Lewis/Clark
What were Lewis and Clark hoping to find on their expedition?
A water way that connected the East Coast to the West Coast
What state was admitted to the US as a free state?
California
Having multiple wives
What was the North’s view of slavery and what was the South’s?
North is anti-slavery and the South is pro-slavery
Who wins the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the name of the guide that helped Lewis and Clark?
Sacagawea
Where was the slave trade banned?
Washington DC
Who is Brigham Young?
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
A fictional book that depicted the horrors of slavery, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Why did most people move to CA in the 1840s-1850s?
The gold rush
What are 3 animals Lewis and Clark saw on their journey?
Grizzly bear, mule deer, antelope
The Fugitive Slave Act
What college was named after Brigham Young?
BYU (Brigham Young University)
What is Cannibals All?
A pro-slavery book that compared northern factory owners to southern slave owners
What CA city is created as a result of the Gold Rush?
San Francisco
What president sent Lewis and Clark on their expedition?
Thomas Jefferson
What part of the compromise was the most unpopular?
What city/state did Mormons settle in to avoid persecution?
Salt Lake City, Utah
A slave that sued for his freedom after moving to a free state while enslaved. The case goes all the way to the Supreme Court.
How did the US acquire land from Mexico?
Who was the 1 person to die on the expedition? And how?
What is popular sovereignty?
A state’s ability to vote on being a free state or a slave state
Who is the Mormon prophet?
What was Bleeding Sumner?
An attack on Charles Sumner in Congress after his speech comparing slavery to prostitution.
What was the Alamo before the battle took place there?
Catholic mission (church)