To the Civil War Part 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Who was the general of Mexico at the time of Mexican-American war?

A

Santa Anna

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2
Q

What did Texas want?

A

independence

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3
Q

Remember the ___________.

A

alamo

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4
Q

How may days did the Americans defend for?

A

12

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5
Q

Who was the president of America during the Mexican-American war?

A

James K Polk

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6
Q

when did Texas join the union?

A

1845

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7
Q

Which treaty ended the Mexican-American war?

A

treaty of Quadalupe Hidalgo

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8
Q

How much did the USA buy the land during the Mexican Cession for?

A

$15 million

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9
Q

What were the people who went to California for gold called?

A

forty niners

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10
Q

who invented the steel tipped plow

A

John Deere

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11
Q

what is a nativist?

A

an anti immigrant and catholic person

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12
Q

what was the north based on?

A

industrilization

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13
Q

what was the south based on?

A

agriculture/farming

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14
Q

what were trade unions?

A

organizations of workers with same trade or skill

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15
Q

who create the cotton gin?

A

eli whitney

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16
Q

yeoman

A

did not enslave

17
Q

plantation

A

slavery and profit

18
Q

Who was the slave who led a slave rebellion?

A

Nat Turner

19
Q

Who was one of the lead slaves during the Underground Railroad

A

Harriet Tubmann

20
Q

abolish means —

A

end slavery

21
Q

who created the anti slavery newspaper

A

William Lloyd Garrison

22
Q

Fredrick Douglass

A

most widely known African-American abolitionist

23
Q

Sojourner Truth

A

supported women’s rights movement

24
Q

First women’s rights convention in NY

A

Seneca falls convention