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This man invented the telegraph system
Who is Samuel Morse
This was the nickname given to cotton due to its monetary value.
What is King Cotton
More cotton being grown, expansion of enslavement and Native peoples being driven from their land were all side effects of which invention?
What is the cotton gin
This is the nickname for Texas given by the people after winning their independence
This was the nickname given to miners during the California Gold Rush
What are the 49'ers
This man is responsible for getting John Quincy Adams elected the 6th president of the United States
Who is Henry Clay
This president destroyed the Bank of the United States while he was in office.
Who is Andrew Jackson
Besides the cotton gin; this is what else Eli Whitney known for inventing.
What are interchangeable musket parts.
This act passed by Congress, forced all Native-Americans in the United States to move west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act
This as the largest addition of land to the US after 1783.
What is the Louisiana Purchase
This man commanded the Texan army, beating Santa Anna bringing the Texas Revolution to a close.
Who is Sam Houston
DAILY DOUBLE: These two states joined the United States thanks to the Missouri Compromise of 1820
What are Maine and Missouri
The steamboat, cotton gin and textile mills are examples of inventions during which time period?
What is the Industrial Revolution
This area of land was seized by General Andrew Jackson from Spain in 1818
What is Florida
This was the American General who captured Mexico City in 1848.
Who is General Winfield Scott
This man brought the first settlers to Texas in 1821
Who is Stephen Austin
The_____, issued by the President Monroe, warned European nations that the United States would no longer tolerate colonization in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
This man was the leader of the Mexican army and dictator of the country.
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
People traveling on the Oregon Trail started their journey in what city?
What is Independence, Missouri
This term is defined as, "Americans have the right and duty to expand across the continent."
What is Manifest Destiny
Who is James K. Polk
This treaty ended the war with Mexico, and gave the U.S. California and New Mexico.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This date is the day Ms. Broderick was born
What is April 10th
The Battle of the Alamo take place in this town
What is San Antonio
This man was the 5th President of the United States
Who was James Monroe