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15 Cards in this Set
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Sam Houston |
Leader of Texas revolt against Mexico |
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Brigham Young |
Led Mormons to Utah |
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Santa Anna |
Dictator of Mexico during Texas revolt |
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Lone star republic |
Became the state of Texas |
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The Alamo |
Texas mission where all 180 defenders were killed |
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Sutter's Mill |
Place where gold was found |
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Forty-niners |
People who went to find gold |
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James Buchanan |
President while 7 states seceded |
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Henry Clay |
The "peace-maker," senator responsible for Compromise Of 18 50 |
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John Brown |
Led raid on Harper's Ferry, Va. |
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Kansas Nebraska Act |
People of territory could vote on slavery |
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Fred Scott decision |
Supreme Court said Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional |
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3 provision of the compromise of 1850 |
1) that California would enter as a free state 2) the slave trade ended in D.C. 3) there were very strict fugitive slave laws |
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Where was the first shot of the Civil-War fired? |
Charleston, South Carolina |
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What was the official name of the south? |
Confederate states of America |
