Mexico gained it's independence from this nation shortly before the conflict between mexico and the US started
What is Spain?
100
This southern tradition involved forcing Africans to serve on large plantations without pay and treating them like property
What is Slavery?
100
Manassas, the first battle of the Civil War, was named after the nearest one of these
What is Town?
100
This man was President of the United States of America during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
This man was President during the Louisiana Purchase
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
President James K. Polk said this famous phrase after finding out american troops had been killed in Texas
What is "American Blood has been split on American soil"?
200
This state was the first to leave the union following Lincoln's election
What is South Carolina?
200
The battle of Antietam prevented these people from becoming involved in the war on the side of the Confederates
What are the Europeans (British and French)?
200
This man, considered by many to be an Alcoholic, became leader of the union army by the end of the war and eventually became president.
Who is U. S. Grant?
300
This was the name for the boarder between settled and unsettled territories
What is The Frontier?
300
This river is where the Mexicans felt the boarder between the US and Mexico was
What is The Nueces River?
300
The Kansas-Nebraska act, Proposed by Senator Stephen Douglas, resulted in this violent event in the midwest
What is Bleeding Kansas?
300
The city of new york erupted into violence over this issue, one that hurt the poor residents of new york far more then the rich
What is the Military Draft?
300
This man was commander of the Armies of Northern Virgina and is still considered one of the greatest military minds of all time. Shame about his house...
Who is Robert E. Lee?
400
Lewis and Clark were originaly hired to explore the Lousiana Purchase, they added this North-Western territory as well
What is Oregon Country?
400
This man was president of Mexico during the Mexican-American war
Who is Santa Anna?
400
In 1856 James Buchanan, a Democrat, ran for president against this Republican
Who is John C. Fremont?
400
This city was captured in the last few days of the civil war, it was the capitol of the Confederate States
What is Richmond?
400
This man preached total war, distroying everything in his path saying "War is Hell".
Who is William T. Sherman?
500
This method of interpreting the constitution was preferred by the Federalist party. That didn't stop President Jefferson from using it to justify purchasing Lousiana
What is Loose Construction?
500
This was the name of the peace treaty that ended the Mexican American War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalago?
500
In the election of 1860, there was one republican candidate, two democratic candidates (one from the north, one from the south) and John Bell who was a southerner from this political party
What is the Constitutional Union party?
500
This Battle took place on July 4th, 1863
What is Vicksburg?
500
This man was President of the Confederate States of America.