Territorial Expansion
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 policy made under the Articles of Comfederation to have no slavery in new northern territories that would become Illinois, Michigan and Ohio
the Northwest Ordinance
States that maintained slaves but also sided with the North during the Civil War were called this.
Border states
What were the three amendments passed during the Reconstruction Era and explain one of them.
13th: abolished slavery
14th: citizenship rights, equal protection and due process of law
15th: voting rights regardless of race
The passage of the 14th amendment reversed what Supreme Court decision that was considered a cause of the Civil War?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What territories / states were added after the Mexican American War?
Texas, California, New Mexico and Utah
Name 2 groups who would have agreed with preventing the spread of slavery into the western territories.
Free-soil party
Northern/Conscience whigs
Republicans
Abolitionists
Which event during the Civil War was known as "total war" due to the Northern troops devastating all Southern land and supplies in their path?
Sherman's March to the Sea
What event brought an end to Reconstruction?
Presidential Election of 1876/Election of Rutherford B. Hayes or the Compromise of 1877/removal of federal troops from the South
Describe a major outcome of the Dred Scott case.
stated African Americans could not be U.S. citizens / upheld slavery
the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States
repealed the MO Compromise
What resolution was proposed in Congress to prohibit slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico and highlighted the increased sectional tension of the time
the Wilmot Proviso
Name a part of the Compromise of 1850 that the South would have agreed with?
Passing new fugitive slave laws and allowing popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah territories
Why was Lincoln hesitant to use his executive powers to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
He was waiting for a Northern victory (Battle of Antietam), he did not want the border states to secede
Describe an accomplishment of the Reconstruction era.
Freedmen's Bureau
Reconstruction Amendments
African American representation in government
Expansion of citizenship
Access to schools and jobs
Which political party/group supported national government policies to protect rights of newly freed slaves during Reconstruction?
Republicans/ Radical Republicans
How did the acquisition of territory from the Mexican-American War known as the Mexican cession lead to growing tensions between the North & the South?
led to tensions about the expansion of slavery in new territories
Which law/act gave territories Popular Sovereignty over the issue of slavery causing competition among settlers to control the locations?
What was the Union's victory at Gettysburg able to accomplish it that made it significant?
It prevented the last major Confederate invasion of the North
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/states in rebellion (confederacy)
The Americans who fought Mexico to gain Texas used this phrase to rally their troops after losing a battle to the Mexican military.
"Remember the Alamo!"
What was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?
The Election of 1860- President Lincoln's election
Describe an advantage of the North and an advantage of the South as the Civil War began.
North: larger population, established military, gov and economy, more industry/factories
South: more agricultural production, stronger military leadership, fighting a defensive war
How did Black Codes and Jim Crow laws support the claim of "citizenship but a sham" (fake/artificial)?
Laws passed to limit the Black community
-Can't borrow money to rent/buy
-Traveling rights limited
-Voting rights limited
-Literacy Tests
-Poll Taxes
-Can't sue whites in court
-Segregation of races in public accommodations
What was the meaning of popular sovereignty in Antebellum America?
allowing people living in a territory to determine whether slavery should be permitted there