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He brought 300 settlers to Texas
Stephen Austin
100
The name of a candidate with little support before the beginning of the nomination process
What is Dark Horse
100
campaign slogan of Polk supporting expansion to Oregon
"Fify-four Forty or Fight"
100
general of the Mexican Army
Who is General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
100
name of the suddern migration to the western territories in search of precious metals
Gold Rush
200
He was the journalist who coined the term Manifest Destiny
John O' Sullivan
200
Group that opposed the spread of slavery in any recently acquired territory
Who are the free-soil party
200
the border between the United States and Mexico
Rio Grande
200
President of the U.S at the time of the Mexican American war
who is James K. Polk
200
trail settlers took to get to valleys of Oregon
Oregon Trail
300
Santa Anna signed treaty recognizing Texas after this battle
What is San Jacinto
300
would have kept slavery out of any states won from Mexico
Wilmot Proviso
300
This was the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
What is Guadalupe-Hidalgo
300
What was the treaty that ended the war
What is the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
300
invention that made communication easier and faster
telegraphy
400
Eventually, the US and Britain settle on what parallel in regards to the Oregon Territory
What is the 49th
400
This was when Polk offered to buy Cuba from Spain for $100 million but was denied
Ostend Manifesto
400
This was the slogan of the Free-Soil Party
What is “Free labor, free soil, free men"
400
defeated in the battle of the Alamo
American forces under Sam Houston
400
railroad that ran from Lake Michigan to Gulf of Mexico and was supported by the federal land grant
Illinois Central Railroad
500
This President fully supported the annexation of Texas
Who is Polk
500
He took over Nicaragua in 1855 and wanted to create a proslavery Central American empire
Who is William Walker
500
Name 3 out of the 5 parts of the compromise of 1850
1. Popular Sovereignty in the Mexican Cession 2. California is admitted as a free state (free states have an advantage in the Senate) 3. More strict fugitive slave law (leads to more personal liberty laws in the north) 4. Slave trade is outlawed in DC 5. Texas paid money to relinquish some land in dispute
500
northern Whig congressman who would later become president disagreed with the war
Abraham Lincoln
500
drop in prices, increase unemployment in the North but South was not too affected
Panic of 1857