This preceded by the Treaty of Gaudalupe-Hidalgo by just weeks and led to an influx of settlers into the west, generating a desire for statehood in California.
What is discovery of gold (Gold Rush)
100
This court case made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, declared congress had no power to ban slavery, and said that slaves could not legally sue in a federal court.
What is the Dred Scott Decision
100
This is the name for the Union Strategy to blockade the south, control the Mississippi, and capture Richmond.
What is the Anaconda Plan
100
President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis
100
This battle inflicted a major loss on General Lee’s army and was a turning point in the war.
What is Gettysburg
200
This group of travelers were stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and resorted to cannibalism to stay alive, demonstrating the hazards many pioneers faced.
What is the Donner Party
200
Name of the book written by Harriet Beacher Stowe which showed the evils of slavery to many from the North and abroad.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
What did the Emancipation Proclamation accomplish and how was it limited?
What is Freed slaves in areas of rebellion but not areas that remained loyal.
200
This abolitionist and escaped slave, nicknamed the "Black Moses", conducted hundreds of slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
200
The bloodiest single day’s fighting in America's history.
What is the Battle of Antietam
300
This president pushed for the passage of "spot resolutions" to determine the exact spot for the attack on American troops in Mexico.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
300
A confederate bombardment at this Union strongpoint started the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter
300
While the south rioted over food rations during the Civil War, the north saw riots over this issue.
What is the draft (conscription)
300
He got his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run, in which his fellow soldiers were amazed at his courage on the field of battle. He died of friendly fire at the battle of Chancellorsville.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
300
John Brown led an armed band that seized the federal arsenal at this location in VA, hoping to set off a general slave revolt.
What is Harper's Ferry
400
Which president instigated war with Mexico by sending American troops to the border of the disputed territory?
Who is James K. Polk
400
The doctrine that left the decision whether a state would enter the Union slave or free up to the territorial legislature representing the people of that territory.
What is Popular Sovereignty
400
During the Civil War, the term "_________________" referred to a Northerner who opposed the Civil War.
What is a Copperhead
400
Assassinated President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre on April 14th, 1865
Who is John Wilkes Booth
400
A confederate prisoner of war camp for Union soldiers that was overcrowded and underfed.
What is Andersonville
500
This was passed by a Congressman from Pennsylvania and attempted to prohibit slavery in any territory won from Mexico in the war.
What is the Wilmot Proviso
500
By opening territory north of 36º 30' to slavery, the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed this
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820
500
What African American regiment was best known in the Civil War? The movie "Glory" was based on the actions of these men.
What is the 54th Massachusetts
500
A leading 19c African American abolitionist who escaped from slavery and founded and edited The North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglas
500
This event guaranteed Lincoln’s victory in the 1864 election and demonstrated “total war” in the South