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A Texan of Mexican decent
What is a tejano
100
A person opposed to slavery
What is an abolitionist?
100
a political group made up of people who wanted to keep western territories free of slavery
What is the Republican Party
100
Land and landforms, including deserts, mountains, and valleys
What is terrain
100
The "average American" citizen, whose concerns are represented by the government
What is the common man
200
A law that made it easier for slaveholders to get runaway slaves returned to them
What is the Fugitive Slave Law
200
The trail blazed by pioneers who moved from Missouri to Oregon
What is the Oregon Trail
200
The belief that America should expand its territorial limits
What is Manifest Destiny
200
To add or attach
What is annex
200
A moderation in drinking alcohol or total abstinence from drinking alcohol
What is temperance
300
The location of the famous battle where Santa Anna defeated the Texans
What is the Alamo
300
The two famous Americans that were killed by Santa Anna
Who are Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie?
300
Santa Anna had to give this up after he was captured
What is Texas?
300
The two parties that existed during the 1844 election
What are Democrat and Whig?
300
This allowed California to be a free state and outlawed slave trade in Washington D.C.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
400
This book brought attention to slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
400
This court decision ruled that slaves were not citizens and had no rights under the law, which meant that congress could not really outlaw slavery
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
400
The most important crop in the south
What is cotton?
400
In 1856, a pro-slavery mob burnt this town
What is Lawrence?
400
With his stance on slavery and his outstanding speaking skills, this man was the Republican presidential candidate in the 1860 election.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
The two main opportunities Americans saw out west
What are new businesses and farms?
500
The two very opposite presidential candidates that ran during the election of 1844.
Who are Henry Clay and James K. Polk?
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The candidate in favor of annexing the Lone Star Republic and take over Oregon Country who won the election of 1844
Who is James K. Polk
500
According to Abraham Lincoln, she was the "little woman who wrote the book that made this great war"
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
500
Every time Americans entered a new territory, this issue came up
What is slavery?
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