Manifest Destiny
The belief that the US should expand westward because they were chosen by God to spread ideals of democracy across the continent is known as,
Manifest Destiny
This compromise made slavery legal south of the 36 30 line, and illegal north of the line.
The Missouri Compromise
President James K. Polk started the Mexican-American war in order to achieve what goal?
Manifest Destiny
Texas Annexation
The major event that directly started the Civil War was...
Lincoln's Election
Southern States Seceding
What was significant about the Transcontinental Railroad?
It was the first train line to connect the east coast to the west coast.
The territory owned by the US doubled in size in 1803, when Thomas Jefferson did what?
Bought the Louisiana Territory
The Louisiana Purchase
Loyalty to your own region or area of the country instead of the country as a whole is known as...
Sectionalism
Describe ONE impact of the Indian Removal Act on Native Americans.
Answers may vary.
Decreased population; Removed from their homeland; New, unfamiliar territory; Trail of Tears
The famous speech Lincoln gave on a battlefield in Pennsylvania to memorialize the soldiers who fought there was called
The Gettysburg Address
Describe how the amount of railroad track mileage in the US changed between 1860 and 1890 AND ONE possible impact of this change on the United States.
Railroad track mileage increased. Possible results:
- increased population in western cities
- increased trade, shipping, transport of goods
- increased travel - quicker, cheaper, safer, more comfortable
The US gained control of Texas and the Mexican Cession as a result of what?
The Mexican American War
This law, passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, required Northerners to assist in catching runaway slaves and returning them to their owners in the South.
The Fugitive Slave Act/Law
Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation Proclamation and it freed only some of the slaves in the US.
How did Lincoln decide which slaves would be freed and which slaves would remain enslaved?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed only those slaves in the Southern states that seceded from the Union.
Lincoln did not want to upset the border states who remained loyal to him, so he allowed them to keep their slaves.
Choose 2 of the Reconstruction Amendments and describe what they protect.
13th - abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude
14th - birthright citizenship; due process of law; equal protection
15th - right to vote regardless of race
Explain how the Pacific Railway Act, passed by Congress in 1862, helped promote the expansion of the railroad system.
The Pacific Railway Act provided land grants and funding to railroad companies willing to expand their routes through the western US.
How was the institution of slavery impacted by westward expansion?
Slavery increased dramatically due to a demand for more slave labor in the new territories.
More enslaved people
Slavery expanded westward
Identify TWO provisions (parts) of the Compromise of 1850
California admitted to Union as a Free State
Fugitive Slave Act
Slave trade abolished in Washington D.C.
New territories could decide for themselves about slavery
The Monroe Doctrine warned European countries against doing what?
Trying to acquire new colonies anywhere in the Western Hemisphere.
Trying to interfere with the success of newly independent Latin American countries.
This group of politicians worked to gain rights for African Americans after the Civil War.
The Reconstruction Amendments were passed, largely due to their efforts.
Radical Republicans
Explain the difference between a Robber Baron and a Captain of Industry.
A Robber Baron uses ethically questionable methods to achieve success, such as exploitation of workers and eliminating their competition.
A Captain of Industry uses their wealth to better society, such as by providing jobs or increasing productivity