APUSH Civil War Game

• 1. What main issue arose quickly between Texans and the Mexican government?

  1830 Americans were outnumbering Mexicans in the Texan Territory

  1829 Slavery was outlawed in Mexico & forced conversion to Roman Catholicism

  Refusal to obey led to the Close of Mexico & Texas
• 2. What three things did the Missouri Compromise do?

  Missouri is an official Slave state

  Maine became its own state, a free state

  Everything above the 36° 30’ is closed to slavery
• This was a plan for federal support of internal improvements, a strong tariff, and a national bank?

  This plan is named the “American System” created by Henry Clay in 1824
• Who wrote The Liberator, and was the first major abolitionist?

  William Lloyd Garrison
• These two sisters were the only white southerners to become abolitionist leaders?

  Sarah Grimke and Angelina Grimke; the Grimke Sisters
• What is the name that God wants America to move west?

  Manifest Destiny
• What coordinates were a campaign slogan regarding the boundary of Oregon?

  “Fifty-Four Forty or fight"
• Who was considered a “dark horse” candidate in the 1844 election?

  James K. Polk
• Who was president when Texas was annexed?

  John Tyler was president during the time of Texas annexation.
• What was the final dividing line of Oregon?

  The final dividing line was 49 Parallel.
• What war took place from 1846 to 1848?

  The Mexican-American War
• Who ran in the 1848 election?

  For the Democrats Senator Cass, the Whigs nominated Zachary Taylor and the Free Soil Party nominated former President Martin Van Buren
• Who won the 1848 election?

  Zachary Taylor was nominated by the Whigs and won the Election of 1848
• Who was the American Captain that moved for California’s independence?

  John C. Frémont
• Who was the ”Hero of Buena Vista”?

  The “Hero of Buena Vista”, was U.S. General Zachary Taylor
• What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo do?

  Texas was annexed to America

  The territory from Mexico to Oregon and California was brought for $15 million
• What four states became part of the US because of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

  California, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada
• What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

  The Fugitive Slave Act was a law also dubbed the “The Bloodhound Bill” that was a collection of laws that authorized local governments to capture and return runaway slaves to their rightful masters in slave states and if a person gave aid to said runaway slave, they would be hit with penalties
• What was the Dred Scott decision?

  The Dred Scott decision was a Supreme Court ruling that declared African Americans were not citizens and could not sue for their freedom.

  They were property and therefore could not be freed even in free states
• What was the Gadsden Purchase

  The Gadsden Purchase was a little chunk of Mexican land bought by James Gadsden. That piece of land allowed the south to “claim the coveted railroad with even greater instance.” This means that the south will own more of the railroad. The purchase allowed New Mexico to become a state.
• What was the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty?

  It settled the issue with Britain that neither America or Britain would “fortify or seek exclusive control over future isthmian waterway”
•  What did Commodore Perry do?

  Commodore Perry persuaded the Japanese to sign the Kanagawa Treaty which allowed American coaling rights and broke the shell of isolation the Japanese had in place for two centuries
• Where were the slaves transferred to?

  Helped escape North or to Canada
•  Why was the Underground Railroad established?

  The Underground Railroad was established to help enslaved people escape to freedom in the North or Canada.
• What was the nickname given to Harriet Tubman?

  The name given to Harriet Tubman was “Moses”
• Who is the leader of the Underground Railroad?

  Harriet Tubman was the leader of the Underground Railroad
• What major issue came with acquiring these new states from the Mexican War?

  The question of slavery in the new western regions caused tensions between the North and South. Tensions brought on by the Wilmot Proviso. To prevent conflict Lewis Cass invented the practice of Popular Sovereignty
• What was the proposal to solve the slavery question with America’s newly gained territory?

  The Wilmot Proviso
• What is the idea that people in a territory should decide if it is free or slave?

  Lewis Cass suggested that the matter be determined by a vote of the people who settled a territory. Cass's approach to the problem was known as Popular sovereignty  
• What was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850?

  The Fugitive Slave Law caused escaped and freed slaves to be apprehended, then once captured could not testify on their behalf in court and were denied a jury trial.
• Who came up with the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

  Senator Stephen A. Douglas from Illinois
• What political party collapsed after 1854?

  The Whig Party
• What were greenbacks?

  Greenbacks are known as the paper currency that was printed, but not supported by gold. 
• What is nativism?

  Nativism is protecting the natives-born interest against the immigrants.
•  The Republican Party was a coalition of what 4 groups?

  Whigs, Democrats, Free-Soilers, Abolitionists
•  What happened between Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner?

  Charles Sumner was a leading abolitionist and gave a speech “The Crime Against Kansas' “ one that condemned pro-slavery men, specifically Senator Andrew Butler. A cousin of Preston S. Brooks, who took offense to the insult and beat Sumner with a cane
• What did the Dred Scott decision declare about the Missouri Compromise?

  The Dred Scott decision declared slaves were property and could be taken into any state without the threat of being freed, as it was unconstitutional. This went against the Missouri Compromise, stating no slaves would be in any state north of Missouri.
•  What abolitionist raided the weapons arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859?

  The abolitionist that raided the weapons arsenal at Harper Ferry was John Brown.
•  What year did South Carolina secede?

  South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1860
• What year did the Civil War begin?

  The war began in 1861