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Cotton Gin
the 1793 invention that significantly changed the economic structure of the South. -
Free Soilers
the anti-slavery political movement of the mid-1800s that, while not for abolition, was for preventing the extension of slavery to any new territory. -
One-Crop Economy
the name for the southern economy in the mid-1800s which depended on other for food and manufactured goods and which was at the mercy of world conditions for cotton prices. -
Denmark Vesey
the free black who led a slave rebellion in Charleston in 1822. -
Gag Resolution
strict rule passed by pro southern congressmen in 1836 to prohibit all discussion of slavery in the house of representatives -
Liberty Party
a political party that started during the two party systems in the 1840's.the party's main platform was bringing an end to slavery by political and legal means. the party was originally part of the american anti-slavery however; they split because they believed there was a more practical way to end slavery than garrison's moral crusade. -
Nueces
in 1845 before the Mexican War began, part of the dispute was whether the southern boundary of Texas was the Rio Grande or this other river. -
49 Degrees
in 1846 the Oregon Country was finally split, assuring that the northern boundary of the western United States would be this latitude. -
Winfield Scott
the American general who led his forces from Vera Cruz to Mexico City in 1847. -
Buena Vista
the battle won by the forces of Zachary Taylor in 1847 that made Taylor a "hero" and presidential timber. -
Guadalupe Hildago
the treaty that ended the Mexican War in 1848. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
the 1854 act of Congress which brushed aside the Missouri Compromise in favor of popular sovereignty and westward expansion.