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