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What treaty gave the U.S. the New Mexico Territory?

Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

100
Who had the political debates with Lincoln in Illinois that changed idea of free vs. slave states.
Senator Douglas
100
What battle site in Texas caused Americans to feel the need to fight for annexation of the territory
The Alamo
100
Which was the first state to leave the union after the 1860 election
South Carolina
100
What is the name of the fort that was attacked in South Carolina
Fort Sumter
200
After the compromise of 1850 what decided if a state would become free-soil or slave.
Popular Sovereignty
200
Uncle Toms Cabin was written about the life of a slave by?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
200
List the trail that left St. Louis and headed North.
Oregon Trail
200
What Senator was beat with a cane on the floor of the senate
Charles Sumner
200

What is the name of The Slave States in the south that remained loyal to the Union at the beginning of the Civil War?

Border States

300
The Missouri Compromise allowed which state to join the union as a free state and which state to be a slave state
Maine free Missouri slave
300
The raid of Harper's Ferry was led by what abolitionist
John Brown
300
Lewis and Clark were hired by what President to look for a westward water passage
Thomas Jefferson
300
The withdrawal of states from the union is known as
Secession
300

What is the phrase coined to describe the mini civil war caused by the Kansas Nebraska act

Bleeding Kansas

400
How was the Southern boundary of Arizona established
The Gadsden Purchase
400
The lady that is known for helping aid fugitives from the South into the North.
Harriet Tubman
400
What act of congress maintained that land won by war would remain free to slavery
Wilmot Proviso
400
What is the name of the slave that tried to earn his freedom by taking his case to the Supreme Court
Dred Scott
400
How many states joined the Confederate States of America
11 states
500
What is the phrase coined by a 1840's journalist that described the American mentality to move West.
Manifest Destiny
500
After Southerners left the Union who was voted the CSA President
Jefferson Davis
500
The diverse population in California can be attributed to what movement
Gold Rush/49ers
500
William Lloyd Garrison wrote about abolition in what paper
The Liberator
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What was the main goal of President Lincoln at the start of the Civil War.
Save the Union
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