Who became President before the start of the Civil War?

Texas joined the Union in what year?

The official takeover of a territory 

The presidential election of 1800 resulted in a tie between which two candidates?

The system created to prevent any one of the three branches of government from becoming to powerful is called

What became known in the colonies as the "Intolerable Acts"

The men who led expeditions to conquer what today is Mexico & Central America became known as

What made river travel more reliable and upstream travel easier?

On February 2, 1848, Mexico's leaders signed the