1844-1850
The idea that it is America's God given right to move west
Manifest Destiny
The Compromise of 1850 included making California a state, outlawing the slave trade in Washington D.C. and this
Fugitive Slave Law
List 3 advantages of the North prior to the Civil War
Rail, telegraph, population, manufacturing, existing Army...etc.
This amendment ended slavery in America
The Republican congress that led Reconstruction was known better by this name
Radical
This president brought in more land to the union than any other president in US history
James K. Polk
This man was found guilty for treason in his attempt to raid the Harper's Ferry Arsenal.
John Brown
List 3 Advantages of the South prior to the Civil War
Homefield, better generals, fighting for their cause...etc.
This was a loophole for the 14th amendment, which granted citizenship to former slaves
Jim Crow Laws, Black Codes
The name for a northerner that went down south to help during Reconstruction
Carpetbagger
The idea that the people can vote for slavery
Popular Sovereignty
Abraham Lincoln said that she started the Civil War
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This was the cause of riots in NYC during the Civil War
Draft, "Rich mans Law", conscription
The 15th Amendment guaranteed what to former slaves
Right to Vote
U.S. Grant
The largest immigrant population in the north east AND the largest in California that built the railroads. (Two separate nations)
Irish and Chinese
The first State to vote for slavery
Kansas "Bleeding Kansas"
The Emacipation Proclamation did this (be specific)
Freed the slaves in the Confederate States
This bill was passed over Johnson's veto, which was meant to help newly freed slaves
Freedman's Bureau, or Civil Rights Act 1865
This officially ended reconstruction
Compromise of 1877
A general that served in the War with Mexico who later was elected to president as a member of the Whig party
Zachary Taylor
Missouri Compromise
A famous quote of his is "War is Hell"
William T. Sherman
This was the law that Johnson was accused of breaking, that led to his impeachment
Tenure of Office Act
These were the two candidates in the election of 1876
Rutherford B. Hays and Samuel Tilden