Expansion
The belief that it was America's God given right to expand west
Manifest Destiny
This growing industry greatly influenced the economic interests of the North - as well as Northern chances in the war
What are railroads
The first compromise in the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution which prohibited the expansion of slavery north of the Ohio River
Northwest Ordinance
The best advantage for the Confederacy which resulted in superior military leadership during the early part of the war
General Robert E. Lee
Those who believed that blacks should be granted rights and Southerners deserved punishment
Who are Radical Republicans
Major topic of debate during territorial expansion
Slavery
Group of people/party who targeted immigrants by demanding economic and political restrictions upon them
Nativists/Know Nothing Party
A compromise that ended the dispute over land gained by the United States during the Mexican-American war
Compromise of 1850
General who lead the United States to victory; Known as "The Butcher" for his relentless battle strategies
General Ulysses S. Grant
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments guaranteed what rights?
What is abolish slavery, guaranteed citizenship, granted voting rights
A military initiative to expand the US southwest
Mexican-American War
A race of immigrants who came into the west coast and worked upon the transcontinental railroad
Asian-Americans
A reaction caused by Popular Sovereignty after the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
An order by President Lincoln which freed all the slaves in the States who were fighting against the Confederacy
Emancipation of Proclamation
President who was impeached and nearly convicted due to his opposition to Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
The US wanted to expand to and increase world trade in which body of water?
Pacific Ocean
Northern social group who formed the basis of its free-labor manufacturing economy
Who are immigrants
Supreme Court case which ruled that slaves were not citizens, had no right in court, and stated that government could not ban slavery in new territories, even if the people wanted it
Dred Scott Case v. Sanford
Key victory for the Union army which gave them control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederate army into two
Battle of Vicksburg
This compromise ended Reconstruction in the South after the Election of 1876
Compromise of 1877
White settlement in the West was greatly aided by this Civil War-era law
What is the Homestead Act
A religious group which was persecuted, and therefore moved west for religious freedom
Mormons
The final divide between the North and the South which resulted in several states seceding from the United States
Election of 1860
Example of a "Total War" strategy used by the Union Army against the Confederacy which destroyed anything in its path
Sherman's March
Three pieces of evidence supporting the claim that Reconstruction was a time of conflict over new definitions of citizenship
What is the Slaughterhouse cases, Black Codes, the Ku Klux Klan, the Colfax massacre, the White League, the split in the Women's Rights movement, Hiram Revels