Manifest Destiny and the Causes of the Civil War

What document drew the boundary line between the US and Mexico in 1848?

What was an abolitionist response to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act?

What two politicians participated in a series of debates in Illinois?

California being admitted as a free state & the Fugitive Slave Law are part of what compromise?

How did the US acquire territory D?

What court case determined that slaves were property and therefore, could not be citizens?

Who led the Mormons out of Illinois to Utah to escape religious persecution?

What triggered a mass migration to California in 1849?

What ruled that laws depriving people of the right to own property(slaves)was unconstitutional?

Popular Sovereignty on the issue of slavery led to clashes between pro & anti slavery forces...

When John C. Freemont overthrew the Spanish government in California, what was it called?

The idea that issues of slavery would be decided by the citizens of a state was known as...

What is NOT true of the Chinese who immigrated to the United States?

Territory C, immediately before becoming part of the US, was a(n)

Which Supreme Court justice ruled slaves were property, not citizens in the Dred Scott case?

Winfield Scott's troops marched into what city after a 3 week bombardment of Vera Cruz?

What act initiated by Stephen Douglas might be viewed as forcing slavery on a free territory?

For what territory did President Polk negotiate for with the British?

Which is NOT true of the Wilmot Proviso?

Which trail paved the way for American claims to New Mexico during the Mexican War?

The expansion of the U.S. into Oregon and Texas in the 1840s was an extension of what idea?

What party was based on the idea that slavery should not be allowed in the Western territories?

Which of the following does NOT describe Zachary Taylor?

Who became a folk hero in the North following his hanging for the raid on Harper's Ferry?

Differences of opinions about states' rights and other issues in the 1850s led to...

The passage of what law allowed slave catchers to operate in the north?

Which territory was acquired for the completion of a transcontinental railroad?

The controversy over slavery in the territories resulted in all of the following except...

What group got trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountain range by an early snowfall?

The annexation of Texas and disputes over the southern border led to what conflict?

What developed between the North and South over issues like slavery?

Where did Polk say that "American Blood has been shed on American Soil"?