Gold Rush
What name was given to the first group of gold miners in the California Gold Rush?
49ers
Which president helped America gain the most territory?
James Polk
What is the name of the movement that led to increased interest in religion that contributed to many of the reform movements in the United States in the 1800s?
Second Great Awakening
Why was slavery important to the economy of the South?
Enslaved workers were used to grow cash crops on southern plantations.
Why did the US pay $15 million for the Gadsen Purchase?
They wanted to build a transcontinental railroad on that land.
Why did California develop a diverse population during the Gold Rush?
People came from all around the world to mine gold in California
What were boom towns?
Towns that developed quickly near gold mines
Which group worked to reduce the consumption of alcohol?
Temperance Society
What was the name for the series of secret routes used to help enslaved people make it to freedom?
Underground Railroad
What happened at the Alamo?
the Mexican army defeat the Texan and killed all of the defenders
Where was gold first discovered in California?
Sutter's Mill
What was the slogan 54'40 or fight a reference to?
That America should take all of the Oregon Territory or go to war with England.
Who is viewed as the Father of the modern American Education System?
Horace Mann
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper?
The Liberator
Who was the leader of Mexico during the Mexican American War?
Santa Anna
Why might a woman have more opportunities in California than out east?
She could start a business providing services to miners.
After the fur traders, which group was the next to set out on the Oregon Trail, and why did they want to go to Oregon?
Farmers for free land
What did nativist groups like the Know-Nothing Party believe?
They were an anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic movement
Which person sued for his freedom but ultimately the Supreme Court ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and had no rights?
Dred Scott
What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican American War?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
How could a person get rich during the Gold Rush without even mining? Name a specific person and state what they did as an example.
Brennan- selling goods to miners Strauss-selling jeans
Which group of people was hurt the most by Manifest Destiny?
Native Americans
Which two women started the Seneca Falls Convention?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
What was the name of the book that Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote that led to many Northerners joining the Abolitionist Movement?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Name the two reasons discussed in class explaining why it took 10 years before Texas was allowed to join the US?
1) Balance between free and slave states
2) War with Mexico