U.S Expansion
Why did we want to expand?
To have more territory and more reasources for the future.
What is nativism? And who were they?
First wave of anti-immigration in the U.S.
People who felt that they were the original settlers or came from a family like that were nativists.
Why was the union in a better postiiton to win?
Larger population
Stronger Navy
Better manufacturing and infrastructure
Government structure
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Law organizing Kansas and Nebraska into territories to be decided by “popular sovereignty” in regards to slavery.
What are Yeoman Farmers?
southern farmers working their own land in the era of southern slavery
What was the 2/5th Compromise?
It was when southern states wanted more represnetation so they counted slaves as 2/5ths of a person.
Who were the big immigration groups that were hated on in this time?
Massive German and Irish immigration populations were subject to abuse, discrimination, and killings
What was the Gettysburg Address?
Lincoln gives a now famous speech at a cemetery honoring lives of Civil War soldiers
What is bleeding kansas?
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers clash in Kansas, burning Lawrence to the ground.
What were some reform movements of this time?
The MORMONS
Temperance
Abolitionism
Women’s Rights
Education
What was the Luisana purchase and why was it valuable?
It was when we got Louisiana from France. It was valuable because it gave us more states and better access to some waters.
Lowkey random - What is popular soveirenty?
Each territory should decide slavery for itself by vote
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln declares all enslaved people of the Confederacy free
Sen. of Massachusetts, criticizes Southern lawmakers for supporting KS-NE Act, and is beaten nearly to death on the Senate floor.
What is the Antebellum Era?
American society in the south from 1812 to the start of the Civil War.
What was the 36th parallel?
line that defined the states that are slave states and the states that are free.
What was the Homestead Act?
accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting families 160 acres of public land for a small fee
What was the Compromise of 1877?
The Compromise of 1877 was an informal political agreement that resolved the disputed 1876 presidential election and effectively ended Reconstruction in the Southern United States.
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
A man enslaved in the South moves to the North with his master (Wisconsin, Illinois) and sues for his freedom.
As a slave, Scott was not a citizen, had no right to sue in federal court.
The Constitution protected property rights, and enslaved people were legally property.
What is the Market Revolution?
U.S. shift from a subsistence-based, local economy and society to a more commercial, national one
What was the Free Soil Movement?
New territories should be exclusively for free, white labor
What was the know nothing party?
Political party built on anti-immigration policies, prioritizing “native-born” Americans
What was the purpose of the Civil War?
It was meant to end slavery in all forms from the U.S.
What was the last major thing that made the south mad.
The South was entirely unrepresented by lincoln election in the outcome of the presidential election
What is a federalist?
a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority