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King Cotton
Abolitionists
Slave Life
Mexican War
Crazy Foreigners
100
This invention led to rapid spread of cotton.
What is the cotton gin?
100
Many abolitionists were followers of this belief system.
What is Christianity?
100
Slave quarters had these two things to help slaves make a living.
What is a garden and their own livestock?
100
This US president urged war with Mexico.
Who is Polk?
100
¿Por qué comen pavo en Acción de Gracias?
What is "Why do you eat turkey on Thanksgiving?"
200
The cotton gin more easily removed these troublesome items.
What are seeds?
200
Many abolitionists use this media to spread their beliefs.
What are newspapers?
200
This issue prevented Texas from joining the US sooner.
What is slavery?
200
Warum haben Sie auf Cranberry-Sauce auf Thanksgiving essen?
What is "Why do you eat cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving?"
300
His invention led to a spread in the area under cotton cultivation.
Who is Eli Whitney?
300
Two ways that slaves 'got back' at their masters.
What is by breaking tools and pretending not to understand?
300
These are five US States that were obtained after the Mexican War.
What are Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Texas?
300
Warum Amerikaner fahren große Pickup-Trucks?
What is "Why do you Americans drive such large pickup trucks?"
400
Cotton was so profitable that it led to an underinvestment in these two items.
What are education and roads?
400
This person from Alton, Illinois was martyred for his belief in abolition.
Who is Eliijah Lovejoy?
400
His rebellion led to the deaths of more than fifty whites in Virginia.
Who is Nat Turner?
400
The US said that this river was the boundary between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
400
¿Por qué conozco la historia más americano que el resto de los estudiantes en esta clase?
What is "Why do I know more American history than the rest of the students in this class?"
500
By 1850 cotton made up this percentage of US exports.
What is 50%?
500
This newspaper was the most influential paper in the nation opposing slavery.
What is the Liberator?
500
They were NOT the planter class, but were the majority of white citizens in the south.
Who are yeomen farmers?
500
This Mexican dictator was ultimately defeated by the US.
Who is Santa Anna?
500
افتقد محمد
What is "I miss Mohammed."