Who were the Generals involved in the Mexican American War? What did they do?
Gen. Zachary Taylor, Gen. Stephen Kearney. Zachary Taylor moved the troops South of the Rio Grande & Gen Stephen Kearney took Santa Fe and marched to CA
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What happened at the CA gold rush?
Gold was discovered in CA and people told stories about instant riches, then came the Goldrush from the Eastern US and Europe. Gold was discovered in CA in 1849
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What was the Compromise of 1850?
Stronger fugitive slave laws, no more slave trade in DC and California became a state.
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Who were the Leaders of the South?
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
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Why did the South leave the Union, Who was the first to leave and what did they form?
Abraham Lincoln and his Majority of Republicans, South Carolina, Formed the Confederate States of America
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________ was the President who let Texas into the Union
John Tyler
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Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
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What was the fugitive slave law?
Slave trade, not slavery was forbidden in the district of Columbia. Basically the return policy of a slave.
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What Act started the Civil War?
When Southern troops fired on Fort Sumpter, A federally controlled military post in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina
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Who were Generals Santa Anna, Sam Houston, William Travis?
Santa Anna = President of Mexico, Sam Houston = Military leader of TX, William Travis = American lawyer & soldier
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What was the first main Battle of the War?
Bull Run
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What was the Dred-Scott Decision, what did it do?
Dred Scott is still a slave even though he passes over 36 degree 30 line & the consequence = no African can sue a fed. court &a ban on slavery unconstitutional
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Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act provided that the Trans Missouri region be divided into two new territories, Nebraska and Kansas
