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| largest group of American immigrants from 1840-1860 |
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| German immigrant arrived in America in 1851. Created successful piano company |
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| Jewish Bavarian immigrant who created the successful Levi Jeans due to demand of gold miners |
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| Potato blight in Ireland that killed about a million Irish and forced 1.8 million Irish to immigrate to America |
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| Order of the Star Spangled Banner |
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| Protestant political group that developed into a strong political force in the 1850's |
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| organized the National Reform Association in 1844 and enforced Jeffersonian ideals |
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| Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that ruled that labor unions were not illegal monopolies that restrained trade |
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| In the 1840's many laborers who were suspected of being in a union were fired and replaced by immigrants |
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| Increasing immigrant political influence |
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| Throughout the 1840's and 1860's, immigrants became politically active and as an increasing population, carried political influence |
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| Far west population in 1840 |
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| very few Americans occupied New Mexico in 1840 |
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| immigration of American pioneers to the far west |
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| large groups of wagons and pioneers that were formed to increase chance of survival |
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| After 1840, Americans began western expeditions in hopes of settling California, New Mexico, and Oregon |
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| An important political issue in the 1840's regarding the admission of Texas to the United States |
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| private replacement to the Bank of the United States. Supported by the Whigs |
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| William Henry Harrison, a whig, defeats Van Buren. Harrison dies 30 days after inauguration |
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| Harrison's Vice President. Becomes president 30 days after Harrison's inauguration. Hurt Whig party |
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| Compromise Tariff of 1833 |
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| Bill to reduce tariff duties. One of the countless Whig-supported bills vetoed by Tyler |
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| James K. Polk, a democrat, defeats Henry Clay for the presidency |
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| Belief supported by polk that it was an American ideal to expand into Texas and to the Pacific Ocean |
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| Those that supported westward expansion. Contrary to opposing belief, many desired California and Oregon over Texas and slavery expansion |
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| war between the United States and Mexico from 1846-1848 that resulted in American claim to Texas |
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| Origins of the Mexican-American War |
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| Mexico owed the U.S. $2 million in debts, Alamo and Goliad massacre, Texas Annexation |
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| congress approves annexation in February 1845 and Texas votes to accept annexation in July 1845 |
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| Polk strives to negotiate with Britain for Oregon. |
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| Important American General of the Mexican-American War. Occupied Corpus Christi in Mexican Territory |
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| Marched troops from Ft. Leavenworth to Santa Fe and gained the territory without bloodshed |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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| February 2, 1848. Mexico ceded Texas, New Mexico, and California to the U.S. United Stated paid $15 million to Mexico |
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| amendment proposed by David Wilmot that stated that slavery be prohibited in any territory gained by negotiations. |
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| Whig Zachary Taylor elected. Gained support because of popularity during the war |
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| Gold rush to Sierra Nevada Mountains after the late 1840's. Resulted in heavy emigration to many California cities |
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| long boats with many large sails known for their speed. Reached height in the 1840's and 1850's |
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| Proposed by Henry Clay. Compromise to prohibiting slavery in certain new states to maintain a balance between free and slave states |
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| part of the Compromise of 1850. Southerners could pursue fugitives on northern soil. denied fugitive trial by jury |
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| Northern reaction to fugitive slave act |
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| The fact that southerners could pursue their slaves into the North transformed the North into a Hunting ground. This angered northerners. |
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| Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that led to gained sympathy towards slaves and fugitives. |
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| Democrat Franklin Pierce seeps election against whig Winfield Scott |
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| Collapse of second party system |
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| After the election of 1852, the Whig party began to collapse. as a result, the American party and the Republican party arose |
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| Bill passed in 1854 that established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas open to slavery |
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| All those who opposed the practice of slavery |
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| James Gadsden's purchase of modern Arizona. |
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| Led successful filibuster expeditions to Cuba and Central America from 1853 to 1860 |
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| party that evolved from the Order of the Star Spangled banner. Was short lived, from 1853 to 1856 |
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| Arose in Northern states in 1855. Were main opposition to Democratic Party. |
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| The Missouri-Kansas border became a battleground between free states and slave states |
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| Democrat James Buchanan defeated Fillmore and Fremont |
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| Dred Scott v. Stanford. Ruled that a slave could not sue for freedom and no black could become a citizen |
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| The Lecompton Constitution (1857) |
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| Frame of Government that protected the rights of slaveholders in Kansas |
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| belief that a state's power resides in the people. Supported by Buchanan and basis of Lecompton Constitution |
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| Race between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for the Illinois Senate Seat |
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| belief that a state's power resides in the people. Supported by Buchanan and basis of Lecompton Constitution |
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| Race between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas for Illinois Senate Seat in 1858 |
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| John Brown raided Harpers Ferry, VA and conducted northern sermons. As a result, Brown was hailed as a abolitionist martyr |
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| Southern Secession in 1860's |
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| Growing feelings of sectionalism increased the southern feeling towards secession |
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| Lincoln's election set the course for southerners becoming the Confederate States of America |
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| Confederate States of America |
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| After the secession of South Carolina from the union in 1860, six more southern states followed and formed the Confederate States of America in 1861 |
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| Elected the first president of the Confederacy in February 1861 |
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| Fort Sumter, South Carolina |
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| Federal fort that confederated attacked in April 1861. Federal garrison surrendered |
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| Battle of Molino del Rey (Mexican-American War) |
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| Battle of Molino del Rey (Mexican-American War) |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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| Confederate States of America |
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