19th Century Figures
This former slave was an outspoken abolitionist, a supporter of women's rights, and began his own abolitionist newspaper, The North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The Adams-Onis Treaty, negotiated by then Sec. of State John Quincy Adams gained the U.S. this future state.
What is Florida?
The Gold Rush built up this city into a heavy commercial area with a diverse culture.
What is San Francisco?
This was the goal of the abolition movement.
What is to end slavery?
This President was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase and commissioned Lewis and Clark to explore the new territory
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This former slave made 19 trips into the deep South and rescued over 300 people from slavery through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This was an instance in which American diplomats were met by French secret agents who demanded a bribe and loan to stop naval warfare.
What is the XYZ Affair?
This Mormon leader became the first governor of Utah
This newspaper created by William Lloyd Garrison called for the immediate abolition of slavery
What is The Liberator?
This "man of the people" prevented South Carolina from seceding from the Union and is infamous for executing the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Credited with the cotton gin, his invention led to increased slavery and agricultural economy in the South.
Who is Eli Whitney?
This was the system pushed by Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams in which they would improve the infrastructure of the country and build up industry.
What is the American System?
This was the 19th century term deeming American expansion inevitable and one that was already predetermined.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The goal of this movement was to end drinking.
What is the Temperance Movement?
This President declared war on Britain for the continual harassment of American ships as well as the encouragement of Native American resistance.
Who is James Madison?
Who is Sam Houston?
The Whiskey Rebellion was an opportunity for the national government to do this.
What is to show off the strength and power they had by sending in an army to disperse the rebels?
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo established that the Rio Grande was the southern border of Texas and gave the U.S. these territories.
What is New Mexico and California?
The two reform causes Dorothea Dix pushed for and effectively improved.
What is Prison and Mental Illness Reform?
This President died one month into his term after giving an egregiously long inaugural speech and contracting pneumonia.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
This dictator of Mexico was said to have been the cause for Texas to rebel and led a large attack on the Alamo.
General Santa Anna
This power of the Supreme Court to determine whether or not a law is unconstitutional emerged from Marbury vs. Madison.
What is judicial review?
This land purchase acquired parts of what is now southern Arizona and New Mexico.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This was the goal of the American Colonization Society.
What is to send African Americans to Liberia?
This expansionist President declared war with Mexico and acquired all Mexican territory in North American after the Mexican-American War.
Who is James K. Polk?