Manifest Destiny
The Cherokee name for the US government's removal of Native Americans to reservations
What is the Trail of Tears?
A series of Illinois Senate debates where candidates clashed over issues like slavery and popular sovereignty
What are the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
The fort that the Confederacy attacked to begin the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
The name of the town where Lee surrendered to Grant
What is Appomattox?
The countries that fought in the Mexican-American War
What are America and Mexico?
The nickname for gold-hungry pioneers who went to California during the Gold Rush
Who are 49ers?
The Virginia town where John Brown attempted to lead a slave revolt
What is Harper's Ferry?
The first land battle between the Union and the Confederacy
What is First Bull Run or First Manassas? (real ones know it's First Bull Run tho)
The 2.5 minute speech given by Abraham Lincoln during a ceremony dedicating part of a battlefield as a graveyard
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The old mission building where Texan troops were cornered and killed (all of you better remember this one)
What is the Alamo?
The Cherokee leader who invented a written language for his tribe (yes, he's a man)
Who is Sequoyah?
The House Representative who caned Charles Sumner on the Senate floor
Who is Preston Brooks?
A Confederate General who gained fame early in the war before eventually being killed by friendly fire at Chancellorsville
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
The Confederate attack at Gettysburg known as the "high water mark of the Confederacy"
What is Pickett's Charge?
The name for white American immigrants to Mexican Texas
Who are Texians?
Indian territory primarily was turned into this state
What is Oklahoma?
The violent crisis over whether a new state's constitution would include slavery
This single-day battle is known as the bloodiest day in American history
What is Antietam?
The Union General in command at Gettysburg
Who is George Meade?
The Mexican President who was eventually captured by Texas
Who is Santa Anna?
Name all four of the major trails taken by pioneers
What are the Oregon Trail, California Trail, Santa Fe Trail, and Mormon Trail?
An influential Massachusetts Senator who opposed nullification and supported the Compromise of 1850
Who is Daniel Webster?
Nicknamed Old Fuss and Feathers and The Grand Old Man of the Army, he is the Union General who designed the Anaconda Plan
Who is Winfield Scott?
The former Secretary of State who gave a 2.5 hour speech directly before Abraham Lincoln's far more famous one
Who is Edward Everett?
The Battle where Texas won its independence from Mexico
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?