Antebellum Era
This court case in 1857 set the precedent that slaves were property....
Scott v. Sanford
Who gave the speech "Ain't I a Woman"?
Sojourner Truth
First major battle of the Civil War....
Bull Run
When the South Seceded, who had the majority in congress?
Democrats
Draft
A religious movement rooted in the powerful emotional message about how hard work, individual achievement, and devotion to God can better your life, also inspired reform in the antebellum period
The Second Great Awakening
The acquisition of a large piece of land by President T. Jefferson that went against his usual strict interpretation of the Constitution. Made possible by the Haitian Revolution.
The Louisiana Purchase
John Brown was captured and eventually executed for his raid in....
Harper's Ferry Virginia
This man stated that all land from Mexico should be free....
David Wilmot
Battle took place in Maryland, left 23,000 dead or wounded at the end of it.
Antietam
The purpose of this was to end the war, but it turned into the south digging their heels in even harder for the mention of the end of slavery...
Emancipation Proclamation
This act gave away 160 acres out west.....
Homestead Act
Third party that promised free land out west...
Free soil party
led to a brief period of nationalistic fervor, and helped lay the ground for the Industrial Revolution in the US
What is the War of 1812?
Give THREE provisions to the Compromise of 1850....
Answers will vary
This man was known for carrying out Total War for Grant.....
William Tecumseh Sherman
Biggest turning point of the Civil War, the South could never again fight on Union soil....
Gettysburg
What are the Civil War Amendments? Define each one.
13th, 14th and 15th
This created a common currency (paper) for the first time in America...
Legal Tender Act
A reform movement that encouraged people to limit their use of alcohol because of the effects it had on the family and home.
What is Temperance Movement
What elections went to the House of Representatives?
1800 and 1824
What was the name of the last ditch effort to save the union by a "Know-Nothing" from Kentucky?
Crittenden Compromise
Winfield Scott
This was part of the Western campaign. Union Forces were initially stopped here until Grant placed it under siege...
Vicksburg
In response to the threat of protesters (Copperheads) what constitutional rights does Lincoln suspend?
Habeas Corpus
What political party did the Republicans "replace"?
Whigs
Name of the man who is known as the Father of the Modern Factory System....
Samuel Slater
This outlawed trade with all foreign countries and was another example of Jefferson and the Democrat-Republicans switching their Strict Interpretation of the Constitution to Broad.
The Embargo of 1807
This speech was a plea for Congress to compromise on slavery-related issues to preserve the Union. He urged Northerners to forgo antislavery measures and Southerners to avoid disunion, which he warned would lead to war. also, who gave the speech?
7th of March, Daniel Webster
This man was Lincoln's Secretary of State...
William Seward
What were the names of the two ships involved in the "Battle of the Ironclads"?
Monitor and Merrimack
Formed in 1861, this group was run by radical republicans who resented Lincoln's increase in power during the war...
Congressional Committee on the Conduct of war
This increased tariffs rates 5-10% in 1861. Eventually went higher as the war progressed....
Morrill Tariff
Name of the man who opened trade in Japan in 1853...
Commodore Matthew Perry
US to European powers: If you stay out of my business, I'll stay out of yours!
What is the Monroe Doctrine