Black Plague
Was the Black Plague a pandemic or epidemic?
Pandemic
The potato famine started in what country
Ireland
What were the years the Mexican American War took place
1846-1848
What is the boundary surveyed between 1763-1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon called?
The Mason-Dixon Line
Slaves that were attempting an escape
Did some people believe the Black Plague was punishment from God?
Yes
Most Irish immigrants entered the US at what island
Ellis Island
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in what year
1848
What document/speech did Abraham Lincoln give to allow slaves in the south to be freed
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who was the most well known conductor of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
The Black Plague seemed to come from rats and what insect?
Fleas (normally fleas that had been on the rat)
The Potato Famine is also known as the Great Hunger and what else?
The Great Famine
Which president asked Congress to declare war on Mexico
Polk
What amendment abolished slavery
13th
Who was one of the most famous slaves that later ended up becoming a civil rights leader
Fredrick Douglass
Rats/fleas (carrying the disease) were transported to various locations by what type of vessel/vehicle
Merchant Ships that travelled to many different ports, this is one of the ways the disease spread so easily
The majority of Irish immigrants settled where in the US
New York and surrounding areas (Bronx)
What idea or concept made America feel they were entitled to Mexico?
Manifest Destiny
Who came up with the mudsill theory
Henry James Hammond
How many states in the US have stations or stops along the Underground Railroad
23
The Black Plague effected Europe and what other continent
Asia
Most Irish immigrants were what religion upon arrival
Catholic
What treaty ended the Mexican American War
Treat of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Many novels portray the antebellum South. Margaret Mitchell wrote which of these novels?
Gone With The Wind
Under the Fugitive Slave Act if a person was caught helping a slave escape or hiding a slave could face what charges and/or fines
6 months in jail of $1000 fine