united states vs. the amistad
American Colonization Society
was formed in Washington, DC, in 1817 to establish a colony in Africa for free people of color residing in the US.
Fugitive Slave Act
was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.
Millard Fillmore
was the 13th President of the United States and the last whig president
Franklin Pierce
was the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857) and is the only President from New Hampshire.
Roger Taney
was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864.
Seneca Falls Convention
was the first women's rights convention in the United States.
Temperance Movement
in the United States first became a national crusade in the early nineteenth century. An initial source of the movement was a groundswell of popular religion that focused on abstention from alcohol.
New Harmony
is a historic town on the Wabash River in Harmony
popular sovereignty
is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power.
Wilmot Proviso
it prohibited the expansion of slavery into the territory acquired by the united states from mexico
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
officially entitled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic
Angelina and Sarah Grimké
slave holding family were active abolitionist public speakers and pioneer for womens rights
James Buchanan
15th President of the United States
Oneida
a society of religious perfectionist
Antonio López de Santa Anna
As a young military officer, he supported Emperor Agustin de Iturbide, and at one time courted the emperor's sister. He later rebelled against the government, gained considerable backing.
David Crockett
He fought in the massacre against the creek Indians and was a congress member until leaving to fight in the texas revolution
Shakers
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers,
Abolitionism
a historical movement to end the African and Indian slave trade and set slaves free.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820
feminism
the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men
Matthew C. Perry
was a Commodore of the U.S. Navy and commanded a number of ships. He served in several wars, mostly known in the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812.
John Bell
was a Northern Irish physicist, and the originator of Bell's theorem, an important theorem in quantum physics regarding hidden variable theories.
United States v. The Amistad
was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of Africans on board the Spanish schooner La Amistad in 1839. It was an unusual freedom suit that involved international issues and parties, as well as United States law.
Frederick Douglass
was a former slave who became one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law.
Daniel Webster
was a leading American senator and statesman during the era of the Second Party System.
Denmark Vesey
was a literate, skilled carpenter and leader among African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina.
Compromise of 1850
was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress
Battle of the Alamo
was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution
William Lloyd Garrison
was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.
Gabriel's Rebellion
was a revolt planned by the enslaved, literate blacksmith Gabriel Prosser during the summer of 1800 in Richmond, Virginia.
William Seward
was a secretary of state, governer of new York, and was a united states senator
Brook Farm
was a utopian experiment in communal living in the United States in the 1840s.
John Brown
was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
was a woman activist and held the first women's rights covention in New York.
Elijah P. Lovejoy
was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor and abolitionist.
John C. Frémont
was an American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party
Margaret Fuller
was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement.
John C. Breckinridge
was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier
Steven A. Douglas
was an American politician from Illinois and the designer of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
James K. Polk
was an American politician who served as the 11th President of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln
was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States
Mexican-American War
was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas.
Nat Turner
was an enslaved African American who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County
Zachary Taylor
was elected as the 12th president of the United States