Texas
This was the location where defenders fought and died against General Santa Anna's army near San Antonion
The Alamo
The period of the south before the Civil War was called
Antebellum Period
The canal that transformed the economy in the north
This was the famous trail that went westward to Oregon
Oregon Trail
Laws and persecution against this religious sect led to them finding land of their own in modern-day Utah
Mormons
He was a famous politician and soldier and hunter who died at the Alamo after travelling there from Tennesee
Davy Crockett
Large properties where enslaved worked on crops and maintaining the land was called
Plantations
He was president for only a single month
William Henry Harrison
This war was an American victory and led to the acquisition of large swaths of territory in the American West
The Mexican-American War
This "crisis" related to laws about taxation and tariff caused a rift between South Carolina and Andrew Jackson
Nullification Crisis
Mexico, refusing to let Texas go free, first gained their independence from this European nation
Spain
These were the everyday people who lived in the South and rarely owned slaves and did not like Planters
Plain Folk
Samuel Morse invented this communication device
The Telegraph
This "proviso" in Congress argued that slavery should not exist in the American West
Wilmot
Laws that were opposed to immigration were _____ laws
Nativist
Cotton
This was used to help free slaves from bondage, and it featured its own stops and conductors
The Underground Railroad
People from this small European nation came to the United States in the thousands in the 1840s
Ireland
This state was the location of a Gold Rush in the 1840s
California
How many laws were a part of the Compromise of 1850?
Five
Leader of the Texan army (later the first president of Texas and the namesake of Texas' largest city)
This was a popular crop produced in the upper South, more so than cotton and rice
Tobacco
The first Democratic Party candidate to win the presidency
Andrew Jackson
This infamous group of people became trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the pioneers faced hardships, many dying or becoming cabalistic
The Donner Party
This infamous law became a part of 1850s politics and angered northern states
The Fugitive Slave Law