Westward Expansion
Pre Civil War
Civil War
Reconstruction
Periods 1-2
Period 3-4
100
This image represents a belief that the U.S. was destined to expand the entire continent, it was ordained and inevitable.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
This component of the Compromise of 1850 incensed Northern abolitionists and renewed the debate over slavery.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
100
These States seceded from the Union after the 1860 election which officially started this war.
What is the Civil War?
100
This political group was upset about the leniency shown to ex-Confederate and began implementing policies that would support freedmen.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
100
This sailor is known for his "discoveries" of new lands in the Western Hemisphere.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This British naval policy forced foreign sailors and colonial subjects into military service.
What is impressment?
200
Following the Mexican American War, America acquired this piece of land.
What is the Mexican Cession?
200
This political doctrine allowed states to decide whether or not the wanted slavery in their territory.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
This new country fought the Union (United States) over the right to maintain slavery.
Who/What is/are the Confederate States of America?
200
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
200
This plantation system was employed by the Spanish Empire to settle the New World.
What is the encomienda?
200
This President expanded democracy by pushing for the end of property ownership as a voting requirement.
Who is President Andrew Jackson?
300
This person intentionally provoked hostilities with another nation in order to fulfill his desire to expand his nation.
Who is President James Polk?
300
The Supreme Court Decision in this case stated that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that the Constitution did not consider African Americans people or citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
300
This war tactic was used to weaken the Southern strategy and prevent them from gaining foreign support.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
This political agreement ended federally-enforced Reconstruction in the occupied South.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
300
This colony was founded on religious freedom.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
300
This was the political phase between 1817 and 1825, being unique in that one political party dominated Congress and there were few major political disagreements.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
400
This country existed for 8 years prior to being annexed by the United States.
What is Texas?
400
This bloody conflict occurred over the issue of popular sovereignty. These battles extended beyond the state but to Congress.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
400
This was the first battle of the Civil War, a Union fort was attacked in 1861.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
400
This court case federalized segregation in America.
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
400
This insurrection united a plethora of indentured servitude, poor whites, and African slaves, redefining racial culture in the English colonies.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
400
This component of the Treaty of Paris (1763) decreed the western boundary of British colonial settlement in North America.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
500
This treaty officially ended the Mexican American war.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
500
This abolitionist was known for his extreme measures. He went to Kansas and murdered pro-slavery advocates. He also wanted to lead a slave revolt by raiding a federal armory and arming slaves throughout the South.
Who is John Brown?
500
This army general would later become U.S. President. His administration would be plagued with corruption.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
500
Examples: Poll taxes, segregated schools, segregated public accommodations, discrimination.
What are Jim Crow laws?
500
This revolt took place in 1680 under the Spanish Empire, due to mistreatment, forced religious conversion, and famine.
What was the Pueblo Revolt?
500
This foreign policy shaped American diplomatic relations for decades, firmly warning the rest of the rest of the world not to interfere in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?