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Abolition
the movement to abolish slavery -
Missour Compromise
Under these agreements Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. Under president Madison -
Santa Fe Trail
One of the busiest routes which stretched 780 miles from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe in Mexican provenience in New Mexico. -
San Felipe de Austin
In 1821 Stephen F. Austin established a colony where "no drunkard, no gambler, no profane swearer, and no idler" would be allowed. The main settlement of colony was named San Felipe de Austin in Stephen's honor. Each family member was granted land. -
Harriet Tubman
One of the most famous conductors was a born slave in Maryland. After Tubman's owner died she had rumors she was about to be sold. Fearing the possibility, Tubman decided to make a break for freedom and succeeded reaching Philadelphia. -
The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison established his own paper to deliver an uncompromising demand: immediate emancipation -
Mexico abolishes slavery
Many settlers were Southerners, who had brought slaves with them to Texas. Mexico, which had abolished slavery in 1829, insisted in vain that the Texans free their slaves. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
One of the most prominent rebellions was led by Virginia slave. Turner and more than 50 followers attacked four plantations and killed about 60 whites. -
Stephen F. Austin goes to jail
Austin had traveled to Mexico City late in 1833 to present petitions to Mexican president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna for greater self -government for Texas. While Austin was on his way home, Santa Anna had Austin imprisoned for inciting revolution -
Oregon Trail
Stretched from the Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon. It was blazed in 1836 by Methodist missionaries named Marcus and Narcisa Whitman. Proved that wagons could travel on the Oregon Trail. -
Texas Revolution
the 1836 rebellion in which Texas gained it's independence from Mexico. -
Mexican- American War
The war was initiated by Mexico and resulted in Mexico's defeat and the loss of approximately half of its national territory in the north. -
Manifest Destiny
expressed the belief that the United States was ordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory. -
Texas enters the United States
In March 1845, angered by U.S.- Texas negotiation on annexation, the Mexican government recalled its ambassador from Washington. On December 19, 1845, Texas entered the Union. Events moved quickly to war. -
The North Star
Fredrick Douglass began his own antislavery newspaper. He names it the North Star, after the star that guided runaway slaves to freedom. -
Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo
On February 2 1848, the United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Mexico agreed the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico and ceded the New Mexico and California territories to the United States. -
Underground Railroad
The system of escape routes they used became known as underground railroad. -
Compromise of 1850
Clay's compromise contained provisions to appease Northerners as well as Southerners. To please the North, the compromise provided that California be admitted to the Union as a free state. To please the South, the compromise proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law. Had also provided for sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet
Beecher Stowe published her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which stressed
that slavery was not just a political contest, but also a great moral struggle. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas introduced a
bill in Congress on January 23, 1854,
that would divide the area into two
territories: Nebraska in the north and
Kansas in the south. If passed, the bill
would repeal the Missouri Compromise
and establish popular sovereignty for
both territories. -
Fugitive Slave Act 1849
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 6 months.
