This abolitionist was once a slave before he escaped to the North and became famous for his writings on his experiences.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
100
The Republic of Texas declared independence from this country.
What is Mexico?
100
Stretching west from Missouri to the Pacific coast, this passageway was used by people to move out west and create new lives for themselves on the frontier.
What is the Oregon Trail?
100
This region of the United States consisted of the growth of crops such as rice, tobacco, and cotton and the reliance on slaves.
What is the South?
100
This transportation route was used to move goods from the Great Lakes to the Hudson River.
What is the Erie Canal?
200
This person gave the speech “Ain’t I A Woman?" and was known to be a famous advocate for women's rights and the abolitionist movement.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
200
At this site 187 Texas troops were killed by the Mexican army, including Davy Crockett, and it became a rallying cry for the Texas War for Independence.
What is the Alamo?
200
Coined by John L. O’Sullivan, this term refers to the idea that Americans were chosen by God to expand all the way across the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
This is the idea that the people of a state or territory should be able to vote on whether or not they want to allow slavery.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
200
This is an economic system based on supply and demand through the private ownership of businesses and goods.
What is Capitalism?
300
At this event Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Frederick Douglass took a stand on women’s rights and said that women should have the same rights as men such as the ability to vote and own property.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
300
This person lied to Congress and said that Mexican troops had killed American troops in territory belonging to the United States, resulting in a war with Mexico.
Who is James K. Polk?
300
This agreement said that California would enter as a free state and a tougher fugitive slave law would be passed.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
300
This law made it harder for those living in slavery to escape into freedom and made it so that any black person could be accused of being an escaped slave.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
300
This invention affected how people communicated across long distances in the early 1800s and was created by Samuel F. B. Morse.
What is the Telegraph?
400
This person took part in a massacre in Kansas in which proslavery settlers were killed, and eventually tried to lead a slave rebellion in Virginia.
Who is John Brown?
400
The Mexican-American War was a result of political tension between Mexico and the US when this state was annexed by the United States.
What is Texas?
400
This act said that two new territories would be created and each of these territories would decide on the issue of slavery through a popular vote, leading to a rush out west.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
400
This was a system of safe houses throughout the North and the South which had “conductors” who would help slaves escape from slavery.
What is the Underground Railroad?
400
This consisted of the use of factories and mills to produce goods, and led to the industrialization of the region
What is Northern Manufacturing?
500
This person was a slave who escaped to freedom in the North and then decided to return to the South to help others gain their freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
500
This person led Mexican troops against the Texans in the Texas War for Independence
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
500
During the Gold Rush many immigrants from this country began to enter the US for the first time to mine for gold and work on building a railroad system.
What is China?
500
After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act the North was no longer safe for those escaping from slavery, leading many to head here for freedom.
What is Canada?
500
This was a transition in the United States’ economy when goods began to be manufactured in factories, leading to market specialization and a greater division between North and South.