3 Sections
JQ. Adams & A. Jackson
Texas
US Territorial Acquisitions
Reform Movements
Events Leading to Secession
Bonus
Abolitionists
100
What are our 3 Sections?
North, South, and West
100
Andrew Jackson accused these two people of participating in a "corrupt bargain".
Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams
100
The belief that Americans had the God-given right to all the land on the North American continent.
Manifest Destiny
100
What territory, acquired by the US, is colored dark yellow (maybe it's orange; my eyes stink)-- this big one in the middle of the map?
The Louisiana Purchase
100
What does the word Antebellum mean?
The time period before the Civil War.
100
Name one aspect of the Compromise of 1850. Name all three for double points.
California becomes a free state
New and more effective fugitive slave laws
New territories had the right to popular sovereignty
100
What are the two main aspects of the 12th Amendment?
The Electors shall meet in their respective states:
1. Vote by ballot for President and Vice President
2. Requiring an electoral vote majority
100
This Abolitionist created his anti-slavery newspaper known as "The North Star"
Frederick Douglas
200
What invention expanded a certain cash crop in the South, and what effect did it have on slavery?
Cotton Gin; Unintentionally expanded slavery
200
Who did the "Tariff of Abomination" benefit- How?
The North because it forced the South to buy their goods, instead of the cheap imported goods.
200
What did Mexico offer Americans to come in and protect its border?
and...
What rules did Americans have to follow to accept this offer?
Land Grants; Follow Mexican Laws & Adhere to Catholicism.
200
What territory, acquired by the US, is colored lavender?
Texas Annexation.
200
This movement aimed to reduce the consumption of alcohol.
The Temperance Movement
200
What was the most prominent unintended effect of the fugitive slave laws?
Forces many people in the North, who otherwise would not have an opinion about slavery, to form one.
200
What purchase is Thomas Jefferson known for, and what did it do regarding the size of America?
The Louisiana Purchase & Doubled the Size of America.
200
This white abolitionist created his newspaper known as "The Liberator"
William Lloyd Garrison
300
How did the South's labor force differ from the North's?
North- Immigrants
South- Slaves
300
What court case did Andrew Jackson ignore with the passage of the Indian Removal Act?
Worcester vs Georgia
300
Which leader was imprisoned when he asked the Mexican president for Texas Independence.
Stephen Austin
300
What territory, acquired by the US, is colored yellow?
Mexico Cession
300
The first women's rights convention, organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Seneca Falls Convention
300
The Act stated:
- the Nebraska Territory will be divided into 2 regions: Kansas and Nebraska
-It also proposed that this area would have popular sovereignty
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
300
What was the Wilmot Provisio
A proposed law from 1846 to ban slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico.
Passed in the House but failed in the Senate.
300
This abolitionist was:
Born into slavery
Taught himself to read the Bible and believed that God had sent him a sign to free his people.
Led his followers to capture an armory
Killed 60 white people before the local militia stopped them.
Nat Turner
400
What man was notorious for wanting to connect all regions in what he called the "American System", through:
1. Developing a Transportation System
2. Protective Tariff
3. Strengthening the National Bank
Hint: He played a part in virtually all of your compromises
Henry Clay
400
2 Parts:
What does nullify mean?
What did John C. Calhoun threaten to do if the Tariff of Abomination was nullified in South Carolina?
1. To make invalid
2. Calhoun threatened to withdraw from the Union
400
What was President Polk's justification for going to war?
Polk says “American blood on American soil” was the justification for going to war.
400
What territory, acquired by the US, is colored dark orange near the top left corner?
Oregon Country
400
Name one of the two most infamous Transcendentalist writers.
1. Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. Henry David Thoreau
400
Which event led directly to the Secession of SC.
The Election of Abraham Lincoln as POTUS
400
What territory did the "54-40 or Fight" slogan gain popularity in? What is meant by the slogan?
Oregon Country
“54 -40 or fight” became the slogan to reference that the US wanted all the land up to the 54 - 40 latitude line.
We compromised with Britain and divided it at the 49th parallel.
400
The abolitionist:
was an escaped slave
Helped over 300 slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
Was a Union spy during the Civil War
Harriet Tubman
500
This compromise admitted Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, and set a dividing line at 36 degree 30': all new states formed under it became slave states, and all new states formed below it became free.
Missouri Compromise
500
Describe to me, in your own words, what Jacksonian Democracy is.
A political movement in the 1820s and 1830s led by President Andrew Jackson that expanded voting rights and political power to more ordinary white men, not just wealthy landowners.
500
Name two aspects of the Treaty of Guadalupe- Hildago.
Mexico gave up the area including CA, UT, AZ, NV, NM, and WY
The US paid Mexico $15 million
The border is established at the Rio Grande River
500
What territory, acquired by the US, is colored dark orange near the bottom left of the screen?
Gadsden Purchase.
500
Name three social reforms that stemmed from the 2nd Great Awakening.
1. Temperance
2. Asylum & Penal Reform
3. Abolitionism
4. Women's Rights
5. Education
500
What causes the larger political parties to make a formal stance on slavery?
For Double Points: Name one of the prominent 3rd Parties.
The formation of third parties, like the Free Soil Party and the Know-Nothing Party
500
This infamous court decided:
That slaves did NOT have the rights of US citizens
Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
Congress could not deprive an owner of their property (slaves)
Dred Scott v Sandford
500
These sisters, from SC, were daughters of a slave owner. They fought for both slave and women's rights.
Sarah and Angelina Grimke