APUSH Exam Review 2 Flashcards

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Manifest Destiny

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The belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent.

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Mexican-American War

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A conflict over territorial disputes, leading to the U.S. acquisition of the Southwest.

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Nativism

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A political movement favoring the interests of native-born citizens over immigrants.

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“Know Nothing” Party

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A political party in the 1850s that opposed immigration and the influence of Catholics.

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Free Soil Movement

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A political movement that opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories.

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Underground Railroad

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A network of safe houses and routes that helped enslaved people escape to free states and Canada.

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Frederick Douglass

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An escaped slave who became a prominent abolitionist, writer, and speaker.

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William Lloyd Garrison

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An abolitionist and publisher of the anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator.

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John Brown

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An abolitionist who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry in 1859 in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt.

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Compromise of 1850

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A series of laws aimed at resolving tensions between slave and free states, including the Fugitive Slave Act and the admission of California as a free state.