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Question 1

Manifest Destiny

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the belief popular in the United States during the 1800s that the country must extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean

Question 2

Ranchero

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rancher, owner of a rancho

Question 3

The Alamo

Answer 3

Shrine to Texas Liberty (Place)

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Santa Anna (Person)

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Former president of Mexico

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Compromise

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a settlement of a dispute by each side giving up some demands; a settlement of a disagreement reached by each side giving up some of what it wants in order to reach an agreement

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Popular Sovereignty

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the belief that government is subject to the will of the people

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Arsenal

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a place to store weapons and military equipment

Question 8

Civil War

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conflict between citizens of the same country

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Martyr

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a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause

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Secede

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to withdraw or break away from a nation or organization

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Fugitive

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person who is running away from legal authority

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Border Ruffians

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armed supporter of slavery who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansas during the mid-1850s

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James Buchanan

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15th US President

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Fremont

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An area where one of the battles took place

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Stephen A. Douglas

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Lawyer and past US Senator from Illinois

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Robert E. Lee

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Confederate general and military leader of the defeated Confederacy during the American Civil War

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Jefferson Davis

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only president of the Confederate States from 1861-65

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Roger B. Taney

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Lawyer and former Chief Justice of the United States

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“Bleeding Kansas”

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a period of intense violence and political turmoil in the Kansas Territory from 1854 to 1861, primarily due to disputes over the issue of slavery

Question 20

Abolitionist

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person who sought the end of slavery in the early and mid-1800s in the United States

Question 21

The Fugitive Slave Act

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required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.

Question 22

Compromise of 1850

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a series of five laws passed in September 1850 aimed at resolving sectional tensions over slavery in the United States, particularly regarding the admission of California as a free state and the status of new territories acquired in the Mexican-American War

Question 23

Underground Railroad

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a clandestine network of secret routes and safe houses that assisted enslaved people in the United States escape to freedom in the North and Canada

Question 24

Harpers Ferry

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Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), was the site of John Brown’s Raid, an attempt by abolitionist John Brown to spark a slave revolt by seizing the federal armory

Question 25

John Brown

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He believed in using violence to end slavery, leading to his involvement in the Pottawatomie Massacre during Bleeding Kansas and his attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry.

Question 26

Frederick Douglas

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American abolitionist and orator

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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American author and abolitionist who became internationally famous for her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Charles Sumner

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Charles Sumner was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874.

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Border State

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state on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri

Question 30

Tributary

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stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river

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Casualty

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a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle

Question 32

Enlist

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to formally join a military force

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Emancipation Proclamation

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the decree issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863

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Bounty

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reward or payment

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Ironclad

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a warship equipped with iron plating for protection

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Fort Sumter

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a historic coastal fortification in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

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Draft

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a system of selecting people for required military service

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Strategy

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a plan of action

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Reverse

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to go in the opposite direction

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Substitute

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an alternate or replacement

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Abandon

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to give up; to leave behind

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Encounter

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to meet, come face-to-face with