History MidTerm Review - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. President of the United States in 1845-1849 who wanted to add California to the U.S.
   James Polk
2. American settlers in California revolted against Mexico and created a new territory, that later became a state
   Bear Flag Republic
3. A free black man who was an abolitionist, headed the Vigilance Committee of Philadelphia and recorded the escapes of every slave who came through the city.
   William Still
4. A person who helped house, feed and protect runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad
   Stationmaster
5. President of Mexico and leader of the Mexican army - called the "Napoleon of the West"
   Santa Anna
6. Songs sung by African American slaves that usually had double meaning and concealed coded messages
   Spirituals
7. Part of the Compromise of 1850; people convicted of helping or harboring runaways could be imprisoned or fined. Slaves could be killed or sold immediately.
   The Fugitive Slave Law
8. The United States instigate d this war with the motive of gaining more territory in the southwest
   The Mexican American War
9. A Mexican mission that was taken over by Texans, and the Texans were defeated.
   The Alamo.
10. Mexico invited Americans to settle in northern Mexican land, but the settlers revolted and gained independence for Texas
    Texas Revolution
11. A treaty made in 1848 by the U.S. and Mexico that ended the war and granted almost half of Mexico's land.
    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
12. A committee of Abolitionists including William Still that provided aid and resources to fugitive slaves
    Vigilance Committee of Philadelphia
13. A runaway slave who became a conductor on the Underground Railroad
    Harriet Tubman.
14. President Polk ordered General Taylor to move his army to this river to spark the Mexican American War
    Rio Grande
15. A escaped slave who became a powerful Abolitionist through his writing and speeches
    Frederick Douglas
16. A belief that God had given them a divine mission to settle across the American continent
    Manifest Destiny
17. A person who actively spoke out against slavery and helped runaway slaves
    Abolitionist
18. Texas was added to the United States in 1845 and became a state
    Annexation of Texas
19. Runaway slaves used this to guide their way to freedom
    The North Star
20. The place where Sam Houston found the Mexican army napping and defeated Santa Anna. The final battle of the Texas Revolution
    Battle of San Jacinto
21. An antislavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison, first issue in 1831
    The Liberator
22. After the revolution, Texas became its own country
    The Lone Star Republic
23. A secret network of helpers, safe shelters and routes to help runaways get to the north
    Underground Railroad
24. the agreement that ended the Texas Revolution and gave Texas its independence
    Treaty of Velasco