Westward Expansion
This belief said the United States was destined to expand across North America.
Manifest Destiny
This compromise attempted to settle disagreements over slavery in territories acquired from Mexico.
Compromise of 1850
These slave states remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
Border States
This was the process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
This amendment abolished slavery
13th
This compromise maintained a balance between free and slave states and restricted slavery north of 36°30′.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers to decide the slavery issue for themselves using this principle.
What is popular sovereignty
Lincoln temporarily suspended this protection that prevents people from being jailed without being brought before a court.
habeas corpus
Lincoln's plan required this percentage of voters to swear loyalty before a Southern state could be readmitted.
10 Percent Plan
This amendment established citizenship and equal protection
14th
After winning independence from Mexico in 1836, Texas remained independent until this happened in 1845.
Annexation by the United States
The Kansas-Nebraska Act angered many Northerners because it effectively repealed this earlier agreement.
Missouri Compromise
The Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people free in these areas.
areas rebelling against the United States/Confederate areas
This federal agency provided assistance to formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.
Freedmen's Bureau
This amendment protected voting rights for African American men.
15th
This president was MOST associated with fulfilling Manifest Destiny.
James K. Polk
The Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Bleeding Kansas all involved disagreements over this issue.
The expansion of slavery into western territories
Why was Vicksburg so important to the Union?
Capturing it would help split the Confederacy and give the Union control of the Mississippi River
Presidential Reconstruction can BEST be described as wanting to rebuild the country in this manner.
Quickly and without harsh feelings/punishment
These Southern laws restricted the rights and freedoms of African Americans after slavery ended.
Black Codes
Why did the Mexican-American War increase sectionalism in the United States?
Americans disagreed over whether slavery should be allowed in the newly acquired territories
Before the Civil War, what issue played the GREATEST role in increasing conflict between the North and South?
Whether slavery would expand into new western territories
What was the main goal of Sherman's March to the Sea
Destroy the South's ability and willingness to continue fighting
Why can Congressional Reconstruction be viewed as unsuccessful?
It failed to adequately protect formerly enslaved people from having their rights violated
After Reconstruction, these two methods increasingly kept African Americans out of the political process.
Poll taxes & Literacy tests.