US History 10 Chapter 10 Study Guide

The____________________________was a political party formed by thenativists.

To be __________________________________________ means to bejoined or attached.

________________________________was born in a Kentucky log cabinin 1809.

The __________________________________________was anew nation created by the southern states.

________________________________was the Democrat who was electedPresident in 1852.

__was a movement to ensure that native-bornAmericans recieved better treatment than immigrants.

The ______________________________________ is the unified nationof the United States

________________________was the nominee of the Republicans in the 1860 presidential election.

The _________________________was a planpresented by Henry Clay to solve the problem of slavery.

Senator___was beaten byRepresentative______on the floor of the United States Senate.

The __________________proposed that none of the territoriesacquired from Mexico allow slavery.

The American uprising that drove the Mexican Army out of NorthernCalifornia was known as the __

________________________________led an American army from Veracruz to capture Mexico City.

The death of _____________________________helped ensure passage ofthe compromise.

By 1860, nine of the ten largest American cities were in the_______________________.

The town of________________________was sacked and looted by proslavery forces.

The purchase of land fromMexico in 1853 for the purpose of building a transcontinental railroad

Something that is__________________________________ is outdated and out of use.

_______________________ was nominated as the NorthernDemocrats presidential candidate in 1860.

By the 1850s, the had replaced canalsas the major means of transportation in the United States.

The invention of the_____________enabled the sending ofmessages by wire over long distances. 

___________ is the belief that theUnited States should spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

________________________led US troops into the area disputedby Texas and the United States.

The violence in Kansascaused the territory to be called__________

The admission of __________________to the Unioncaused a major crisis over the issue of slavery.

___________________ was the federal fort in Charleston, SC, where the Civil War began.

The______was the first attempt by Congress todeal with the issue of slavery in the territories.

____________________________________were people whoworked to end slavery in the territories.

The _________________________________was a secret nativistsociety.

____ is an unreasonable, usuallyunfavorable opinion of another group that is not based on fact.

The statesof Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and SouthCarolina.

John Brown attacked the federal arsenal at_________________________________in 1859.

A new political party, the _________________________emerged in themid 1850s.

__________________________proposed a compromise that wouldrecognize slavery in the territories.

The__________________________was created in 1848 by members of both parties whoopposed slavery.

The ___________________________were the statesof Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.

By 1855, Kansas had two competing capitals an antislavery capitalat,and a proslavery capital at

The United States claimed _was theborder between Texas and Mexico,Mexico claimed _as the border

The __________________ included the statesof Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia

_____________________attacked northern industrialists,who he saw as masters of “wage slaves”.

Senator________________________raisedthe issue of slavery in the territories.

The__________________________________were established to send anti-slaverysettlers to Kansas.

________________________was nominated as the SouthernDemocrats presidential candidate in 1860.

__________________________________ presented the southern view ofthe crisis.

The ____________________________was destroyed by the issue ofslavery.

___________________________wasnominated by the Democrats as the presidential candidate in 1856.

____________________________urged his supporters to support Clay’scompromises.

After the attack on Fort Sumter, Lincoln called for_________________to fight against the south.

A controversial law that would allow territories to settle the slavery questionthemselves:

In 1860, the __________________convention was brokenup when the southern delegates walked out.

______allowed territoriesand states to decide whether or not they wanted slavery to be allowed.

______________________ wasa novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that was about slavery.

The _______________________________was formed by formerWhigs and members of the American Party.

_____________________________was the first state to leave theUnion.

______________________________wasthe first Republican nominee for President in 1856.

___________________led an American expedition into California at the start of the Mexican War.

The ________________orderedall citizens to aid in the return of escaped slaves to their owners.

The _________________________________was a proslavery constitutionpassed in Kansas in 1857.

___________________________believed he was God’s chosen instrument to end slavery

In the mid 1800s, thebiggest difference between the North and the South was ________________.

The _______________________resulted in Mexico giving 2/5 of its territory to the United States.

An ____________________________________ is placewhere weapons are manufactured or stored.

General Zachary Taylor won a major victory at the Battle of________________________.

The ________________________were a series ofdebates on the issue of slavery in the territories.

The ________________________________was a war foughtbetween Mexico and the United States.

_______was a Supreme Court decision that stated that slavery was allowedin all the territories.

________________________proposedto buy New Mexico and California from Mexico for $30 million.

Many protestants were alarmed about the high number of________________among the new immigrants.

The ___________________________________________ wanted thesouthern states to leave the Union.