Historical Figures
Called “Old Fuss and Feathers," This immensely successful general came to prominence in the Mexican American War
Who is General Winfield Scott?
The inevitability of the continued territorial expansion of the boundaries of the United States westward to the Pacific and beyond was referred to as
This act, fought for by William Wilberforce, ended enslaved labor in English colonies, but only after slave owners were compensated.
What is the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833?
This war was a territorial conflict between the United States and Mexico that lasted from 1846 to 1848.
What is the Mexican-American War?
The siege at Fort Sumter resulted in ______ casualties
What is zero?
South Carolina's wild-haired vice president argued that states had the right to block federal laws.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
Hatians developed this twisted religion, (a vile amalgamation of Catholicism, witchcraft, and African folk religion) which rejected their status as slaves and encouraged violence against Whites
What is Vodou?
First Virginia, then the entire US bans the importation of slaves in this year
What is 1808?
This constitutional crisis took place in 1832–33 between the federal government and the state of South Carolina. The crisis was caused by a dispute over tariffs that protected northern industries at the expense of southern agriculture.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This radical abolitionist was the first American hanged for treason
Who is John Brown?
Nicknamed, "The Napoleon of the West," This Mexican former president led the Mexican army against the US
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
The idea that states have the right to declare federal laws null and void within their borders, protecting States from Government overreach.
What is Nullification?
In 1845, (Nine years after its revolution and self-government) this state is annexed by the United states. The
What is Texas?
This island revolt was inspired by the French Revolution, and saw the violent overthrow of white slavemasters culminating in the genocide of all whites.
What is the Hatian Revolt?
This religion embraced by Northern Abolitionists denies the Christian Trinity and draws its humanist conclusions from Enlightenment Libertinism rather than from the Scriptures.
What is Unitarianism?
Named after the Third U.S. president, this man with a "wizard's physiognomy" was elected the first and only President of the Confederate States of America in 1861.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The idea that the United States was formed by a voluntary agreement between the states, rather than the people.
What is Compact Theory?
The victory of Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln and his promised tariff in the 1860 elections convinced this state's legislators that it was no longer in their state's interest to remain in the Union.
What is South Carolina?
At Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas, on May 24, 1856, radical abolitionist J. Brown led four of his sons and two other men in a midnight massacre of Missouri immigrants in that area. This event came to be known as ________
What is Bleeding Kansas?
These two US military men put an end to John Brown's murderous raid at Harper's Ferry and would later serve as generals in the confederate army.
Who are Robert E. Lee and Jeb Stuart?
"Old rough and ready" as a general in the Mexican American War, he would later be elected President of the US in part due to his military successes.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
These were opposed to gradual, compensated emancipation of slaves and insisted on the immediate emancipation of slaves no matter what the consequences might be to the Southern economy, the slave owners, and the slaves themselves.
Who are Abolitionists?
This tariff was considered unjust in its impact on consumers, agricultural interests, exporters, and especially the Southern cotton-producing states, that it became a major provocation and economic incentive to Southern secession
What is the Morrill Tariff?
This slave revolt that took place in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831 was led by a black preacher.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
This Constitutional Amendment states, “The power not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people.”
What is the 10th Amendment?