of 1850

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Uncle Tom's Cabin fueled what movement? Options: women's suffrage, abolitionist, temperance, asylum reform

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abolitionist

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Nullified Missouri Compromise; split northern part of Louisiana Territory; popular sovereignty

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What political party was formed by Whigs, Free-Soil Democrats, & was supported by workers & blacks?

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Republican Party

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Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Gov't cannot regulate slavery in new territories

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Who debated Abraham Lincoln over slavery in territories during the 1858 campaign for Senate?

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Stephen Douglas