Ayers Chapter 12 Review
"Expansion and Reaction" (1846-1854)

Terms

From Chapter 11

Charles River Bridge Case
Horace Mann

Texas annexation
Mexican-American War (causes and results)
popular sovereignty
Free-Soil Party
Oneida
Sojourner Truth
Compromise of 1850 (Omnibus Bill)
Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Know-Nothing Party
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)


Questions to Consider

1) What were the results of the Mexican-American War?
2)What were the major provisions of the Compromise of 1850?
3) How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act deal with the challenge of slavery's expansion into the territories?