Manifest Destiny
What 1840s idea claimed that the U.S. was destined to expand across the continent?
Manifest Destiny
The admission of California as a free state was part of what 1850 law package?
Compromise of 1850
What event directly triggered Southern secession?
Lincoln’s Election (1860)
Lincoln issued what document after Antietam in 1862?
Emancipation Proclamation
Which amendment abolished slavery?
What is the 13th Amendment?
Which president is most associated with territorial expansion?
James K. Polk
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 angered the North the most?
Fugitive Slave Act
What 1859 raid attempted to start a massive slave uprising?
John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry
Which 1863 battle was the turning point in the East, stopping Lee’s advance?
Gettysburg
Which amendment granted citizenship and equal protection?
What is the 14th Amendment?
What 1854 act introduced popular sovereignty and repealed the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas–Nebraska Act
What political party formed in the 1850s dedicated to stopping the spread of slavery?
Republican Party
Which 1862 victory was the bloodiest single day battle of the War?
Antietam
Which amendment gave Black men the right to vote?
What is the 15th Amendment?
Name ONE reason some Americans opposed expansion.
fear of extending slavery, fear of war with Mexico, racism toward Mexicans, belief expansion was immoral.
What violent mini–civil war broke out as a result of Kansas–Nebraska Act?
Bleeding Kansas
Name one economic difference between North and South that contributed to sectional tension.
industrial vs. agricultural, manufacturing vs. cotton, wage labor vs. enslaved labor.
Sherman’s March to the Sea is associated with what military strategy?
total war
What laws did Southern states pass to restrict Black rights and force labor contracts?
What are Black Codes?
What proposed law attempted to ban slavery in any land gained from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
Which Supreme Court decision said African Americans were not citizens and Congress couldn’t ban slavery in the territories?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What concept claimed states could reject federal laws they thought unconstitutional?
nullification or states’ rights doctrine
Name one reason the Union ultimately won the war.
population, industry, railroads, naval power, weak Southern economy, Lincoln’s leadership.
What agreement ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South?
Compromise of 1877