Mexican American War
Manifest Destiny
Slavery
Sectionalism
Miscellaneous
100
The Mexican American War was fought during the term of this President
Who is James K. Polk?
100
The definition of Manifest Destiny is:
What is the destiny of the American people to spread across the North American continent from coast to coast?
100
This woman was a well-known figure of the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
This person wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
100
These men explored the Louisiana Purchase
Who is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
200
The Mexican American War was settled with this treaty
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
200
Thomas Jefferson helped to further Manifest Destiny by purchasing this piece of land from France
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
A famous slave revolt in Virginia was lead by this man
Who is Nat Turner?
200

This abolitionist changed her name to fulfill her God-given destiny to fight for equal rights.

Who is Sojourner Truth?

200
This slogan was created in order to rally people in support of gaining the Oregon Territory from Great Britain
What is "54-40 or fight"?
300
A main cause of the Mexican American War was
What is Manifest Destiny?
300
James K. Polk purchased this territory from Great Britain in order to help further Manifest Destiny
What is the Oregon Territory?
300
The main reason the South needed slaves was in order to harvest this crop.
What is cotton or tobacco?
300
Henry Clay proposed this compromise in order to reduce tension in the Union
What is the Compromise of 1850?
300
The Know-Nothing Party appealed to this policy
What is Nativism?
400
This was the cause of the Mexican American War
What is the annexation of Texas?
400
The concept of Manifest Destiny had huge consequences for this group of people
Who are the American Indians?
400
This Supreme Court case was meant to decide the fate of slavery once and for all in pre-Civil War America
What is the Dred Scott Case?
400
This sectional crisis occured during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson
What is the Nullification Crisis?
400
These were two of the points made in the Compromise of 1850
What is admitting California as a free state, Utah and Nevada being under popular sovereignty, slave trade was abolished in DC, the Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened, and Texas dropped claim to certain land and the US government assumed Texas' debts
500
The first major amphibious landing in U.S. history was lead by this man in order to prepare for the Siege of Veracruz.
Who is Winifield Scott?
500
This political party, which included members such as Henry Clay, opposed the concept of Manifest Destiny
What is the Whig Party?
500
By 1880 only this percent of Southerners belonged to slave owning families
What is 25%?
500
Northerners and Southerners disagreed over the issue of slavery. They imposed this concept in Kansas in order to decide the issue.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
500
This would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
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