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 push to have no slavery in new northern territories that would become Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio
What is the Northwest Ordinance
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)
What Supreme Court case stated that African Americans, Free or Not, are not considered US Citizens?
Dred Scott V. Sandford
The Fugitive Slave Act was the MOST controversial aspect of this legislative decision regarding California statehood.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The passage of the 14th amendment reversed what decision?
The Dred Scott case
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?
The idea that states should be able to vote on the legalization of slavery in their territory is considered...
Popular Sovereignty.
The primary goal of the Constitutional Union Party was
To unify the country-To create a more perfect union
What were the three amendments of Reconstruction, and who passed each?
13th- Lincoln
14th- Johnson
15th - Grant
???Which part of the Compromise of 1850 did the South like best?
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 did the North like best?
Passing new fugitive slave laws
Adding California as a free state
??Why was Lincoln hesitant to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Was afraid it would cause the border states to secede
What territories / states were added after the Mexican American War?
Texas, California, New Mexico and Utah
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 did the Mexican Cession lead to growing tensions between the North & the South?
led to tensions about the expansion of slavery in new territories
???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
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
what did the emancipation proclamation do?
Free the slaves in the south (confederacy)
The Union's victory at Gettysburg was significant because it
Name the rights of the 13, 14, and 15 amendments.
13. Free the slaves
14. extension of citizenship
15. right to vote for African americans
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
What was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?
the election of 1860