Inventions
Compromises
Wars
People
Misc.
100
Invented the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney
100
Divided the north and the south
What is the Compromise of 1820
100
Battle in an old church, U.S. lost
What is the Alamo
100
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
100
God given right to settle west
What is Manifest Destiny
200
Invented Morse Code
Who is Morse
200
Compromise of 1850 gave this to the south
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
200
Declared war on Mexico
Who is James K. Polk
200
Governor of Texas
Who is Stephen Austin
200
36-30 line
What is the Missouri Compromise Line
300
Invented the steel plow
Who is John Deere
300
Gave New Mexico and Utah the choice to be a slave or free state
What is the Compromise of 1850
300
Ended the Mexican-American war
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
300
Settlers that take land that belonged to the Government.
Who are squatters
300
Trail used to travel west
What is the Oregon Trail
400
Invented the steam boat
Who is Robert Fulton
400
Allowed Missouri to become a state
What is the Missouri Compromise
400
Battled against Mexico for independence
What is the Texas War of Independence
400
Said would annex Texas and Oregon and buy California from Mexico
Who is James K. Polk
400
Declared that the United States should control all of Oregon below this line
What is Fifty-four Forty or Fight
500
Invented the mechanical reaper
Who is McCormick
500
Slave trade ended here
What is Washington D.C
500
California now independent from Mexico (hint- ... ... Republic)
What is the Bear Flag Republic
500
Court ruling saying that slaves cannot sue and are worth no more than property
Who is Dred Scott vs. Stanford
500
Citizens of each new territory should be allowed to decide for themselves
What is popular sovereignty
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