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This was the nickname of Jackson's unofficial advisor
What is the "kitchen cabinet"
100
This event is associated with women's rights and occurred in upper state NY.
What is Seneca Falls Convention?
100
This battle was the turning point in the Civil War
What is Gettysburg?
100
In this decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property
What is the Dred Scott decision?
100
During this election Lincoln won and the Republicans gained control of the executive branch for the first time
What is the election of 1860?
200
The goal of this was to spread democracy and freedom to all American people.
What is "manifest destiny"?
200
This person ran a newspaper and is associated with the abolition of slavery.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
200
This legislation proposed prohibiting slavery in any territory that might be acquired from Mexico
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
200
This amendment occurred after the Civil War and guaranteed voting rights to male U.S. citizens
What is the 15th Amendment?
200
He was the leader of South Carolina's opposition to the "Tariff of Abominations"
Who is John C Calhoun?
300
This term is used to describe giving you friends and family positions in office and is synonymous with rotation in office
What is spoils system?
300
During this event most people did not strike it rich however, large-scale companies came to dominate most mining activity
What is the California Gold Rush?
300
This compromise allowed California to enter as a free state
What is the Compromise of 1850?
300
This is the idea that it was for the citizens of a territory to decide if their territory would enter the union as a slave or free state
What is popular sovereignty?
300
The original purpose of this was to provide freed blacks with food, clothing, and educational opportunities
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
400
This movement advocated outlawing the further extension of slavery.
What is the "Free-soil" movement?
400
This event challenged the Enlightenment's reliance on reason
What is the Second Great Awakening?
400
This legislation broke the Missouri Compromise and pushed the national party system into crisis
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
400
These were northerners such as teachers and ministers who traveled South after the war to aid the freedman
What are carpetbaggers?
400
He was impeached because he kept vetoing Radical Repbulican's legislation
Who is Andrew Johnson?
500
This was an attempt by Jackson to remedy the problems associated with the destruction of the bank
What is Specie Circular?
500
This man was the first black American elected to Congress
Who is Hiram Revels?
500
This amendment defined citizenship rights
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
500
These were designed to keep black subordinate
What are Jim Crow Laws?
500
These are three of the four ways black voters were disenfranchised
What are gerrymandering, literacy tests, grandfather clause, and poll tax
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