Mexican-American War/Texan Independence
This is the battle where Texans were surrounded for 13 days by the Mexican Army
Battle of the Alamo
This trail took people from Missouri to Oregon
Oregon Trail
What event saw the purchase of a strip of land that borders New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico?
Gadsden Purchase
This is the term for when a territory's citizens vote on an issue (slavery)
Popular Sovereignty
This novel portrayed the evils of slavery and persuaded Americans to support abolishing it
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was the final battle for Texan independence
Battle of San Jacinto
This was the horseback mail service that crossed the U.S. to California
Pony Express
What caused Bleeding Kansas?
Migration of slavery supporters and abolitionists to Kansas in order to vote on slavery
People that believed slavery could not be interfered with in places it already existed, but said the government had the right to keep it from spreading
Free Soilers
This act states that two new territories could use popular sovereignty to determine their slavery status
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Oregon Treaty of 1846 had this effect:
Set the border at the 49th parallel between U.S. and Canada
What is the Alamo? (like what kind of building is it)
This added California as a free state
Compromise of 1850
This party formed as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Republican Party
This was the person that became president due to popularity from the Mexican-American War
Zachary Taylor
This is the term that describes the belief that the U.S. is destined to expand west
Manifest Destiny
What made the Pony Express obsolete?
The Telegraph
The Fugitive Slave Act
What was Dred Scott's argument? What did the Supreme Court rule?
His argument was that enslaved people should have citizenship when in a state where slavery is illegal
The supreme court ruled that he did not have the right to sue
The Mexican-American border set the Texas and Mexico border where?
Rio Grande River
What caused mass migration to California? What was the effects it had on the area?
Gold Rush
Many people came and settled in California
What inspired John Brown to attack those slavery supporters?
The attack on Lawrence, Kansas
This person killed 5 unarmed pro-slavery supporters in Kansas
John Brown
How did the Dred Scott decision contradict the Missouri Compromise?
It claimed that Congress never had the power to forbid slavery in states or territories