Civil War
What was the Northern and Southern part of the United States Called?
party formed out of whigs democrats free soilers and abolitionists in 1854?
What is republican party
an expansionist idea from an article made by John O'Sullivan a New York editor to represent that moving west is what we were meant to do?
What is manifest destiny
When the Colonists dumped tea into the the Boston Harbor?
event in 1849 which caused 100000 gold seekers to come to California in hope of fortune
What is California gold rush
The year the Civil War started?
What is 1861
a compromise that entered califiornia into the union as a free state, it also divided the rest of the mexican cession into utah and new mexico
What is the compromise of 1850
trail which pararelled the Oregon Trail for much of the west, it was mainly traveled by Mormon Immigrants
What is Mormon Trail
What were the British Soldiers called?
What is Red Coats
Who first discovered gold in California?
Who is James W. Marshal
Who is the winner of the Civil War?
Who is Union
New political party formed to endorse Wilmot Proviso and to Elect former presedint Martin Van Buren.
What is Free Soil Party
president born into a wealthy family who was elected from the democratic party after doing time as a governer
Who is Jame K. Polk
What was the main goal for the American Revolution?
to gain independence from Great Britain
Where was the gold first discovered in California?
What is Sutter Mill
What Fort did Confederate General P.G.T Beauregard fire on to start the Civil War?
What is Fort Sumter
What is the Massacre when John Brown led a company of seven along Pottawatomie Creek to kill 5 pro slavery men eventually causing Kansas to go into civil war.
What is Pottawatomie Massacre
treaty in which Mexico was paid 10 million dollars in exchange for a strip of lad that includes parts of present day Arizona and New Mexico
What is Gadsen Purchase
Banned British Settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
What is the Proclamation of 1763
another name for gold seekes- nearly 80 percent of them were americans while the rest were from around the globe
What is Forty-Niners
The first woman to receive a license to practice medicine?
What is Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
who beat senator Charles Sumner after insulting their relative?
Who is Preston Books
Mexicos northern territory of the united states, it included parts of the present day states of California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona and New Mexico: and parts of Colorado and Wyoming
What is Mexican cession
What was it called when colonist over exaggerated the Boston Massacre shooting?
What is Extravaganza
What was the most harmful mining method?
What is Hydraulic mining