APUSH Chapter 18 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. because of the compromise of 1850 this law set high penalties for anyone who aided fugitive slaves
  2. 4. this compromise made California a free state, and made NM and Utah slave states under popular sovereignty among other things
  3. 5. Pierce administration proposed to buy Cuba but when people found out abandoned it.
  4. 7. a former slave and conductor on the Underground Railroad, helped free hundreds of slaves
  5. 10. after president Taylor's death this man replaced him. He was a big supporter of the compromise of 1850.
  6. 13. theory that the region should have a popular referendum on the topic of slavery.
  7. 14. guaranteed trade rights between the U.S. and China in addition to other concessions
  8. 16. Anti-slavery party in the 1848 and 1852 elections that opposed the extension of slavery into territories.
  9. 17. War of 1812 veteran who ran as the Democratic presidential candidate against Zachary Taylor in 1848.
  10. 18. A treaty signed by the U.S. and Britain that said no one could take Latin America
  11. 20. 14th president of the United States.
Down
  1. 1. Inflow of thousands of immigrants after reports of gold, prompted the Californian government to apply for statehood
  2. 3. war between Britain and China over trade rights and the sale of opium
  3. 6. Naval officer who negotiated a trade deal with Japan, and ended their period of isolation
  4. 8. ended Japanese isolation and opened an American consulate in Japan, in addition to other trade related deals
  5. 9. Mexican war hero elected to be the 12th president in 1848.
  6. 11. impassioned speech by Daniel Webster urging the North to make all reasonable concessions in order to retain unity
  7. 12. informal network of houses and volunteers that helped runaway slaves get to Canada
  8. 15. a Tennessee born adventurer that settled in Nicaragua and made himself president of Nicaragua.
  9. 19. congressman and diplomat who "opened" China to trade