Wacky War
This was a conflict between Mexico and Texas over the ownership of Texas, ending in Sam Houston's victory in the Battle of San Jacinto and the gaining of Texas' independence.
What is the Texas Revolution?
This man was an abolitionist who attempted to incite a slave rebellion by raiding an arsenal at Harpers Ferry to provide slaves with weapons, which resulted in his capture and execution.
Who is John Brown?
This was an executive order issued by President Lincoln during the Civil War which declared freedom for slaves in rebellious states and allowed African Americans to enlist in the Union Army.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This was a 900 mile wagon train trade route that was used for commercial transfers and movement of settlers in the Southwest.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
This was a high casualty Civil War battle in Tennessee in which Confederate troops launched a surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces, resulting in a Union counterattack and victory.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
This former slave grew up in the South where he learned to read, escaped in the North, and became a notable abolitionist, public speaker, and writer.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This was a series of five laws passed to defuse slavery tensions between the North and South on issues like border disputes, free/slave states, popular sovereignty, the slave trade, and the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This almost 3,000 mile wagon train route crossed seven states and brought pioneers across the country amid disease, accidents, and dangers to settle in the American West.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This was a 3-day Civil War battle where George Meade's Union forces defeated Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army and ended Lee's invasion of the North, acting as a turning point for the Union's eventual victory.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
These people were slaveowners of Frederick Douglass who ultimately try to deprive him of education as they know it can make slaves unwilling to suffer their conditions. They are humane at points in their life, but become increasingly cruel as slaveowners.
Who are Hugh and Sophia Auld?
This was an 1854 law that repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowed settlers to decide on popular sovereignty over slavery, facilitated construction of a transcontinental railroad, and led to violence between the North and South.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This was a huge influx of settlers into California to mine for gold, booming in 1849, which led to booming population and growth of cities, an increase in commerce, and the transformation of society and economy.
What is the California Gold Rush?
This peace treaty marked the end of the Mexican-American War and outlined the U.S. acquisition of 520,000 square miles of land for $15 million.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
This was one of the most successful Confederate generals who won several major battles in the Civil War and then tried to reunite the country after the war.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This was a landmark Supreme Court ruling that stated African Americans were not citizens and could not sue, regarding slaves as property.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
What are some of the differences between the North and South that are explained in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
What are {differences between the North and South}
What were advantages and disadvantages of the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War?
What are {examples of Union and Confederacy forces during the Civil War}
This was a Union general who led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War and became the 18th president of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This was the presidential election that gave Abraham Lincoln the victory in both the popular and electoral vote, serving as a catalyst for secession of Southern states and the Civil War.
What is the Election of 1860?
How did federal policy regarding the expansion of slavery change between 1850-1865?
What is {an example of how federal policy changed} - examples: Compromise of 1850, Kansas Nebraska Act, Dred Scott v Sandford