He was the first Republican Presidential Candidate
What made Zachary Taylor famous and later got him the presidency`
He fought in the Mexican War
Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Mexico's president who fought against us in the Mexican War
What was the Agrement that ended the Mexican war
Guadalupe Hidalgo
What were the four trails going West that were talked about in the book and tell info about them
Oregon- it was a fur trappers trail then forgotten and then rediscovered by settlers goin West, Mormon- Used by thousands of Mormans, California - A branch of the Oregon Trail that extended South, and Santa Fe- The first American route West of the Missouri, it was primarily a trade route
What is Manifest Destiny
It is the inevitable growth of the nation from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Tell about the Compromise of 1850
It was caused by the admittance of California as a free state, the South was outraged, it divided the rest of the land of the Mexican Cession into the New Mexico and Utah states, in both of these territories they had popular sovereignty over whether it was a slave or free it also put into effect a strict Fugitive Slave law requiring all Federal govt. officials to help find Runaway Slaves
T or F- were most Northerners in the early 1800's abolitionists who wanted equal rights for blacks
False, only a few were abolitionists most wanted some rights for blacks
T or F- most Southerners owned slaves before the Civil War
False, only 1/3 of the pop. owned slaves
T or F- for some slaves the final destination of the Underground Railroad was Canada
True
T or F- The Confederacy chose extremist fire-eaters to lead its govt.
False, no they choose moderate people
What did Stephen Douglas do
He split the Compromise of 1850 into 5 parts to help them be passed
Who was Abraham Lincoln
He was the president during most of the Civil war, he was from Kentucky he was a moderate president nominated by the Republicans
Who was Roger B. Taney
He was the chief justice on the Supreme Court, he was part in the Dred Scott decision
Who was Jefferson Davis
He was elected the president of the Confederate States of America
Who was Robert E. Lee
He was the leader of the Confederate army and he arrested John Brown
Who invented the reaper
Cyrus McCormick
who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Who invented the steel plow
John Deere
Who invented the Clipper Ship
John W. Griffiths
Who invented interchangeable parts
Eli Whitney
Who invented the telegraph
Samuel F. B. Morse
What were tent revivals
They were when hundreds or thousands of people came and were saved they would pitch their tents and listen to someone preach
Who was Robert Fulton
he created the steamboat
who invented the factory system in America
Samuel Slater
What was the War for Texas
It was the war in which Texas gained Independence from Mexico, the Alamo was in this war
What was the Mexican War
It was the War that resulted from Texas becoming a state, United States Won and gained the Mexican Cession
