Battles
Final Texas battle of the Civil War
What is Palmito Ranch
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this book caused Northerners to sympathize with slaves
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
First republican president in 1860 whose election led to the secession of South Carolina
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The river that became the Texas/Mexico border following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is the Rio Grande River
First Battle of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
First state to secede from the Union
What is South Carolina?
The deal in which Texas gave up claim on some land to the U.S
What is the Compromise of 1850?
General of Mexico during the Mexican American War
Who is Santa Anna?
Of the following terms, one is NOT a cause of the Mexican War: boundary dispute, unsettled monetary claims by U.S. citizens, the annexation of Texas, Manifest Destiny, Britain’s alliance with Mexico
What is Britain's alliance with Mexico?
350 Union soldiers were captured and multiple ships were damaged as a result of this battle
What is the Battle of Sabine Pass?
The result of the Kansas Nebraska Act
What is Bleeding Kansas
A court case that ruled that people of color could not be citizens nor have rights
What is Dred Scott v Sandford?
Governor of Texas who opposed the secession of Texas and
Who is Sam Houston
The river that Mexico argued was the Texas/Mexico border
What is the Nueces River?
A battle at the most important port in Texas where a Confederate force under Magruder attacked this city and defeated the Union forces defending
What is the Battle of Galveston Island?
These three are the main causes of why sectionalism occurs
What are cultural, political, and economic differences?
Ended the war between the U.S and Mexico and gave the U.S Mexico's territory in the North as well as Mexico's claims to Texas
What is the Treaty of the Guadalupe Hidalgo
U.S President during the Mexican War who advocated for U.S expansion
Who is James Polk?
The result of the Mexican war led to the achievement of this growing American belief
What is Manifest Destiny?
First battle of the Mexican American war where general Taylor leads the U.S to victory and defeats Mexican troops for the first time
What is the Battle of Palo Alto?
The governor of Texas following the confederate secession in 1861 after Sam Houston's Union beliefs lost him the election.
Who is Francis Lubbock?
Of the following, find which one is NOT a result of the compromise of 1850
Utah and New Mexico territories would have popular sovereignty
California was admitted as a slave state
A stricter fugitive slave law was passed
The slave trade was banned in Washington DC
What is #2 or California as a slave state?
Called the "finest soldiers" by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, they were an infantry of the Confederate Army that distinguished itself.
Who are the Hood's Texas Brigade?
A reason why Mexico and U.S went to war
What is Annexation of Texas
What is Boundary Dispute
What is California and New Mexico
What is payment for damages