Expansion
Many people used religion, politics, racism, or comparisons to Europe to support this theory justifying expansion West
What is Manifest Destiny
This was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom so split an area on the continent that both countries were previously sharing
What is the Oregon Treaty
Abraham Lincoln debated this Illinois senator in 1858, gaining national attention.
Who is Stephen Douglas
Southerners referred to slavery as this to make it sounds better
What is the "Peculiar Institution"
A lawyer from Illinois, tall and quite lean, / Debated with Douglas, his fame to be seen.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
King Cotton in the U.S. was a global trade star,
Brazil’s black drink spread near and far.
What is coffee
The Indian Removal Act was signed in _________ year by President ______ _________
What is 1830 and President Andrew Jackson
The Missouri Compromise was enacted in this year
What is 1820
This political party collapsed in the 1850s, leaving space for the Republicans to rise.
What is the Whig Party?
This escaped slave returned South 19 times to lead others to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
At Harper’s Ferry he tried to incite, / A raid that ended in a bloody fight.
Who is John Brown?
In the hills of Minas bright ore shone,
A wealth for the crown, though not their own.
Gold fueled the trade,
But freedom was stayed —
Which boomtown’s wealth became well-known?
What is Ouro Preto (or the Brazilian Gold Rush)?
This philosopher would have seen the Native Americans living without European style rules and laws and he would have agreed that the government needed to be firm and all-controlling to keep the tribes out of the State of Nature
Who is Thomas Hobbes
This country sold the Louisiana Purchase to the United States
What is France
This group, that sounds like they may be a little stupid, opposed immigration and only wanted native-born Protestant leaders.
What is the Know Nothing party?
This 1857 Supreme Court decision ruled African Americans were not citizens.
What is the Dred Scott decision
It’s not just the votes of the crowd,
But state totals that speak just as loud.
Win big or win small,
The state counts it all —
What system makes candidates proud?
What is the Electoral College
Like Manifest Destiny pushing out west,
Which explorers of São Paulo put natives to test?
Who are the Bandeirantes?
This large portion of land was added to the United States in 1848
What is the Mexican Cession
"Free Staters" or __________ were people who came to fight against the "Border Ruffians" who were attempting to make Kansas a slave state by force and intimidation
What are Jayhawks
This man based his election platform on Annexing Texas into the United States
Who is President Polk?
These policies made it clear that African Americans were property and not people
What are Slave Codes
They farmed, had schools, and laws to abide,
Yet still were forced on the Trail they cried.
Who are the Cherokee?
He ruled with a populist hand,
Industrial growth swept the land.
Estado Novo he led,
Democracy fled —
Which leader shaped Brazil’s strong stand?
Who is Getúlio Vargas?
This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican-American War and forced Mexico to cede over half its territory to the United States.
(Need one of the two word name of the Mexican town)
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
"Indian Territory" is now this state
What is Oklahoma
Abraham Lincoln ran to serve in Washington DC as a senator in this year, two years before he is elected president
What is 1858?
These were the top five slave trading nations for the Atlanta Slave trade (You need four to get the answer correct. You can only write four down)
Who were the Portuguese, British, French, Spanish, and Dutch
A preacher at night with visions that burned,
Led revolt in Virginia—many lives turned.
Who is Nat Turner?
A prophet led peasants to stand,
Against soldiers who marched through the land.
The empire struck back,
But people fought slack —
What rebellion was bloody and grand?
What is the War of Canudos?