A Peace Treaty & it started that the U.S. gained full title of Texas with the Rio Grande as a boundary. The U.S. also gained CA & all of what was called NM
________ was the President who let Texas into the Union
John Tyler
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
Who were Generals Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett?
Jim Bowie was an American Pioneer and was also known for his sand bar fight and Davy Crockett was a U.S. Representative and Soldier, he was from Tennessee
Who was Stephen F. Austin? What did he do?
An American settler, took over a grant of land that the Spanish Gov't had given his father. He brought 30,000 people to TX or Northern Mexico
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
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
What was the fugitive slave law?
Slave trade, not slavery was forbidden in the district of Columbia. Basically the return policy of a slave.
Explain the Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
Who was John Brown and what was his plan?
He was a fiery abolitionist who believed that his mission was to liberate enslaved people and punish slave holders
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
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What happened at the Alamo and at San Jacinto?
At the Alamo 2000 Mexican troops besieged 188 Texans. A mission stationed in San Antonio. At San Jacinto Creek, Houston forces turned and attacked.
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
How were the settlers treated (laws) in Texas?
The law against slavery was not strictly enforced in Texas. In 1830 Mexico passed a law restricting further immigration.
What happened at the Battle of Bull Run?
On June 21, 1861 the Union army captured Richmond V about 30 miles from DC. 30,000 northern troops met a smaller confederate force near a stream called Bull Run
What was the Compromise of 1850?
Stronger fugitive slave laws, no more slave trade in DC and California became a state.
Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act provided that the Trans Missouri region be divided into two new territories, Nebraska and Kansas
What started the Mexican American War?
What started the war was the southern boundaries of Texas
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
What was the first main Battle of the War?
Bull Run
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe and what did she do?
Harriet B. S. was an author who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which was a novel portraying slavery at its worst.
Who were the Leaders of the South?
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
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