Famous Figures
This pair of pioneers and their team explored the newly acquired territory west of the Mississippi all the way to the Pacific Ocean
Who were Louis and Clark?
This major deal in 1803, orchestrated between the United States and France, traded all French territory west of the Mississippi river for $15 million
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This was the nation/alliance formed after the secession of Southern states
What was the Confederate States of America?
The military leader and mastermind of the Confederate States of America for the majority of the war
Who was Robert E. Lee?
A person would be considered this if they didn't want to abolish slavery, but also did not want to see it expanded
What was a moderate?
This president passed the controversial Indian Removal Act which forcibly pushed Native Americans out of their ancestral lands and further out west
Who was Andrew Jackson?
The two groups involved in the Oregon Treaty
Who were the British and Americans?
Who were the Democratic-Republicans?
This conflict saw Texas gain their independence from Mexico
What was the Texas Revolution?
This meeting redesigned the Articles of Confederation and created the new U.S. Constitution
What was the U.S. Constitutional Convention?
Famous abolitionist that was the first American executed for treason in the United States
Who was John Brown?
Henry Clay's plan to add California as a free state, open up territories to voting on slavery, and created the Fugitive Slave Act
What was the Compromise of 1850?
This event saw South Carolina attempt to ignore federal laws due to high tariffs/taxes on imported goods that the South needed
What was the Nullification Crisis?
Designed by Union General Winfield Scott, this military plan was designed to suffocate the South by cutting off all ports and major rivers
What was the Anaconda Plan?
Intense loyalty to the interests of your own region or area instead of the country as a whole
What was Sectionalism?
This Texan revolutionary was famously quoted saying "Victory or Death" in the face of overwhelming Mexican opposition
Who was William B. Travis?
This treaty gave the United States the majority of its present-day, southwestern territory after the Mexican-American War
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The Supreme Court case that saw a Missouri slave unsuccessfully sue his owner for his freedom
What was Dred Scott v Sandford?
This major battle was a Union victory and turning point. It took place over 3 days and saw around 50,000 combined casualties
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
The official declaration aimed to free all slaves in the rebelling, Southern states
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This author, and abolitionist, wrote the book 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This president only ran for one term in office and focused his campaign around the term "Manifest Destiny"
Who was James Polk?
The pro-slavery frontrunner who won most of the South, but not the presidential election against Lincoln
Who was John C. Breckinridge?
The starting point and ending point of "Sherman's March to the Sea"
What are Atlanta, Georgia and Savannah, Georgia?
A convention to discuss the civil, social, and religious condition and rights of women in the United States
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?