-The Free soil party was formed. Northerners who disliked both presidential candidates, Lewis Cass (Democrat) and Zachary Taylor (Whig) Free Soil, free speech, free labor, and free men.
-Election of 1848- between Zachary Taylor and Lewis Cass. Taylor won
-California Gold Rush
-Harriet Tubman-conductor on the Underground Railroad- made 19 trips and rescued more than three hundred slaves.
-Compromise of 1850-ideas from Clay, Henry, and Calhoun. South - New Mexico and Utah were to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty. Texas gets 10 million dollars. Stronger fugitive slave law. North California admitted as a free state. Territory disputed by Texas and New Mexico is New Mexicos. Abolition of slave trade in Washington D.C.
-William H. Seward- a strong radical northern, antislaveryite who was against compromise. He believed it was Gods law not just the peoples to end slavery. Did not want slavery in the new territories gained in Mexican war.
-End of Whig party- Election of 1852- Whigs split- northern Whigs liked Winfield Scott but not his platform. Southern Whigs liked the platform but not Scott.
-1855 Transcontinental Railroad- ran forty-eight miles from coast to coast through Panamanian jungle.
-William Walker- Seized Nicaragua, with the help of the south and became its president in 1856. Was overthrown by an alliance of other Central American nations and killed by Honduran firing squad in 1860.
-Kansa-Nebraska Act- 1854- created by Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Nebraska was to be split into Kansas and Nebraska. Slavery settled by pop. Sovereignty. Assumed Kansas would be slave and Nebraska free. Repealed the Missouri Compromise.
The California Gold Rush began in 1848 when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill. That caused about 300,000 people to come to California. It also attracted many people from Latin America, Europe, Australia, Europe, and Asia. San Francisco to a boomtown with many churches, houses, and towns. Laws were formed and California became a state. New methods of transportation were built. But a negative effect was that Native Americans were forced off their lands and attacked. Gold mining caused environmental harm.
Not only was Harriet Tubman an escaped slave who rescued thousands of other african americans, but she was an extremely active woman's activist. She often spoke for womans sufferage and african americans.
As the Whigs split up/died out, how did the political environment change? (i.e. where does the clear cut between the 'Democrats' and the 'Republicans' come in?)
The California Gold Rush was one of the reasons for U.S. expansion west. Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, and about 300,000 Americans traveled to California, as well as tens of thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
Haha, not reading Brandi's post... The main purpose of the Free Soil Party was opposing the expansion of slavery into the territories, however, they were not against the idea of slavery.
-William Walker- Seized Nicaragua, with the help of the south and became its president in 1856. Was overthrown by an alliance of other Central American nations and killed by Honduran firing squad in 1860. Ok why was the seizure of Nicaragua so important to william walker what did it provide us with?
Who were the people who went to Cali in the Gold Rush? Why did they go and decide to leave their life behind? Did most people actually succedd or did they fail in Cali?
The California Gold Rush...well Makeda how many ppl went to Cali after the discovery of gold? And did this help promote the idea of Manifest Destiny?
well Curt about 300,000 people came to California after gold was discovered there. Needless to say yes it helped promote the idea of Manifest Destiny because it created a serious hunger for more gold which after it was found in California then why not somewhere else too.
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the US Congress.It mainly involved the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the LouisianaTerritory but excluded some boundaries of Missouri.
