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Missouri Compromise
Behind the leadership of Henry Clay, Congress passed a series of agreements
in 1820–1821. The president during the time was James Monroe -
Abolition
The movement to abolish
slavery, became the most important of a series of reform movements in America. -
San Felipe de Austin
The main settlement of the colony was named San Felipe de Austin, in
Stephen’s honor. It's a colony between the Brazos and Colorado rivers. -
The Liberator
Written by William Garrison. It delivered an uncompromising
demand: immediate emancipation. -
Mexico abolishes slavery
Mexico, which had abolished slavery
in 1829, insisted in vain that the Texans free their slaves. Many of the settlers were Southerners,
who had brought slaves with them to Texas so they didn't want to free their slaves. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Turner and more than 50 followers attacked four
plantations and killed about 60 whites. Whites eventually captured and executed
many members of the group, including Turner. -
Stephen F.Austin goes to jail
Santa Anna had Austin imprisoned for inciting
revolution when Austin was on his way home. -
Oregon Trail
A trail that stretched from Independence,
Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon. It was blazed in 1836 by
two Methodist missionaries named Marcus and Narcissa
Whitman. By driving their wagon as far as Fort Boise (near
present-day Boise, Idaho), they proved that wagons could
travel on the Oregon Trail. -
Texas Revolution
the 1836 rebellion in which Texas gained its
independence from Mexico -
Manifest Destiny
expressed the belief that the United States was ordained to expand to the Pacific
Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory. -
Santa Fe trail
A trail that stretched 780 miles from Independence, Missouri, to
Santa Fe in the Mexican province of New Mexico. Each spring from 1821 through the 1860s,
American traders loaded their covered wagons with goods
and set off toward Santa Fe. -
Texas enters the United States
Texas enters the Union -
Mexican-American War
Started April 25, 1846 and ended February 2, 1848. Mexico and America were fighting over the territory of Texas. -
The North Star
Written by Fredrick Douglass. It was an antislavery newspaper. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico and
ceded the New Mexico and California territories to the United States -
Compromise of 1850
Clay presented to the Senate a series of resolutions
later called the Compromise of 1850.
Clay’s compromise contained provisions to appease Northerners as well as
Southerners. To please the North, the compromise provided that California admitted to the Union as a free state. To please the South, the compromise proposed
a new and more effective fugitive slave law. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Under the law,
alleged fugitive slaves were not entitled to a trial by jury. In addition, anyone convicted
of helping a fugitive was liable for a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for
up to six months. -
Underground Railroad
As time went on, free African Americans and white abolitionists developed a
secret network of people who would, at great risk to themselves, hide fugitive
slaves. The system of escape routes they used became known as the
Underground Railroad. -
Harriet Tubman
One of the most famous conductors was Harriet Tubman. Is said to have
helped 300 slaves—including her own parents—flee to freedom. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It stressed
that slavery was not just a political contest, but also a great moral struggle.