History Flashcards
Who was the Hero of the Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
What treaty ended the Mexican War?
Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Who was the first president to live in the White House?
John Adams
What did Eli Whitney Invent?
The Cotton Gin
What was the most famous route to the west?
The Oregon trail
Who was the abolitionist that founded the newspaper “The Liberator?”
William Lloyd Garrison
Who was the Confederate cavalry leader in the Civil War?
J.E.B. Stuart
What was the first battle of the civil war
Bull Run
Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
Appomattox Courthouse
What was the Gadsden Purchase?
When the U.S. paid $10 Million dollars for a strip of land in Arizona and New Mexico
What was the line that divided the north and south?
The Mason-Dixon Line
Who was the commander of the Union army at the end of the war?
Ulysses Grant
The pro-slavery group from Missouri that attacked anti-slavery towns in Kansas.
Border Ruffians
Leader of France that sold the U.S. the Louisiana Territory
Napoleon
The first secretary of treasury of the United States
Alexander Hamilton
