People
Invented the Telegraph
Samuel Morse
Seven southern states seceded when he was elected president.
Abraham Lincoln
___________ was the idea that the United States would spread all across the continent.
Manifest Destiny
Gold was discovered at _____________ in California in 1848.
Sutter's Mill
Many German people came to America in the 1840's because of the Potato Famine.
False
Commander of the Texas army, president of Texas, and senator from Texas
Sam Houston
The Great compromiser
Henry Clay
_____________ was the land people wanted when they said, "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!"
Oregon
People settled in the rich Oregon country by following the 2,000 mile ________________ from independence Missouri.
Oregon Trail
Kansas was called Bleeding Kansas because of violence between people for and against slavery.
True
Became president when William Henry Harrison died after one month in office.
John Tyler
beat Lincoln for senator, but lost in the race for president.
Stephen Douglas
The ___________ Debate was between two senators about the power of the federal government and the issue of nullification
Webster-Hayne
The Native Americans were forced to move from east of the Mississippi to Oklahoma on a trip known as the _________.
Trail of Tears
The second Great Awakening was a revival in the early 1800s which spread by camp meeting on the frontier.
True
Abolitionist martyr who raised Harpers Ferry
John Brown
added more land to the U.S. than any other president
James Polk
____________was an abolitionist book by Harriet Beecher Stowe that made many northern people turn against slavery.
Uncle Toms Cabin
The _________ Decision by the supreme Court said that slavery was protected in all of the United States.
Dred Scott
Cyrus McCormick invented the railroad steam engine.
False
general who captured Mexico City
Winfield Scott
Mexican dictator during the Texas Revolution and the Mexican War
Santa Anna
The _______ was an agreement to admit California as a free state and pass a fugitive slave act for the south.
Compromise of 1850
The ___________ was a group of people who helped runaway slaves flee to the North.
Underground Railroad
William Travis and Davy Crockett died at the Alamo.
True