U5, T1: The Growth of US Territory & The Growth of Sectionalism

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

• A treaty that ended the Civil War and abolished slavery.

• A treaty which ended the Mexican-American War and granted the Mexican Cession to the U.S.

• A treaty that established the border between the U.S. and Canada.

• A treaty that granted independence to Texas.

Fugitive Slave Act

• A law that abolished slavery in the United States.

• A law that gave the federal government authority in cases involving runaway slaves.

• A law that provided financial support to slave owners.

• A law that allowed states to ignore federal laws regarding slavery.

Mexican Cession

• Territory gained from the Mexican-American War in 1848.

• A treaty signed in 1865 to end the Civil War.

• A region acquired from Spain in 1819.

• Land purchased from France in 1803.

the caning of Charles Sumner

• A U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Congress could prohibit slavery in the territories.

• A significant event that led to the abolition of slavery in the United States.

• A U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories, violating the Fifth Amendment rights of slaveholders.

• A political debate in Congress regarding the expansion of slavery into new territories.

Wilmot Proviso

• A proposal to promote slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico

• A proposal to prohibit slavery in any land acquired in the Mexican-American War

• A treaty that ended the Mexican-American War

• A law that allowed the expansion of slavery into new territories

Mexican-American War

• A controversial war with Canada for control of Alaska and Hawaii.

• A war fought between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.

• A peaceful negotiation for land between the U.S. and Mexico.

• A conflict over trade routes in the Caribbean.

John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry

• Abolitionist John Brown attempted to raid the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in 1859 and was executed.

• John Brown successfully captured the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry and led a slave revolt.

• John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry was a peaceful protest against slavery in 1860.

• John Brown was a Southern sympathizer who opposed abolitionist efforts at Harper's Ferry.

Republican Party

• A party organized to promote the spread of slavery into the western territories.

• A party formed in 1854 to stop the spread of slavery into the western territories.

• A party that supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery.

• A party that was established to unite all Democrats against the Whigs.

the Dred Scott Decision

(Dred Scott v. Sandford)

What was the significance of the Dred Scott Decision?

• It ruled that Congress could prohibit slavery in the territories.

• It stated that no black person could be a citizen of the United States.

• It declared that slavery was a constitutional right protected by the Fifth Amendment.

• It led to the immediate abolition of slavery in the United States.

Bleeding Kansas

• Violence between pro- and antislavery settlers in the Kansas territory in 1856.

• A peaceful negotiation between settlers in Kansas over slavery.

• A law passed to abolish slavery in the Kansas territory.

• A military conflict between the North and South over Kansas.