USH Manifest Destiny, the Civil War, and the Reconstruction

Seventh president. Seen as representative of the "common man". Made a name for himself as a war hero in the war of 1812. His policies restricted the rights of Native Americans. Forced the Trail of Tears.

Taxes on imported products

A movement that attracted thousands of religious converts. Encouraged the belief that people could and should work to achieve a state of moral perfection. Helped bring religious fervor to social reform. Fueled the rapid growth of several Christian denominations. One of the most dramatic developments was the founding of the Mormon Church.

People should peacefully refuse to obey laws they consider to be immoral

People who sought a gradual or immediate end to slavery

Allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, so long as a free state, Maine, was admitted at the same time

Former slave. Started an antislavery newspaper and became a powerful speaker at abolitionist meetings.

A network of abolitionists, both black and white, that led enslaved peoples to freedom in the North or in Canada.(Tubman played a major role)

Women's rights activist. Helped organize the nation's first women's rights convention.

Women's rights activist. Main goal was women's suffrage.

Stands for the idea that the US was intended by God to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Slavery would continue in the South, but it would be banned in the territory won from Mexico. The proposal passed in the House of Representatives, but was defeated in the Senate.

Antislavery political party with the motto "free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men"

According to this measure, California was admitted as a free state and the rest if the territory acquired from Mexico would be allowed to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery.(Undid the Missouri Compromise)

The policy of allowing territories to choose whether or not to allow slavery