Manifest Destiny
Mexican Cession
This political party was formed on a platform of preventing the expansion of slavery into western territories
Republican Party
He was the highest ranking commander in the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
System of farming in which laborers could live and work on a plantation if they gave the landowner a portion of their crops
Sharecropping (Tenant Farming)
Which amendment banned slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
"Fifty Four Forty or Fight" was a political slogan referring to the northern boundary of which territory?
Oregon
Congressional law that violated the Missouri Compromise by granting popular sovereignty in territories north of the 36 30 line
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
The bloodiest single day of the war
Battle of Antietam
White supremacist, terrorist organization in the south that attempted to prevent freedmen from exercising their constitutional rights
Ku Klux Klan
This amendment declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States were citizens with equal protection of the laws and equal rights
14th Amendment
Gold Rush of 1849
Infamous Supreme Court case ruling that declared black Americans non-citizens regardless of their location or status, and essentially prevented state governments from banning slavery anywhere in the country
Dred Scott Decision (Scott v. Sandford) 1857
These two battles in 1863, which ended within days of each other, are seen as a major turning point in favor of the North
Gettysburg & Vicksburg
Two derogatory terms for white people in the south who supported the Republican Party
Scalawags and Carpetbaggers
Violation of this law is what ultimately led to President Andrew Johnson's impeachment
Tenure of Office Act
Secret attempt to buy Cuba from Spain with the intention of making it a new slave colony to support the agriculture of the south
Ostend Manifesto
Author of the influential book Uncle Tom's Cabin which persuaded many in the north to join the abolitionist movement
This was the first battle between "ironclad" ships, signaling a new era of naval warfare
Monitor vs Merrimac
Government Agency created to assist former slaves in the transition to self-reliance through education, job training and land ownership opportunities
Freedmen's Bureau
Reconstruction Acts of 1867
First prominent American settler of Texas who brought 300 families with him and started the wave of immigration that led to Americans outnumbering the Mexican population of the region
Stephen Austin
This political group opposed slavery in the west because they wanted the land to provide new opportunities for white settlers only
Free Soilers (Free Soil Movement)
Respected veteran of the War of 1812 AND the Mexican-American War, he devised the Union's Anaconda Plan as the overall strategy for victory
General Winfield Scott
First black US Senator, who occupied the seat once held by Jefferson Davis (the President of the Confederacy)
Hiram Revels
Congressional Bill opposed to Lincoln's 10% plan, which would have required southern states to rewrite their constitutions and have 50% of eligible voters sign a loyalty oath
Wade-Davis Bill