TRUE OR FALSE?   Lectures noted that ancient Mississippian culture, by driving Spanish explorers from the southeastern part of North America, helped shape US history.  Because Spain didn’t colonize the southeast, Britain took the land, turning it into tobacco and rice colonies that became the roots of the Old South.  

All this territory was acquired by the United States in what year, by what treaty?

How did secession work?  Did all the southern states secede together?

In their secession documents, southern states repeatedly cited their concern over one issue as the reason they were leaving the Union.  This one issue was 

How did James K. Polk add Oregon Territory to the United States?

According to the lecture, what were the four events between 1854-1860 that caused so much controversy, they resulted in Civil War in 1861.  What were these events?  

Why were southerners so concerned about the US tariff in the 1820s and 1830s?

What was the trigger for western expansion?   What drew large numbers of people into the  far west before the Civil War?

Which of the following is/are true of the Oregon Trail?

Lectures noted that the California Gold Rush is really overstated in history.  The amount of gold realized in California was under one million dollars’ worth – hardly worth all the attention it has received.