Who
Stirred up a slave rebellion in Virginia
Who is Nat Turner?
Year California become a state
What is 1850?
It was the battle cry of the Texans for the remainder of the Mexican war
What is "Remember the Alamo"?
Some escaped slaves followed this to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Name the President who campaigned with the slogan “Fifty-four forty or fight”
Who is James K. Polk?
This person carried the Bible, sang Methodist hymns refused to drink alcohol.
Who is Jedidiah Smith?
Two states that were added after Texas gained their independence
What are Texas and Oregon?
Texas wanted independence
Why did the conflict with Mexico start?
Was colonized by freed slaves from the United States.
What is Liberia, Africa?
The first white women to journey west of the Rockies
Who are Narcissa Whitman & Eliza Spaulding?
The Methodist preacher that followed the gold rush
The state was the first to secede from the Union upon Abraham Lincoln’s election to the Presidency
What is South Carolina?
Party that was formed by the abolitionists
What is the Liberty Party?
Place that Less than 200 Texans defended .
What is The Alamo?
Was chosen as president of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
What was it called when half-million square miles were granted to the United States by Mexico
What is the Mexican Cession?
Cost 10 million
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
Slavery issues split this party in 1860
What is the Democratic Party?
The battle that won the Mexican War for America
What is the battle of Buena Vista?
Discovered gold in California in 1849
Presented a proviso to Congress that would prohibit slavery in the Mexican Cession
Who is David Wilmot?
This slave that escaped from Maryland and became the leader of the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Party that nominated Henry Clay
What is the Whig Party?
The battle that practically ended the War for Texas Independence
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
A Christian adventurer who aided in exploring the West
Who was Jedediah Smith?
Famous frontiersmen from Tennessee who died defending the Alamo
Who are Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie?
This state was a slave state
What is Texas?
This caused more distinct social classes than other parts of the country and caused economic problems as they were a costly investment for plantation owners
What are ways slavery harmed the South?
What is 2,000 miles and how long does it take to travel by wagon and horses, etc.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The largest wagon train to go west.
What is the Great Migration?