VOCAB./KEY TERMS!
This vocab.key term refers to the residents of the state of Texas who are culturally descended from the original Hispanic settlers who settled in the state of Texas before it became a US state in 1845.
WHO ARE TEJANOS?
This is the name of the person who coined the term Manifest Destiny and alluded that America has a divine right to take over land from sea to shining sea.
WHO IS JOHN O'SULLIVAN?
Women in the 19th century heavily advocated for their own what?
1. Own P____________
2. Own F_____________
3. Own D____________
WHAT IS THEIR OWN PROPERTY, FINANCES, DIVORCE?
These two presidents during the Manifest Destiny / Antebellum Era assumed the presidency because of their boss' death.
WHO IS JOHN TYLER? / WHO IS MILLARD FILMORE?
These two men lead notorious antislavery rebellions in the antebellum era.
WHO ARE NAT TURNER AND JOHN BROWN?
This term refers to the line surveyed between 1763 and 1767 that settled the border between the then colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland.
WHAT IS THE MASON DIXON LINE?
This vocab./key term refers to the concept that political power rests with people who can create, alter, abolish government. People can express themselves through voting and free participation.
WHAT IS POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY?
These two diseases contributed to why most westward travelers died.
WHAT IS DYSENTERY? WHAT IS CHOLERA?
This term is used to define true womanhood," was an idealized set of societal standards placed on women of the late 19th century.
WHAT IS THE CULT OF DOMESTICITY?
The Transcontinental Railroad actually travels from what two locations.
WHAT IS OMAHA, NEBRASKA AND SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA?
This is the man ran as the first Republican nominee for President in 1856 behind the slogan "Free soil, free silver, free men and victory!"
WHO IS JOHN C. FREMONT?
This American President of this political party increased the size of the Untied States tremendously after this military event.
WHO IS PRESIDENT JAMES POLK? OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY? AFTER MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR?
This vocab./key term refers to the amendment which stipulated that as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from Republic of Mexico, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory.
WHAT IS THE WILMONT PROVISO?
This iconic Mexican general defeated the American defenders at this iconic location.
WHO IS SANTA ANNA? WHAT IS THE ALAMO?
This assembly held on July 19–20, 1848 in New York, that launched the woman suffrage movement in the United States. This event passed 12 resolutions—11 unanimously—designed to gain certain rights and privileges that women of the era were denied. Name the two iconic speakers/formers.
WHAT IS THE SENECA FALLS CONVENTION? / WHO IS ELIZABETH CATY STANTON / LUCRETIA MOTT?
This American President signed this notorious piece of legislation which spawned this group of people to wage violence on each other out west.
WHO IS FRANKLIN PIERCE? / WHAT IS THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT / BORDER RUFFIANS?
This iconic court case dealt with a slave demanding his freedom based on his residence in a free state and a free territory with his master. This is also the controversial Supreme Court Chief Justice who oversaw this decision.
WHAT IS THE DRED SCOTT CASE? / WHO IS CHIEF JUSTICE ROGER TANEY?
This was the first state to formally secede from the union and the first battle of the U.S. Civil War.
WHAT IS SOUTH CAROLINA? / WHAT IS FT. SUMTER?
This vocab./key term refers to the proslavery draft written in 1857 by Kansas territorial delegates elected under questionable circumstances, it was decisively defeated by Congress.
WHAT IS THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION?
This iconic General captured Mexico City and then oversaw this final peace treaty which Mexico confirmed annexation of Texas and ceded California.
WHO IS GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT? / WHAT IS THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO?
These two well known abolitionist males advocated for women's rights in the 1800s sometimes at cross-purposes.
WHO ARE FREDERICK DOUGLASS? / WHO IS WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON?
These two prominent politicians faced off in this number of historic debates to win what key state's Senate race?
WHO ARE ABRAHAM LINCOLN, STEPHEN DOUGLAS? WHAT ARE SEVEN DEBATES? WHAT IS ILLINOIS?
Things came to physical blows on the floor of the U.S. Senate between these two prominent antebellum politicians.
WHO ARE PRESTON BROOKS AND CHARLES SUMNER?
The Panic of 1857 largely occurred due to the falling prices/demand for these two things.
WHAT IS AMERICAN PRICES FOR WHEAT FALLING SHARPLY? / DEMAND FOR STEEL FELL.
This vocab./key term refers to the unsuccessful proposal to permanently enshrine slavery in the United States Constitution, and thereby make it unconstitutional for future congresses to end slavery.
WHAT IS THE CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE?
This new minor political party in the mid 1800s called for the limiting of slavery's expansion in the west and their Presidential candidate ran and split the northern vote allowing Zachary Taylor to win.
WHAT IS THE FREE-SOIL PARTY? / WHO IS MARTIN VAN BUREN?
Name these other women who were integral to the women's rights movement.
1. A___________ G___________
2. C_____________ B____________
3. S____________ T____________
WHO ARE...?
1. ANGELA GRIMKE?
2. CATHERINE BEECHER?
3. SOJOURNER TRUTH?
These were the four parts of the Compromise of 1850.
WHAT IS ...
1. California admitted as free state
2. Slave trade outlawed in DC
3. New Fugitive Slave law
4. Popular Sovereignty
These four names were the top four candidates who ran for the Presidency in 1860 right before America split apart.
WHO ARE ABRAHAM LINCOLN, JOHN BRECKINRIDGE, STEPHEN DOUGLAS, JOHN BELL?
These Presidents served during the Manifest Destiny / Politics of Separation Era. Place them in order (#9-15).
WHO ARE WILLIAM HARRISON, JOHN TYLER, JAMES POLK, ZACHARY TAYLOR, MILLARD FILMORE, FRANKLIN PIERCE, JAMES BUCHANAN?