Mexican War
Compromise of 1850
Civil War Social Changes
People
18th century
200

Party that led the opposition to the war 

What is Whig 

200

This event end all hope for delay on the issue of territorial government in the West 

What is California Gold Rush

200

Out of the British games of Cricket and Rounders, Alexander Cartwright developed this game which increased in popularity throughout the civil War

What is Baseball 

200

He went to jail rather than pay the taxes supporting the Mexican War 

What is H.D. Thoreau

200

War which transformed Colonia/British relationship, when it’s debts required new taxes 

What is French and India, Seven years or Great war for empire 

400

Territory gained by the US as a result of the war with Mexico 

What is CA, TX, and NM 

400

Chief Southern demand (and achievement) in the Compromise of 1850 

what is Fugitives slave law 

400

Largely symbolic action of Lincoln to free some slaves in September 1862 

What is emancipation proclamation 

400

This indecisive Union commander ran against Lincoln in 1864 he lost 

What is G.B. McClelland 

400

Adams administration laws which suppress speech against the government 

What is Alien and Sedition Acts
600

Polk ordered his army into a disputed area, hoping to provoke war with Mexico, it worked 

What is Zac Taylor

600

This political part demand NO slavery in any of the territories gained from Mexico 

What is Free Soil or Liberty 

600

Southern financing of the war brought this economic catastrophe 

What is Inflation

600

He warned in the 1840s that territorial expansion would re-open the question of slavey and thus was a bad idea 

What is Henry Clay 

600

Ben Franklin’s failed plan for intercolonial union in 1754 

What is Albany plan 

800

This general led the campaign to capture Mexico City and end the war 

What is W. Scott

800

Method used to decide slavery in NM and UT territories 

What is popular sovereignty 

800

DD this organization encouraged women to act as nurses in the war, transforming the profession from one dominated by men, to one dominated by women  

What is US Sanitary Commission

800

His demands to keep slavery out of the territories captured from Mexico was never approved by Congress 

What is D. Wilmot

800

Jefferson’s law that fully separated Church and State in Virginia in 1786 

What is Virginia Statue on Religious Freedom

1000

This American negotiator failed to get all that Polk had hoped for in the Treaty Guadalupe-Hidalgo 

What is Nicholas Trist 

1000

He succeeded in passing the Compromise of 1850 where clay had failed 

What is Stephen Douglas

1000

She sought to win the vote for women, as well as free slaves during the war 

what is Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth C. Stanton
1000

DD he ran as a Free Soil candidate in 1848 winning 10% of the vote, and proving the strength of the movement.

What is Martin van Buren

1000

Meeting in response to the Intolerable Acts this group strengthened intercolonial cooperation before the American Revolution 

What is First Continental Congress