Mexican War
Where did the most important and last battle of the Mexican War occur?
Mexico City
What religious group trekked to Salt Lake City to escape prosecution? Who was their leader?
Mormons/LDS
Joseph Smith
Popular Sovereignty
What plan was developed by Winfield Scott that had a main goal of the Union capturing Richmond?
The Anaconda Plan
Which amendment gave all black men the right to vote officially?
15th amendment
Name the general of the United States during the Mexican War who later became president.
Zachary Taylor
Which territory did Polk almost go to war with Britain over?
Oregon
Mexico
No
South Carolina
Who was president during most of the reconstruction process?
Andrew Johnson
What treaty ended the War against Mexico and ceded New Mexico and California to the U.S.?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is the term used to describe the following?: "the will of the United States to expand until it had absorbed all of North America, including Canada and Mexico"
Manifest Destiny
Was the Lecompton Constitution pro-slavery or anti-slavery?
Name one advantage that the North had during the Civil War, and one that the South had.
North- Resources, firearms, factories, raw materials, railways, military strength
South- strong military leadership
Whose plan for reconstruction was called the 10% plan?
Lincoln
James K. Polk
The Panic of 1837 drew many farmers to a promise of free land in which area that is now a state?
Texas
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to speak about slavery?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Which battle of the Civil War was the bloodiest?
The Battle of Antietam
Which amendment abolished slavery?
Did the Mexican War last longer than expected? Or did it end quicker than expected?
It lasted longer than expected.
Which treaty granted the United States the right to much of the Pacific Northwest?
Adams-Onis Treaty
What supreme court case decided that slaves were not citizens and therefore didn't have the rights of a citizen?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Ulysses S. Grant