Issued in 1793, this official declaration announced that the United States would not get involved in the conflict between France and Great Britain
Neutrality
Universal White Male Suffrage
Manifest Destiny
Belief in following a strong POTUS
Jacksonian Democracy
The latitude line that established limits on the expansion of slavery.
36 30'
To protect the trade activity in Charleston , SC Jefferson Davis ordered an attack on this military base
Ft Sumter
Agency that helped blacks transition to a free life and established Morehouse College
Freedmen's Bureau
Nearly resulted in a full scale war against france
XYZ Affair
This 18th Century invention resulted in a drastic increase in the number of enslaved people
The Cotton Gin
Annexation of this place lead to a war with Mexico
Texas
One of the few advantages the South had over the Union army
Military Leadership
Ended slavery in America
13th Amendment
Jefferson violated his own political beliefs when he doubled the size of the country
Louisiana Purchase
Social change movements of the 19th century were heavily influenced by a re-evaluation of religious beliefs
2nd Great Awakening
California enters as a new free state
Popular sovereignty in cession lands
Increased fugitive slave laws
Compromise of 1850
Presidential Action which followed the battle of Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
Used violence and intimidation to regain control of southern society
KKK
A social opinion which was enhanced by the War of 1812
Patriotism or National Pride
This former slave became an outspoken advocate for the abolition of slavery in America
Frederick Douglass
Nickname to describe the results of allowing popular sovereignty in the region above the 36 30' line
Bleeding Kansas
A turning point in the Civil War which was proof that the South could not succeed at invading the Northern region. The Bloodiest Battle!
Gettysburg
Laws that restricted the freedom of African Americans
Black Codes
The part of Earth that was the focus of the Monroe Doctrine
Western Hemisphere
New York event where the Declaration of Sentiments outlined the goals of the women's rights movement.
Seneca Falls Conference
A southern states reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln
Secession
A legal right which Lincoln suspended to prevent border states from joining the Confederacy
Habeas Corpus
An agreement that ended the Reconstruction Period
Compromise of 1877