Territorial Expansion
Increasing Tensions
The War
Reconstruction
Rando
100
The mid-19th-century belief that American expansion across the continent was divinely ordained and inevitable.
What is manifest destiny?
100
This law repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to vote on slavery in new territories (previously controlled by Missouri Compromise).
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
100
This 1863 speech redefined the Civil War as a struggle for equality and democracy.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
100
Describe two functions of the Freedmen's Bureau.
What are (ex. provide food, shelter, education, legal assistance, etc. to former slaves)?
100
Besides Snoopy and Charlie Brown, name three Peanuts characters.
What are (ex. Lucy, Linus, Sally, Franklin, Pig Pen, Marcie, Franklin, Peppermint Patty)?
200
The political party formed in the 1840s that opposed the extension of slavery into western territories and appealed to Northern voters.
What is the Free Soil Party?
200
Better known for his raid at Harper's Ferry, John Brown also incited violence during this conflict, which was in turn caused by popular sovereignty.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
200
This was the first military engagement of the Civil War, fought in South Carolina in 1861.
What is the siege of Fort Sumter?
200
These Southern laws were designed to restrict the rights and economic mobility of African Americans.
What are the Black Codes (later Jim Crow)?
200
These are three examples of horse breeds.
What are (ex. thoroughbred, mustang, bronco, Arabian, Clydesdale, Appaloosa, etc.)?
300
This was Polk's expansionist slogan that demanded U.S. control of all Oregon Territory up to a certain latitude.
What is "54'40' or fight!"?
300
The Supreme Court decision that ruled enslaved people were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford (or just Dred Scott)?
300
These were three advantages that the North held over the South at the beginning of the war.
What are (ex. army size, population, railroads, ports, armament production, etc.)?
300
This describes how the 14th Amendment reshaped the federal/state relationship.
What is requiring states to provide rights, liberties, and due process?
300
These are two examples of video games that feature Kirby (besides Super Smash Bros.).
What are (ex. Nightmare in Dreamland, Kirby and the Crystal Shards, Kirby Air Ride, etc.)?
400
These were the five main components / changes from the Compromise of 1850.
What are (1) California admitted as free state; (2) Texas paid to cede New Mexico; (3) Utah and NM open to popular sovereignty; (4) abolished slave trade in D.C.; and (5) new Fugitive Slave Act.
400
These Illinois debates focused national attention on the moral and political future of slavery - and making a big name for a future president.
What are the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
400
The paper currency issued by the Union government during the Civil War to help finance the war.
What are greenbacks?
400
This describes how Reconstruction ended.
What is election of 1877 (backdoor deal to remove troops in exchange for presidency)?
400
Identify four Lana del Ray songs released in the past two years.
What are (???)
500
The proposal to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico, intensifying sectional tensions despite never being passed.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
500
Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by this author, was a scathing indictment of slavery in the United States, helping turn northern public opinion against the institution.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
500
This led to the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, fought in Maryland in 1862.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
500
This was the law that Andrew Johnson ignored, which immediately led to his impeachment and near removal from office.
What is the Tenure of Office Act?
500
These are 3 of the 4 final scores of the 4 NFL Divisional Round games from this weekend.
What are Broncos 33-30, Seahawks 41-6, Patriots 28-16, Rams 20-17.
600
The 1846 treaty in which the United States and Great Britain set the U.S.–Canadian border at the 49th parallel.
What is the Oregon Treaty?
600
In response to his fierce anti-slavery speech, this congressman was beaten with a cane on the Senate floor, escalating tensions.
Who is Charles Sumner?
600
These were the names of four generals during the war (either side).
What are (ex. Lee, Jackson, McClellan, Grant, Sherman, Longstreet, etc.)?
600
These are two examples of methods southern segregationists used to curtail African Americans' 15 Amendment rights.
What are literacy tests and poll taxes?
600
From left to right, name the character of each of these Stranger Things actors.
What are Erica, Mike, Max, Eleven, Dustin, Lucas, and Will?