"Free or Not to Free, That is the Question"
This Mexican general was defeated by the Texans at the Battle of San Jacinto
Who was Santa Anna
The idea that justified US westward expansion by claiming they had to spread progress, civilization and democracy.
What was Manifest Destiny
The 2 primary cash crops of the southern agricultural economy.
What were Cotton and Tobacco?
I was a runaway slave who used the undergraound railroad to escape, only to later return to the south to lead ver 300 slaves to freedom, including my family. I am the most famous underground railroad conductor, dubbed the Moses of my people.
Who was Harriett Tubman?
The Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, Choctaw
What were the 5 Civilized Tribes?
To promote growth, the Mexican government offered large, inexpensive land grants to ___________, who agreed to find settlers to purchase these grants
What are Empresarios
General who led the troops into the disputed territory of Texas near the border with Mexico, knowing it would start the Mexican War, and who later became PResident
Who was Zachary Taylor?
A slave preacher from Virginia who led an 1831 revolt that resulted in the deaths of fifty whites and numerous slaves.
Who was Nat Turner?
The phrase "54, 40 or Fight!" was in reference to what territory?
What is Oregon
Secret network of escape
What is the Underground Railroad?
Best abolitionist orator, escaped slave who wrote a famous narrative of his life
Who was Frederick Douglass?
A former slave woman who made many great speeches to help both the women's rights movement and abolitionist movement
Who was Sojourner Truth?
Which US President was elected on a promise of completing Manifest Destiny?
Who was James K. Polk
The disputed border between Texas and Mexico that is still the border today
What is the Rio Grande River?
Group of fur traders who rendezvoused every year, and later became key guides on the Oregon Trail
Who were Mountain Men
Although later ruled unconstitutional, this authorized the federal government to force the Native Americans of the Southeast, who lived on valuable farmland, off their land.
What was the Indian Removal Act?
What Texas wanted the US to do to them
What is annex?
The agreement that cost the US 15 million dollars but gave the nation the future states of California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizone, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming,
What is the Mexican Cession?
The fort that Texans tried (unsuccessfully) to defend against the Mexican army
What is the Alamo?
The miners who hit California to get their hands on the gold
Who were the Forty-Niners