This was the year in which Andrew Jackson recognized Texas’ independence.
What is 1837?
100
This man was responsible for the Wilmot Proviso, which was attached to a military appropriations bill in an attempt to get it passed by both houses.
Who is David Wilmot?
100
President Polk sends this military hero into Mexican territory to provoke the Mexican government into initiate conflict. Eventually this military leader and his troops blockade the Rio Grande River before finally being confronted by the Mexican government.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
100
The percentage average percentage of abolitionists in the south was this.
What is 10%?
100
The Omnibus Bill of 1850 is also known as this.
What is The Compromise of 1850?
200
This politician’s nickname was “Young Hickory” and he promised Texas for the South and Oregon for the north.
Who is James K. Polk?
200
This man negotiated for the annexation of Texas in secret for president Tyler.
Who is Abel Upshur?
200
This young Whig did not believe president Polk’s statement that “American blood has been spilled on American soil.”
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
Abolitionism was a product of this movement.
What is the 2nd Great Awakening?
200
The campaign of 1848 was a showdown between these two politicians.
What is Lewis Cass v. Zachary Taylor?
300
This was the year of the Joint Occupation Agreement.
What is 1818?
300
This man invented the Cotton Gin in 1793.
Who s Eli Whitney?
300
n the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the US buys the Mexican cession for this much money (15 mill)The Mexican Cession included parts of these four states; New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and this.
What is Arizona?
300
This was the first abolitionist society to advocate for immediate emancipation.
What is The American Colonization Society?
300
These people were considered the opposite of Free Soilers and argued that slavery had every right to exist in the new territory of the Mexican Cession.
What are fire esters?
400
This was the president that annexed Texas through a joint resolution.
Who is James K. Polk?
400
This man was the author of the magazine titled, “The Liberator.”
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
400
It took approximately this many years for Texas to declare its independence and be admitted into the union.
What is 9?
400
The American Colonization Society bought a parcel of land in Africa and named the colony this.
What is Liberia?
400
This man is elected president in 1840 before dying a few days into office, allowing John Tyler to become president.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
500
This man coined the phrase “Manifest Destiny” in 1845.
Who is John O'Sullivan?
500
This man championed the concept of popular sovereignty, which would allow the people within a state to decide whether their state would be a free or slave state.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
500
This man was sent to Mexico to negotiate a peace treaty. Despite all of his efforts, Polk fires him. Yet, he continued to negotiate the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.
Who is Nicholas Trist?
500
This movement, which would later become a political party, did not object to slavery where it existed but wanted all territory of the Mexican Cession to be free.
What is The Free Soil Movement?
500
This man is considered to be the primary author of the Compromise of 1850.