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History of the Americas
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- What decision said that slaves were property and under the 5th amendment government could not take property without due process...Therefore Missouri Compromise unconstitutional...Also slaves were not citizens and could not sue
- Who was the supreme court justice in the Dred Scott decision
- Was this group homogenenous or hetereogeneous
- When did Southern leaders begin to discuss secession and over what issue
- Who negotiate the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
- Who got British to agree to Oregon boundary
- Did we ever lose battle in the Mexican War
- How much did US pay Mexico for California and New Mexico
- What happened did the gold rush do to labor supply in CA?
- What pressures - called sectionalism - impacted entry of every new territory and state
- Whay brought first Chinese immigrants to US
- How long did it take to get 1850 compromise
- What did Polk do once Mexican government refused to sell New Mexico and California
- What are San Fransisco's before and after Gold Rush population
- Did the US try to buy New Mexico and California from Mexicans?
- Were American casualties low or high in the Mexican War
- How many people moved to CA as resul of Gold rsuh
- When did Americans declare independence from Mexico
- Why were some people including Polk upset with treaty?
- Where was the battle where Sam Houston defeated mexican army and capture Santa Anna and forced to sign treaty giving Texas independence