APUSH 1
The idea that it is America's God given right and duty to spread American people and ideals from sea to shining sea.
Manifest Destiny
What was the name of the anti-immigrant political party formed before the Civil War?
The Know-Nothing Party
States that maintained slaves but also sided with the North during the Civil War were called this.
What is border states?
13th amendment said
Slavery is illegal (except for prisoners)
Radical Republicans would have believed in what types of things?
Civil Rights for All, Anti-Slavery, Harsh Punishment on Southerners, Equality, Universal Male Suffrage
The Fugitive Slave Act was the MOST controversial aspect of this legislative decision regarding California statehood.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Why was the Union's victory at Gettysburg important?
It stopped the South from ever trying to invade the North again (this marks the turning point of the war)
Originally proposed by a Democrat from Michigan that allowed the decision of slavery within a territory to be decided upon by the settlers of the area.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Which act gave 160 acres for free to anyone who would pay $10 and promise to cultivate land for minimum of 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
The primary goal of the Constitutional Union Party was
To unify the country-To create a more perfect union
This book painted the owners of slaves as monsters and helped the abolitionist movement in the early 1850s:
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Define carpetbaggers and Scalawags
Carpetbaggers: Northern Republicans who moved South to hold political office
Scalawags: White Southerners who supported Reconstruction
Which act gave territories Popular Sovereignty over the issue of slavery?
What is the Kansas-Nebraska act?
How do Black Codes support the claim of "citizenship but a sham"
Laws passed to limit the Black community
-Can't borrow money to rent/buy
-Literacy Tests
-Poll Taxes
-Can't sue whites in court
The passage of the 14th amendment would directly reverse what decision?
Dred Scott Case
When a proslavery Congressman beat another Congressman with his cane.
What is the Sumner-Brooks Incident?
What was the main advantage of the Confederacy?
Better military generals
??Why was Lincoln hesitant to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Was afraid it would cause the border states to secede
After carpetbagger governments left the South, what were one of the only remaining institutions left to help former slaves? (created by the Freedman's Bureau)
public schools
What does the 14th amendment say?
Citizenship to people (1) born in the US (2) naturalized. (Except Native Americans)
Equal protection for everyone under the law.
How will the Mexican cession lead to growing tensions between the North & the South?
Most of the new territory is below the 36°30' line
???What was the decision in the Dred Scott case?
1. Dred Scott couldn't sue in court because he wasn't a citizen
2. The gov can't deprive people of their "property"
3. The decision allowed slavery in the territories
Extra points: What legislation was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case?
This 1846 proposed resolution would prohibit slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico and highlighted the increased sectional tension of the time
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
What legislation protected the citizenship and protection of African Americans? (Hint: it was vetoed by Johnson, but overridden by Congress)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Which event was the final straw for the South and most immediately led to secession?
Lincoln's election in 1860