APUSH Ch 18

How was the Kansas-Nebraska act protested against?

Protested by threatening to not use the fugitive slave law.

Treaty of Kanagawa

between the US and Japan, provided for the proper treatment of shipwrecked sailors, American coaling rights in Japan, and the establishment of consular relations.

Personal Liberty Laws?

denied local jails to federal officials, hampered enforcement.

Treaty of Wanghia?

first formal diplomatic agreement between the US and China, secured vital rights and privileges from the Chinese (commerce rights)

What was a fatal defect of popular sovereignty?

had the potential to spread slavery.

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850?

made any Federal Official who did not arrest a runaway slave liable to a fine

Significance of the election of 1852?

marked the end of the disorganized Whig party.

How did the North react to the Fugitive Slave Act?

outraged, they helped runaway slaves by rescuing them from their pursuers, and created Personal Liberty Laws.

Why was popular sovereignty popular among the people?

public liked it because it followed Democratic tradition, Politicians liked it because it was a comfortable compromise.

Filibusting Expeditions?

several hundred men descended upon Cuba, wanted Cuba but the Spanish refused to sell. (fillibusting comes from the Spanish word "filibustero" which means pirate or freebooter)

Why did the Free-Soilers condemn slavery?

slavery destroyed the chances of free white folks to rise up from wage-earning dependence to the esteemed status of self-employment.

What did the doctrine of "popular sovereignty" state?

stated that the sovereign people of a territory under the general rules of the constitutions should themselves determine the status of slavery.

William Walker?

tried to grab control of Baja California from Mexico and make the new land a slave state.

The Underground Railroad?

virtual freedom train for runaway slaves. informal chain of stations (antislavery homes)"passengers (slaves) were spirited by "conductors" (white and black abolitionist) from the slave states to the free soil sanctuary of Canada, most famous conductor was Harriet Tubman.

What did the Compromise of 1850 delay?

What did the Compromise of 1850 delay?

Gadsden Purchase?

a tract of 45,535 sq. mi. (117,935 sq. km), contained in New Mexico and Arizona, purchased for $10,000,000 from Mexico in 1853, the treaty being negotiated by James Gadsden.

Free-Soilers?

antislavery group, advocated federal aid for internal improvements, and urging free government homesteads for settlers.

Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Allowed residents of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery. Created by Douglass, signed by Pierce. Provoked anger from many northern antislavery advocates. Protested by threatening to not use the fugitive slave law. However, antislaverists reamined divided into three groups.

What did the five bills of the Compromise of 1850 state?

California entered as a free state, New Mexico and Utah were able to use popular sovereignty to decide on the issue of slavery,.The Republic of Texas gave up lands that it claimed in present day New Mexico, slave trade was abolished in the district of Colombia, and the fugitive slave act

Compromise of 1850?

The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife. It passed during Millard Fillmore's presidency. Its goal was to deal with the spread of slavery to territories in order to keep northern and southern interests in balance

General Lewis Cass?

War of 1813 veteran, democrat, who proposed popular sovereignty.