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- The explorations of Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, along the Mississippi River caused the French king Louis XIV to
- The French explorer LaSalle brought soldiers and settlers wandered along the Texas coast. What happened to him ad to the settlements he established?
- The first permanent European settlement within the present boundaries of Texas was at Yslets which is near
- For a time there was cooperation between Father Hidalgo, the Frenchman St. Denis, and the Caddo Indians. In the summer of 1719, that relationship was altered by all the following EXCEPT:
- Only one small area of Texas had a measure of self-government. That was in
- The first missions established in Texas were failures. Nonetheless, all of the following were benefits of those early efforts EXCEPT:
- Once Texas became aa province of New Spain, the capitol was established at
- The idea that the people in a territory should vote regarding the issue of slavery is called?
- In what two territories was it determined that popular sovereignty would be used?
- . What abolitionist wanted to start a slave rebellion and raided Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
- After this battle, the bloodiest day of fighting, Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation and England decided not to support the Confederacy.
- What document says, "four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth"?
- As part of the Compromise of 1850, which law regarding the return of escaped slaves enraged northerners?
- Identify two southern leaders that were viewed as "religious figures" after the civil war.
- What was the term used after the Civil War that described the nostalgic view of the Southern way of life?
- Which amendment guaranteed citizenship and equal protection under the law to anyone born in the United States?
- A person who supports the ending of the system of slavery if referred to as?
- Which political party did Andrew Johnson support before he ran for Vice President
- Which act permitted Maine to enter as a free state, Missouri as a slave state and prohibited slavery north of 36, 30?
- What happened to California as a result of the Compromise of 1850?the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in