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CH 18 Keyterms

This document provides key terms and people related to political events and compromises during the 1840s and 1850s surrounding the issue of slavery. It defines terms like popular sovereignty, the Free Soil Party, the Underground Railroad, and compromises such as the Compromise of 1850. It also lists important figures of the time including politicians Lewis Cass and Zachary Taylor, abolitionist Harriet Tubman, and presidents Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce. Several international agreements are outlined, such as the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, Ostend Manifesto, and treaties between the US and China and Japan.

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CH 18 Keyterms

This document provides key terms and people related to political events and compromises during the 1840s and 1850s surrounding the issue of slavery. It defines terms like popular sovereignty, the Free Soil Party, the Underground Railroad, and compromises such as the Compromise of 1850. It also lists important figures of the time including politicians Lewis Cass and Zachary Taylor, abolitionist Harriet Tubman, and presidents Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce. Several international agreements are outlined, such as the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, Ostend Manifesto, and treaties between the US and China and Japan.

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Chapter

18: Key Terms/People to Know

KEY TERMS

Popular sovereignty: A doctrine written by Lewis Cass that stated that the supreme power of
the people within the given territory should decide whether to have slavery or not.

Free Soil party: A Northerner, anti-slavery group and, believed in federal aid for internal
improvements, and free government housing for settlers.

California Gold Rush: American River near Sutter's Mill, California was found by booming
Gold and many lawless workers with women came to collect it.

Underground Railroad: A freedom train of informal stations were runaway slaves would be
conducted by balck or white abolitionists from slave states to free soil in Canada.

Seventh of March Speech: A speech given by Daniel Webster that changed North views on
a Compromise and many copies were sold.

Compromise of 1850: The law that gave a North and Southerner agreement on ideas that
gave equal gains to both.

Fugitive Slave Law: Stated that slaves that fled could not testify for themselves and were
denied jury trial.

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty: Stated that neither American or Britain would hold powerful control
over any isthmus.

Ostend Manifesto: took place in 1854. A group of southerners met with Spanish officials in
Belgium to attempt to get more slave territory.

Opium War: When Britain was smuggling opium into China to gain port access so it did and
China opened 5 of its ports in China especially one in Hong Kong.

Treaty of Wanghia: It was the first diplomatic agreement between China and the United
States on July 3rd, 1844 which gave an all trading terms, and a lot of other terms.

Treaty of Kanagawa: It was signed in March 31, 1854 where it allowed a trading with Japan
and end the Japanese isolationism.

Gadsden Purchase: A purchase from Mexico for $10m in 1853 with James Gadson and
President of Mexico, Santa Anna.

Kansas-Nebraska Act: Went against the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and Douglas
proposed to get rid of the Missouri Compromise and President Pierce supported the
Kansas one.

PEOPLE TO KNOW

Lewis Cass: A Senator, Diplomat, Democratic Party, and a veteran of the War of 1812 that
people looked up too for the problem of slavery in in the Mexican, New Ceased territories.
Zachary Taylor: A Whig that was the proud man of this party but he never held an upper
office job and never touched the slavery issue and owned many slaves.

Harriet Tubman: A runaway female slave that rescued more that 300,000 slaves and the
most amazing of these conductors.

Millard Fillmore: Millard Fillmore, vice president of Taylor rose to power when Taylor
suddenly died and signed the Compromise of 1850.

Franklin Pierce: His presidency revived territorial expansion and approved of the
Compromise of 1850 and fugitive law.

William Walker: Put himself as president in Nicaragua in July 1856 and approved of slavery
but was later overthrown by Central American countries and later killed in 1860s.

Caleb Cushing: He arrived at Macao in Southern China with 4 gun - warships to convince
China to open up one of its ports.

Matthew C. Perry: In 1853 he set sailed on President Millard Fillmore orders to propose a
trade treaty with Japan and again he used gun ships to do so.


TREATY OF WHANGIA

WILLIAM WALKER

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