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Oregon Trail
A road to Independence, Missouri, to Oregon
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Missouri Compromise
Compromise made by congress to please slave owners and abolishers. -
San Felipe de Austin
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Santa Fe Trail
Trail from Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, used by traders in the early and mid-1800s -
Mexico Abolishes Slavery
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
Slave rebellion in Virginia where slaves killed up to 65 people. -
Stephen F. Austin goes to jail
Early Texas settler who was arrested because of the Texas Rebellion -
Texas Revolution
Revolution in which Texas gained it's independence from Mexico -
Abilition
Movement to end slavery. -
Texas enters the United States
James K. Polk focuses on westward expansion and gaining Texas -
Manifest Destiny
The idea that the usa would eventually spread westward and into mexican territory -
Mexican American war
War caused by pushing american settlers and won by usa -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty ending way with Mexico and fixing relations. -
Underground Railroad
Passage to freedom directed by Harriet Tubman for runaway slaves. -
Fugitive Acts
Laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. -
Compromise of 1850
Slave Trade in Washington dc was banned -
"Uncle Tom's Cabinet"
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this, a man has to sell a nice house slave to pay off his debt. -
"The Liberator"
Written by William Lloyd Garrison, He was a voice for abolition and wrote about it in his newspaper. -
The North Star
Star used in the underground railroad for people to get their barrings. Is also known as Sirius and is the brightest star in the sky. It's so bright because its a white and medium in a binary star complex (it has a smaller white star orbiting it)
