Cards in this guide (22)
Land between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains was nicknamed the
Who warned that a civil war would result if any state left the Union
Father Junipero Serra established a mission at
Who invented the power loom that could produce 200 times more cloth in one day than was possible before
The annexation of Texas was delayed because of the slavery issue and
fear that it would lead to war
Early white settlers in Oregon Country found fine farmland in the
Found gold plates engraved with sacred writings that became the Book of Mormon
Joseph Smith claimed to have found such plates, which
unfortunately are no longer available for viewing, having been
taken back up to heaven after being translated.
The plates were translated into The Book of Mormon, which can be
read at the "Related Link" below.
Asked Spain to give the US some Texas land and promised to bring in American settlers
In addition to Texas Americans were also interested in what
Texas claimed that its southern border was the River
The strip of land in Arizona and New Mexico that was bought for 10 million was known as the
The fort that guarded Mexico City was
A blacksmith named developed a sturdy steel plow that made prairie farming much easier
The Industrial Revolution brought about the use of new sources of power such as what
The Industrial Revolution brought about the use of new sources
of power such as steam and coal energy. It occurred between 1760 to
1840.
Who were the first white Americans to build permanent homes in Oregon
Americans who wanted to add the land all the way to the Pacific were called
expansionists
White trashes
What ordered every US government officer to help slave owners get their runaway slaves back
fugitive slave laws
fugitive slave act
Delegates sent a written request to the Mexican government to make Texas a separate state within
On November 25 1863 Union troops attacked the Southern position on Missionary Ridge and defeated the Confederate troops driving them out of what city
Eli Whitney invented the a machine that cleaned cotton fibers
Under this act private citizens could get a charter to establish a national bank and had to invest at least one third of the bank's money in us bonds
The National Banking Act (A)
Texas became better known as the what rather than the republic of Texas
Texas became better known as the "REGION", rather than the
republic of Texas.
