Which African-American Historical Figure?
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln. It was an influential swing state.
What was the number one cause of death for soldiers during the Civil War?
Disease and Illness
"There's no place like home"
Wizard of Oz
I compared his writing in class to lyricism and poetry.
Frederick Douglass
Which president struggled during his presidency because he was out of touch with American affairs? Why was he out of touch with American affairs?
James Buchanan. He was in Britain prior serving as their prime minister.
Mexico was in debt from fighting for their independence. They invited Americans in to help their economy.
How much did the Americans originally offer Mexico for the territory acquired with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? Why were they trying to buy the land at first?
30 million. They were concerned about Britain coming in to claim the territory.
“I'm not like other moms, I'm a cool mom.”
Mean Girls
He writes a book where he has the boldness to call himself a fugitive slave in the title.
William Wells Brown
This president pushed to go to war against Mexico. Who was the other individual that incited war?
James K. Polk and Zachary Taylor
What did the fugitive slave act detail?
1. Slaves that have escaped to the North are federally mandated to be returned to the South. Northerners are responsible for carrying this out.
2. "Slaves" being sent back to the south were not allowed to have any trial in court on the matter.
This left potential issues for emancipated blacks who could now be falsely accused.
How did the California Gold Rush cause further tension in the United States?
It caused a mass influx of population. This resulted in the state being eligible for statehood. Much argument over whether it would be a free or a slave state ended with it becoming a free state. This offset the equal balance of states in legislature.
“If you're a bird, I'm a bird”
The Notebook
This individual is often compared to Malcolm X for his radical words that express the need for black rights and equality at any cost.
Abraham Galloway
This president works hard to deal with the new issues brought on by the Gold Rush. While he is pondering what to do, he unfortunately dies of heat stroke.
Zachary Taylor
What happened to cause conflict at Fort Sumter?
A secession of a southern state caused soldiers from the union to be trapped at the fort. When they were told to stay put and defend the fort, reinforcements were sent to them on a ship. The state militia saw these reinforcements entering the harbor and opened fire on the ship.
1. The fugitive slave act
2. Western Texas was divided into New Mexico and Utah
3. California is admitted as a free state
4. Washington D.C. will no longer allow the buying of selling slaves as a mass market for slavery, yet people are still allowed to sell slaves there.
5. 10 million is paid for Texas's loss of the land to New Mexico.
"That's my secret, Captain: I'm always angry."
The Avengers
This individual made monumental history with the amount of firsts he accomplished as a doctor and a surgeon.
Franklin Pierce
What happened as a consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? What did this foreshadow?
Nebraska remained largely unpopulated and Kansas was contested by pro-slavery and anti-slavery individuals. Violence breaks out between the two groups resulting in bleeding Kansas. It foreshadows the Civil War.
How many battles showed wins for Mexico on the map I showed you of the Mexican-American war? What direction did the Americans push towards? How does this effect the outcome of the war and why were Americans concerned about this?
"Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gonna get"
Forest Gump