People 1
Who was the dictator who took over Texas?
Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
What year did the Mexican War start?
a. 1850
b. 1846
c. 1865
What is 1846.
In the Spanish colonies, everyone was expected to be___________
Catholic
_____________had kept peace between the North and the South for 34 years.
The Missouri Compromise
The United States should extend from coast to coast.
What is Manifest Destiny
Who became the president of Texas?
Who was Sam Houston.
When was the Republican party was founded?
a. 1834
b. 1884
c. 1854
__________________was the name of the walled mission where Texas Rebels and Mexicans fought.
The Alamo
____________ is the idea that residents in a particular state will decide what is best for them.
Popular Sovereignty
The United States offered to buy California from
Mexico
Who was the man who refused to pay his taxes as a form of protest against the Mexican War?
Who was Henry David Thoreau.
Many future Civil War generals like ________ and _________fought in the Mexican War together first.
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Some Southern states wanted to _________________ to maintain their way of life. This means that they wanted to separate from the Union.
Secede
_____________ left the decision to be a free state or a slave state up to the voters of the individual states. This infuriated many Northerners.
The Kansas-Nebreska Act
The term used to describe the time before the Civil War
Antebellum
Who was a Southerner who believed that slavery was a “positive good” and would help to unite the South?
Who was John C. Calhoun.
Was a dictator who took over Texas.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
As of 1850, California’s Constitution had ___________ slavery.
Prohibited
Written by Henry Clay admitted California as a free state and created a fugitive slave law.
The Compromise of 1850
What abolitionists said to fight fire with fire and “strike terror in the hearts of pro-slavery people.” Guerilla warfare had begun.
John Brown
Who made a passionate speech against secession and in favor of maintaining the union. He wants to avoid war at all costs
Who was Daniel Webster.
Once Texas was declared an independent nation, ___________ was named its president.
Sam Houston
When the war was over, the Texas-Mexico border was set at the _________________
Rio Grande River.
______________were people living in the South who did not believe seceding from the Union was best.
Unionists
Was an abolitionist who spoke in Congress for two days. He was almost killed for expressing his views.
Charles Sumner