National Identity (or lack thereof)
This is the term for the division between different parts of the country
What is sectionalism?
This case established "separate but equal" on a federal level
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
This group of people was still not considered citizens under federal law, and were subject to race-based violence and discrimination
Who are African-Americans?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This belief system and movement were sparked by an increasing immigrant population in the United States
What is nativism?
This act granted families 160 acres of land in exchange for a filing fee and cultivating the land for five years.
What is The Homestead Act of 1862
This movement gained popularity throughout the 19th century, campaigning for equal education and opportunity for both sexes
What is the Women's Rights Movement?
This abolitionist is most known for his raid on the federal arsenal in 1859
Who is John Brown?
In the painting American Progress, the trains and telegraph lines in the background are a symbol of this.
This act suspended immigration of a specific minority group for 10 years and prohibited them from becoming naturalized U.S. citizens
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and eventually led to Bleeding Kansas
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
This movement believed that alcohol led to moral decay, family violence, and poverty
What is the temperance movement?
Considered to be the father of political cartoons, this person was a famous cartoonist and caricaturist during the 19th century
Who is Thomas Nast?
The California Gold Rush inadvertently created this frontier in the western part of the United States
What is the Mining Frontier?
This political party was established in 1854 in Wisconsin as a result of the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is the Republican Party?
This law stated that African-Americans could not sue in federal court because the Constitution did not see African-Americans as citizens.
What is Dred Scott v Sandford?
This term was coined by Christians who believed that improving society was a way to get themselves and others to heaven
This person was the first African American to earn a PhD. This person also helped found the NAACP
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
The acquisition of this territory helped spread the idea that the U.S. was destined to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Texas?
This national disagreement ultimately sent the northern half of the United States to war with its Southern half.
What is the deep-rooted divide between the institution of slavery and its expansion into Western territories?
This act aimed to prevent large corporate conglomerates from dominating individual industries, aiming to keep markets open and free for all businesses.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This belief was popular among many elites during the Gilded Age and helped contribute to various nativist beliefs
What is social Darwinism?
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
Westward expansion and manifest destiny were driven by a multitude of forces, including
What are nationalism, population increase, rapid economic development,
technological advances, and reform ideals?