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The Mexican president/military leader who sought to aggressively put down the rebellion in Texas.
Who is Santa Anna?
The popular nineteenth-century term that described the belief that the United States would one day stretch to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
In Home Alone, the Macallister's are traveling to this city on vacation when they leave Kevin behind.
What is Paris?
The Sauk Indian chief who led a rebellion against settlers in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Who is Black Hawk?
The overland trade route established between Independence, Missouri and New Mexico in the 1820's.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
The Mormon leader who led his followers west to settle in desert territory that later became Utah.
Who is Brigham Young?
The term that means "before the war" that describes the United States (particularly the South) when slavery was still intact.
What is "antebellum?"
The first rule of "The Code of Elves" in the movie Elf.
What is "Treat every day like Christmas."
The former slave who became a prominent abolitionist and published the anti-slavery newspaper, The North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The controversial statute established in the 1830's that forbid the discussion of slavery in the House of Representatives.
What is the gag rule?
The U.S. president who oversaw the effort to acquire the Oregon Territory, and who pushed for war with Mexico in 1845.
Who was James K. Polk?
The nickname of Mexican War hero and future president, Zachary Taylor.
What is "Old Rough and Ready?"
Ralphie's aunt gives him this present in A Christmas Story.
What is a pink bunny suit?
The general nicknamed "Old Fuss and Feathers" who captured Vera Cruz and Mexico City during the Mexican War.
Who is Winfield Scott?
The Texas leader whose imprisonment by Mexico in 1834 started the Texas Revolution.
Who is Stephen Austin?
The former slave and staunch abolitionist whose adopted name highlighted her dedication to proclaiming God's Word.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
The term for American agents who were given control of lands in Texas, which they were expected to organize and sell off in smaller tracts.
Who are "empresarios?"
In Christmas Vacation, Clark Griswold intends to buy his family this with his Christmas bonus.
What is a swimming pool?
He founded Mormonism in New York state in 1830.
Who is Joseph Smith?
The site of the dramatic 1836 battle that led to Mexico recognizing Texas's independence.
What is San Jacinto?
The radical white New England abolitionist who advocated for the immediate emancipation of slavery without compensation for slave owners.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
The 1844 campaign slogan used highlight the notion that war with Britain may be necessary in order for the U.S. to gain control of the Oregon Territory.
What is "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!"
The name of the skyscraper that serves as the setting in Die Hard.
What is Nakatomi Plaza?
He led a slave uprising in Virginia in 1831 that caused intensified fear and paranoia in the South.
Who is Nat Turner?
The 1853 land acquisition that established the final boundaries of the current "Lower 48" states.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?