People
What Presbyterian missionary led the Great Migration to Oregon Country?
Marcus Whitman
What was the first college to admit women?
Oberlin College
What crop dominated Southern agriculture?
Cotton
In what year was the Republican Party formed?
1854
What invention most affected Southern agriculture?
Cotton gin
What American officer aided the Californians in the Bear Flag Revolt?
John C. Fremont
At what battle did the Republic of Texas win her independence?
Battle of San Jacinto
Which was the fastest method of sending a message to the West?
Telegraph
What were the years of the Mexican War?
1846-1848
Horace Mann encouraged normal schools, which were used for the training of
teachers
Who was the Father of the American Factory System?
Samuel Slater
The Erie Canal connected Lake Erie to what other body of water?
Hudson River
What demonstrated that most citizens of the Republic of Texas wished to join the United States?
plebiscite
Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
The Democratic Party ran in 1844 on the slogan
“Fifty-four Forty or Fight!”
What Methodist missionary preached to the settlers in California?
William Taylor
The National Road was originally known as the
Cumberland Road
What kind of road was raised above the surrounding terrain to aid drainage?
Macadam
When did the Irish Potato Famine begin?
1845
Daniel Webster endorsed the Compromise of 1850 in his ____ __ _____ speech.
Seventh of March
The power loom was invented by
Francis Cabot Lowell
Name the railroad line on which Peter Cooper's engine made its trial run
What was the party of moderate abolitionists that campaigned during the 1840s?
Liberty Party
In what years was the Texas War for Independence fought?
1835-1836
The first white women to journey west of the Rocky Mountains were _____ and ______
Eliza Spalding and Narcissa Whitman