The idea that Americans had a God-given right to conquer and civilize North America

#divivethought

When Texas was added to the United States as the 29th state on December 29, 1845

#fine29

In this peace treaty, Mexico sold its northern half to the United States and recognized the Rio Grande as the Texas border

#borderland

gold was discovered in 1848, over 80,000 "49ers" rushed to California to try to make a fortune

#golddigger

Forced northerners to aid as slave catchers; blacks were falsely identified as runaways, denied jury trials, and kidnapped to the south as slaves; the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850

#unintenededslaves

The United States bought land (now southern Arizona and New Mexico) from Mexico that would be used to build a southern railroad

#northboughtsouthused

A violent white abolitionist who murdered five slave owners

#violentchange

Abraham ran as the first Republican candidate against Stephen Douglas for Senate and challenged him to a series of debates 

#firstrepublican

Douglas said that slavery could be allowed but a territory did not have to pass laws to protect it

#dobutdont

This last-ditch effort proposed bringing back the Missouri Compromise line and extending it to the west

#bringitback

Located on an island off the coast of South Carolina; was bombed after it they refused to surrender

#fortbound

Was used by overlanders to travel west

#futurestateroute

Caused by the annexing of Texas, America wanted California, Mexico and America could not agree on the Texas border

#cantagree

Letting the people rule

#peopleschoice

The slogan stated the desire of Americans to own all of Oregon Territory up to the 54" 40' latitude line

#fineline

Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about slavery; was graphic and made slavery look terrible, was banned in the south

#slavebook

This law was meant to organize new northern states in the midwest for a northern railroad

#newstatesnewtravel

Sumner gave a speech called "The Crime Against Kansas" that denounced slave states; Preston Brooks from South Carolina nearly beat Sumner to death with a cane

#dontcane

The ruling was that property not a citizen and could not sue; the constitution protects people's property like slaves; slavery could not be banned in any western territory

#propertyoverperson

John Brown and his followers seized a federal arsenal here; wanted to smuggle military weapons to the south and start a major slave rebellion

#futurefight

These states formed this new government (the Confederacy)

#southernstates 

Called the "expansion president"; ran against Henry Clay; won in 1844

#expandprez

Suggested that all land won from Mexico would be free to appease northerners; did not pass

#freeattempt

Did not want slavery to expand west; were not against slavery itself; wanted to keep the west for whites and did not want to compete with slaves for jobs

#selfishexpansion

Determined the status of the land from the Mexican Cession including California; proposed by Henry Clay; California became a free state, rest of land divided into two territories that would decide on slavery using popular sovereignty, stronger fugitive slave act to catch runaways in the north

#worktogether

A railroad that would unite the West to the East

#acrossthecountry

Kansas had a civil war between abolitionists and slave owners

#interproblems

Did not want slavery to expand to the west

#nowest

Lincoln ran against Douglas for Senate and challenged him to a series of debates

#senateshowdown

Lincoln elected president; first republican party candiate to be elected to office

#beforechaos