Texas Statehood
List the important details of the Compromise of 1850. 100 points for each.
California entered U.S as free state
Utah and New Mexico pop sov.
Texas gave up some of its land and set new borders
Fugitive Slave Act
Slave trade in Washington, DC closed
Anti-Slavery Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The battle that was the turning point in the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
Slaves in Texas finally free. Holiday also known as Emancipation Day or freedom for the slaves in Texas day
Juneteenth- June 19th, 1865
Supplied help and legal aid to former slaves in post Civil War Texas
Freedman's Bureau
What treaty ended the Mexican - American War
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The year that Texas became a Republic
1836
What year did the Civil War take place
1861 - 1865
What happened to Sam Houston after he refused to sign an oath of secession?
He was removed as Governor of Texas
Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
God given rights to move west, another name for westward expansion
Manifest Destiny
Court Case that ruled:
African Americans are property NOT people
Slavery is legal everywhere
African Americans have zero rights under the U.S Constitution
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
What caused the Civil War
Slavery
State's Rights
Last battle of the Civil War
Palmito Ranch
Became President after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865
President of the U.S who believed in Manifest Destiny and promised to annex Texas no matter the cost
James K. Polk
Elected President of the U.S in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in 1863
Siege of Vicksburg
March 2, 1861 Texas leaves the union. The social studies word for leave is...
Secession
Name of the laws passed in the southern states to prevent African Americans from receiving their civil rights
Black Codes- Jim Crow Laws
Texas became a state
Month, day and year
December 29th, 1845
This person attempted to start a slave rebellion, was hung for treason, most importantly divided the North and the South to the brink of war.
John Brown
Name the 2 Generals of the Civil War, Union and Confederate.
Robert E. Lee - Confederate General
Ulysses S. Grant - Union General
Galveston
13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S Constitution
13th- Abolish Slavery
14th- Granted Citizenship
15th- African American Men right to vote