Riddle Me This
I brokered deals to keep peace in sight,
The Great Compromiser, for wrong or right.
From tariffs to an American system.
Never president but shared great wisdom.
HENRY CLAY
Australia’s nickname based on its geographic location in the southern hemisphere + a secret network for runaway slaves led by Harriet Tubman & William Still
LAND DOWN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
California’s population surged after this 1848 event, which accelerated its path to statehood and heightened sectional tensions.
Gold Rush
This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe intensified Northern opposition to slavery and became a bestseller in the 1850s.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
This president of the Confederacy struggled to unify the Southern states under centralized authority.
JEFFERSON DAVIS
This federal agency helped emancipated slaves by providing food, education, and legal support during Reconstruction.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Born in bondage, I rose to fame.
Through words and speeches, I earned my name.
Published “The North Star” paper & met with Lincoln.
I was brave to share all I’d been thinkin’
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
This energy drink “gives you wings” + also known as the First Battle of Manassas, it ended in a Confederate victory, shattering Union hopes of a quick war
RED BULL RUN
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War in 1848 and forced Mexico to cede over half its territory to the U.S. for $15 million.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This 1854 legislation repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed popular sovereignty in 2 territories applying for statehood, sparking bloody conflict.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This was the first battle of the Civil War, fought in April 1861 after Confederate forces fired on a Federal Fort in Charleston Harbor.
Fort Sumter
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. and promised equal protection under the law.
14th Amendment
In 1850, it made its debut,
And forced free states to chase runaways too.
the issue of slavery seemed distant no more—
This harsh law stoked Civil War.
FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
The Star Spangled Banner ends with this phrase just before “and the home of the brave” + this political party founded in 1848 opposed the expansion of slavery into western territories
LAND OF THE FREE SOIL PARTY
This president elected in 1844 aggressively pursued territorial expansion, fulfilling nearly all of his campaign promises in a single term.
JAMES K. POLK
This political party was founded in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act with a platform of opposing the expansion of slavery into western territories.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Issued after the Battle of Antietam, this “freed slaves” in rebel territories (NOT BORDER STATES) & changed the war’s moral purpose.
Emancipation Proclamation
This system of labor trapped many freedmen in cycles of debt, functioning similarly to slavery in practice.
SHARECROPPING
A boundary dispute over Oregon Country.
Polk drew a line & put it bluntly.
Britain and America both claimed the land.
This combative slogan was Polk’s demand.
54 40 OR FIGHT
4 word promise made by Glinda to Elphaba in “wicked” + the idea that those living in a territory should decide whether to allow slavery, championed by Stephen A. Douglas
YOU WILL BE POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
In 1847, Lincoln & others challenged the justification for war with Mexico, asking for the exact location where American blood had been shed in what became known as…
THE SPOT RESOLUTION
This 1857 Supreme Court decision declared that African Americans could not be citizens and that Congress had no power to ban slavery in the territories.
DRED SCOTT DECISION
(DRED SCOTT V. SANDFORD)
This Union general led the “March to the Sea,” destroying infrastructure to break the South’s will to fight.
William Tecumseh Sherman
This agreement ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South in exchange for a Republican president – Rutherford B. Hayes.
COMPROMISE OF 1877
They said they'd save the Southern land,
But placed it back in the planter's hand.
White rule returned, the past revived—
These Southern Democrats made sure Jim Crow survived.
REDEEMERS
Aladdin takes Jasmine for a ride on one of these floating rugs + the northerners who came to the south opportunistically after the civil war
Magic Carpetbaggers
This 1846 proposal attempted to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico, but it failed to pass the Senate.
Wilmot Proviso
In 1856, this Republican abolitionist was caned on the Senate floor by Southern congressman, Preston Brooks.
Charles Sumner
These Northern “ Peace Democrats,” nicknamed after a venomous snake, opposed Lincoln’s war policies and called for an immediate peace settlement with the Confederacy.
COPPERHEADS
During Reconstruction, African American leaders Hiram Revels and Bruce K Blanche were both elected to this position for the state of Mississippi
SENATOR