People
Events
Things
Movements
West
100

This was the president of Mexico during Texas's independence and the Mexican American War

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

100

This made many American flock to California to find and obtain wealth

Gold Rush

100

Describe the conditions of a factory worker during the industrial revolution

Low wages 

long hours 

Little talking 

Loss of wages if late or injured 

Staying in one place

100

Horace Mann paved the way for ________ in America

Public Education

100

What states did the US gain after the Mexican American war

Arizona

New Mexico 

California
200

Who advocated for African American women's rights with the poem "A'int I a Woman"

Sojourner Truth

200

This was proposed by Jackson to forcibly move Natives off their land

Indian Removal Act

200

What was the boundary line between Texas and Mexico prior to the Mexican American War?

Rio Grande River

200

Why did the government want to provide public education after Jackson expanded voting rights?

Create more educated voters

200

What is the term that Americans used God's will to justify moving and settling out West

Manifest Destiny

300

Who was the president during the Mexican-American War?

James K. Polk

300

This was a battle during Texas's independence in which 180 Texans were defeated after a 2 week struggle with Mexico. 

Battle of the Alamo

300

This officially ended the Mexican American War

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

300

This was the movement to stop or limit alcohol consumption for Americans

Temperance Movement

300

This was the name of Texas after winning its independence against Mexico

Lone Star Republic

400

This person wrote Civil Disobedience after being imprisoned for refusing to pay taxes to fund the Mexican American War

Henry David Thoreau

400

This was the Battle in which Texans forced Santa Anna to surrender and sealed the victory for Texas independence

Battle of San Juanito  

400

This was the name of California for a few weeks after achieving independence from Mexico

Bear Flag Republic

400

The first major women's rights meeting to occur in the United States

Seneca Falls Convention

400

This allowed for California to be admitted as a free state but made the rest of the land acquired in the Mexican American war slave states

Compromise of 1850

500

Who told Supreme Court Justice John Marshall "Marshall made his decision so now let him enforce it", following Worcester v. Georgia

Andrew Jackson

500

This was the Battle in which 400 Texans surrendered but were killed anyway by Santa Anna, which led to more Texans joining the war

Battle of the Goliad

500

This is when the US paid 10 million dollars to obtain a chunk of land between the border of Mexico and Arizona and parts of New Mexico

Gadsden Purchase

500

What specific rights did Elizabeth Cady Stanton advocate for

Women's right to...

Vote 

Own Property 

Educated 

Divorce 

Attain Custody of kids 

Independence from their husbands


500

This is when Southern congressman would purposely shelve abolitionist petitions so that they couldn't be discussed in congress

Gag Rule

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