Manifest Destiny
How did USA acquire the Mexican Cession?
The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo after winning the Mexican-American War
Why did the South oppose Abolitionism?
Slavery was the backbone of their economy
What was the Missouri Compromise and why was it implemented?
Missouri added as a slave state, Maine added as a free state, meant to keep the balance of power between slave and free states
What were the main advantages of the North in the Civil War?
More money, more people, more railroads, more resources
What did the Freedman's Bureau do?
Provide essential needs and assistance to formerly enslaved people
Where were voting rights for women most expanded during Manifest Destiny?
West
What does Antebellum mean?
"Between the wars" - time period between Revolutionary and Civil War
What is urbanization?
People moving away from rural areas into cities
Who implemented the Anaconda Plan and what was it?
The North; idea was to squeeze the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the coasts
Why did Carpetbaggers move to the South?
To profit off of the rebuilding of the South during Reconstruction
What was the impact of Manifest Destiny on Native Americans
Destruction of their culture, death of the buffalo, assimilation, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears
What was the impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
It showed people in the North the horrors of slavery through a very powerful book, led to more of a push to ban slavery from Northerners
What did the Dred Scott decision rule?
When did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation and why did he do it then?
After the Union victory at Antietam; it was at that moment where he felt he had the political clout that it could potentially be effective
What were Jim Crow laws?
Laws on a state and local level that enforced segregation and other anti-black laws. These were similar to Black Codes that existed after Reconstruction
Who did Jacksonian Democracy expand voting rights for?
White men
How did the North use religious ideas from the Great Awakening?
Used religion to push for social reforms like ending slavery
What were the aspects of the Compromise of 1850?
California added as a free state, Fugitive Slave Act strengthened, slave trade banned in Washington, D.C.
Was the Emancipation Proclamation affective? Why or why not?
Not really - it only "freed" slaves in Confederate controlled areas, which weren't actually going to free the slaves
What was the result of the Election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president, Reconstruction ends
How did Andrew Jackson impact executive power when he was President?
Greatly expanded it
What did the Nullification Crisis show about federal law in America?
It is superior to state law
Define Popular Sovereignty, and why was it a problem before the Civil War?
It allowed the population of a territory to vote and determine whether or not they will allow slavery. It caused many people from all over the country to move to Kansas and Nebraska to push for their cause, eventually leading to violence (Bleeding Kansas)
Where Civil War Started
Fort Sumter - Charleston, SC
What did each of the Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution do?
13 - abolished slavery
14 - granted citizenship to all people born in America and provided equal protection under the law
15 - grated black men the right to vote (the amendment doesn't allow the government to prevent people from voting based on race)