Manifest Destiny
This former mission was the sight of an intense battle where 187 citizens held off an attack of 6000 Mexican soldiers.
The Alamo
Allowing the people of a territory to decide on the status of Slavery in a given territory
Popular Soveriegnty
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here
Fort Sumter
The nickname for President Lincolns reconstruction plan.
10% Plan
This was a famous escape route used by slaves and abolitionist prior to the Civil War to get slaves to northern freedom.
Underground Railroad
This was the river which the US and Texas govt considered to be the border of Texas and Mexico
Rio Grande
This future President was sent by President Polk to provoke the Mexican Army on the border of Texas
Zachary Taylor
This man was elected in 1860 and belief that his election would lead to the end of slavery led the south to secede from the Union
Abraham Lincoln
This amendment to the US Constitution granted equal protection and citizen ships to all people born in the United States regardless of race.
14th Amendment
This agreement admitted California as a Free state, banned slavery in Washington DC, and enacted a more strict Fugitive slave act.
Compromise of 1850
This was the name of the trip/route many settlers made to Oregon to find a new life.
Oregon Trail
Famously nicknamed after a President the Mexican American War was called "________________________".
Mr. Polks War
This plan for the Civil War called for choking off the south from supplies.
Anaconda Plan
These were white southerners who cooperated with Radical Reconstruction.
Scalawags
This party was created to oppose the expansion of slavery into new territories prior to the Civil War
Free Soil Party
Founder of the Mormon religion in Ohio
Joseph Smith
This agreement ended the Mexican-American War.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This battle was known as the turning point of the war when the north took control of the Mississippi River.
Battle of Vicksburg
Nickname of the governments created in the south led by rich planters following the failure of reconstruction. They were highlighted by the creation of Jim Crow laws
Redeemer Governments
This document officially ended Reconstruction
Compromise of 1877
This treaty with Japan opened two ports to American shipping.
Kanagawa Treaty
The purchase of the southern part of New Mexico and Arizona for $10 Million was known as
The Gadson Purchase
This was the four stage plan for defeating the South in the Civil War.
1. Anaconda Plan
2. Control the Mississippi
3. Engage in total war
4. Capture Richmond
This was the first black Senator. Its of note that the seat he filled was that of former confederate president Jefferson Davis in Mississippi.
Hiram Revels
This famously defeated amendment called for the "prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude" in any part of any new territory in the US.
Wilmot Proviso