Shortened Ch. 12 Vocabulary Test

the belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

Texas seceded from Mexico and declared independence in response to Mexican abolition of slavery. US adopts/annexes Texas because Southern states support Texas slavery. The North feared expansion of slavery and war with Mexico

11th President of the United States from Tennessee; committed to westward expansion; led the country during the Mexican War; U.S. annexed Texas and took over Oregon during his administration

fought over boundaries, and ended with the signing of Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.

1848. Awarded as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo after the Mexican American War. U.S. paid $15 million for 525,000 square miles.

purchase of land from Mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-Mexico boundary

Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole

Escaped slave and great black abolitionist who fought to end slavery through political action

a system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada

Supreme Court case that decided US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process - basically slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens

a law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery