His invention, the Cotton Gin, resulted in an elevated demand for the slave trade.
Who was Eli Whitney
100
This one-term Democratic President was known for his desire to acquire California and his expansionist perspective.
Who was James K. Polk
100
What did the north get in the Compromise of 1850 and what did the south get?
What was California admitted as a free state (North) and the Fugitive Slave act (South)
100
She was NOT a slave, but nonetheless wrote a beguiling story detailing the lives of slaves. President Lincoln referred to her as the "Little Lady who caused the Civil War."
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe
100
Pottowattomie Massacre, Harper's Ferry, martyr...
Who was John Brown
200
His Northern Virginian slave rebellion was thwarted and he was killed, but 60 white Virginians were killed in the process.
Who was Nat Turner
200
The Aroostook War was a battle over timber lands by lumberjacks from which two nations?
What is the US and Canada
200
What was Stephen A. Douglas's proposal to deal with the Slavery issue?
What is Popular Sovereignty
200
This territory's response to Popular Sovereignty was a foreshadowing of the Civil War
What was "Bleeding" Kansas
200
General, Mexican War, President, Whig, died in office...
Who was Zachary Taylor
300
His newspaper, The Liberator, was a source for abolitionists who demanded an immediate freeing of the slaves.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison
300
With which event do you associate the following individuals?
a.) John C. Fremont
b.) John Sliddell
c.) Winfield Scott
d.) Stephen Kearney
What is the Mexican War
300
Why did the US pay Mexico $10 million dollars for the Gadsen Purchase?
What is to build a southern railroad
300
In Dred Scott v. Sandford, Chief Justice _____________ ruled that slaves were property and therefore could be taken to any state that a slave owner wanted to go to -- meaning that all states/territories were slave.
Who was Roger B. Taney
300
Secretary of State, Vice President, "Mouth of the South", South Carolina Exposition and Protest, seccessionist
Who was John C. Calhoun
400
Isabella Baumfree was an abolitionist, feminist, author, former slave, and a women's right's activist...who was this person more familiarly known as?
Who was Sojourner Truth
400
The signing of this treaty resulted in the largest single land cession in US history.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
400
The western slope of this Californian mountain range was descended upon by gold-seeking opportunists, criminals, prostitutes, and suppliers during a gold rush of 1848-49.
What were the Sierra Nevadas.
400
The Crittenden Compromise, a last-ditch effort to prevent the Civil War, proposed this previous line of demarcation as the north (free) - south (slave).
This abolitionist organization proposed transporting African-Americans back to Africa (Liberia).
What is the American Colonization Society
500
Fearful of a "slavocracy", this Pennsylvanian Congressman proposed a Constitutional Amendment (that did not pass) to prevent the expansion of slavery into newly acquired territories.
Who was David Wilmot
500
Three of the most influential members of Congress served during this time - one who delivered the Seventh of March speech, one who led South Carolina in "leaving the Union" and one who was known as the "Great Compromiser." Who were they?
Who were Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay
500
His reply to Abraham Lincoln about the slavery issue became known as the Freeport Doctrine - who was this future Presidential candidate?