To the Civil War Part 2 Flashcards
Who was the general of Mexico at the time of Mexican-American war?
Santa Anna
What did Texas want?
independence
Remember the ___________.
alamo
How may days did the Americans defend for?
12
Who was the president of America during the Mexican-American war?
James K Polk
when did Texas join the union?
1845
Which treaty ended the Mexican-American war?
treaty of Quadalupe Hidalgo
How much did the USA buy the land during the Mexican Cession for?
$15 million
What were the people who went to California for gold called?
forty niners
who invented the steel tipped plow
John Deere
what is a nativist?
an anti immigrant and catholic person
what was the north based on?
industrilization
what was the south based on?
agriculture/farming
what were trade unions?
organizations of workers with same trade or skill
who create the cotton gin?
eli whitney
yeoman
did not enslave
plantation
slavery and profit
Who was the slave who led a slave rebellion?
Nat Turner
Who was one of the lead slaves during the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubmann
abolish means —
end slavery
who created the anti slavery newspaper
William Lloyd Garrison
Fredrick Douglass
most widely known African-American abolitionist
Sojourner Truth
supported women’s rights movement
First women’s rights convention in NY
Seneca falls convention
