Reaching the Pacific
This was the main way most Americans reached the west coast, taking 2000 miles to travel and having many hardships.
What is the Oregon Trail.
Before becoming a state, Texas was its own country, going by this name.
What was Republic of Texas?
The fight to keep a balance between the Free and Slave States was a attempt to keep a tie on the vote of slavery in this.
This man was known for his violent actions in the name of trying to end slavery in the US.
Who is John Brown.
This event resulted in the North and South not trusting each other anymore due to revolt by John Brown
harpers Ferry
Though there were many reasons people died traveling West on the Oregon trail, the biggest causes of death was this.
What is Disease?
Before becoming its own nation, Texas was part of this former Spanish Colony turned Independent Nation.
What is the Mexican republic?
This was the first Compromise made between the North and the South and made a line across the US.
What was The Missouri Compromise
This General helped put down the Rebellion's at Harpers Ferry and capture John Brown.
Who was General Lee
This Event resulted in the People flooding into a state trying to change the vote on if it was free or slave and resulted in violence between the two sides
Bleeding Kansas
Beginning in 1849 with the discovery of a valuable mineral in the Sierra Mountains, thousands would head west to participate in this event.
What was the California Gold Rush?
What current geographic feature was claimed by the Americans to be the boarder between Texas and Mexico in the dispute over where the boarder lay leading to the Mexican-American War.
What is The Rio Grande River?
This states entering the Union as a free state messed up the current system in place that tried to keep the balance between the states because it would not split in two along the line dividing the nation.
What is California
This was our 16th President, elected in 1860.
Who was Abe Lincoln
This Court Case decided that African Americans and Slaves were not citizens of the US and that all compromises made on the issue were unconstitutional
The Dread Scott Case
Originally being coined in 1845, this phrase was used as justification and to describe Americas push westward towards the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Texas was originally not allowed to join the USA due to it allowing this in its territory, which would have unbalanced the main issue of the nation.
This was created as a new way for states to decide if they were free or slave when they joined the US as part of the Compromise of 1850.
What is Popular Sovereignty
Which President oversaw the largest expansion of American Land during their Presidency?
Who is President Polk
Not including him on the Ballot
This was a new political belief system that emerged as a result of the large influx of immigrants that came to America due to industrialization and the California Gold Rush, with a mostly negative attitude of them.
What is Nativism?
In fighting for their independence, 187 Americans and Texans fought to the death at this old Abbey.
What was The Alamo
This Territory was split into two over the issue of slavery in it.
What is Kansas-Nebraska
This is the man who ran against Abe Lincoln in 1860
Stephen Douglas
The south would eventually do this after losing the election of 1860
seceded