this president nicknamed Tippecanoe was the first pres die in office?
Who is Harrison
100
this war happened between 1846-1848?
What is the Mexican-American War
100
This man proposed the Compromise of 1850?
Who is Henry Clay
100
Lincoln was initially more concerned about preserving this than freeing the slaves.
What is the Union
100
this Union soldier was the General at the Battle of Shiloh
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
200
This Latin word mean "Before War" was give to America pre-civilwar.
What is Ante-bellum?
200
DAILY
DOUBLE!!!!!!
Name 3 of the five states lost in the Mexican American war
California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, NewMexico
200
the Compromise of 1850 Admitted this state as a free state.
What is California?
200
this "Honest" man was the 16th President of the United States?
What is the 16th
200
this two-day battle, the costliest in American history up to that time,resulted in the defeat of the Confederate army resulting in 10,000 confederate casualties
What is the battle of Shiloh
300
This mass movement of settlers heading west was the first real attempt at using the oregan trail
What is the great migration
300
this treaty ended the American-Mexican War?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
300
this belief that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of all political power is called.
What is Popular Sovereignty
300
this state was the first state to Secede.
What is South Carolina
300
this military Academy has a famous alum, Jefferson Davis
What is West Point
400
This term is used to describe the idea of westward expansion in the 1840s and making America "from sea to shining sea"
What is Mannifest Destiny
400
In this year the treaty of Guadalupe was signed?
What is 1848
400
This Compromise was repealed due to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What is the Missouri Compromise
400
this state became thirty second state in 1858?
What is Minnesota
400
Military cadets fired on steamships head to this south carolina fort starting the civil war.
what is Fort Sumter
500
A large number of Irish immigrated to the states due to to this incident?
What is the potato famine
500
"The price of a neighborhood now 18,000,000" and winning a war could get you this nice bit of land in 1850
Alta California and New Mexico?
500
This party was created because of their opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What is Republican Party
500
this is the year Lincoln was elected president?
What is 1860
500
Fort Sumpter is located in this south carolina town?