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11 Cards in this Set
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When was the Constitution drafted?
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1789
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When did the Civil war begin?
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1861
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Ending the Mexican War of ____ in the treaty of __________ ________...
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1848, Guadeloupe Hildalgo
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What did the USA gain in the treaty of Guadeloupe Hildalgo?
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California, New Mexico, and the border of Texas and Mexico to the Rio Grande
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How much did the treaty of Guadeloupe Hildalgo change the land in America?
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70% increase
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Polk then added 30,000 sq. miles in 1853 with the ______ ________ for 10 million dollars
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Gasden Purchase
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Why did the slaveholders worry about California's statehood?
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They believed that a free California would set the precedent for other territories and would upset the equilibrium of slave vs free states
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Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act and who was involved in it
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Senator Steven A. Douglas - Contradicted the Missouri Compromise and let Kansas and Nebraska decide their slave fate by popular soverignty
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Explain the new fugitive slave law in the compromise of 1850
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Slaves were not given testimony and judges were paid more if a runaway was sent back to slavery
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What were the results of Uncle Tom's Cabin/
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it led to the non enforcement of the fugitive slave act as well as the South losing of aid from Britain and France
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What was the idea of the Lecompton Constitution and what was the result of it
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The Lecompton constitution was drafted by pro-slaveryites in Kansas and through loop-holes in the state constitution guaranteed slavery for Kansas. As a result, the free-soilers boycotted the vote but the state still resulted in slavery
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