Unit 6 Review

Admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and drew a line separating future free and slave states in the West

Proposed to prohibit slavery in all territory gained by the Mexican American War, but did not pass

It introduced California as a free state, forced Texas to pay off its debts, introduced multiple territories with no mention of slavery, banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C., and created the Fugitive Slave Act.

Nullified the previous compromises because it allowed popular sovereignty, or voting, for territories to decide whether or not to allow slavery

The belief that the United States was destined to spread across the continent

President of the U.S. who acquired territory from Mexico through war and purchased Oregon territory from the British.

Caring about one section of the country more than the country as a whole.

A group that wanted to get rid of slavery completely

A time when people began to work in factories and many communication, transportation, and technological advancements were made

Why did so many kids work in factories?

Passed by Congress under the Jackson administration, this act removed all Indians east of the Mississippi to an "Indian Territory" where they would be "permanently" housed.

Indian children were take away from their families and put into these schools ran by whites. The whites hoped that by attending this school these Indian children would be educated and abandon tribal ways and assimilate into white society.

The last effort of Native Americans to resist US domination and drive whites from their ancestral lands, came through as a religious movement. US Government banned the practice.

Group that came west for new economic opportunities opportunities

Group that migrated across the United States from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley to practice their religion with out persecution