Expansion
Migration
Compromises
Civil War
Reconstruction
100
The belief that it was America's God given right to expand west
Manifest Destiny
100
Method of transportation paid for by government subsidies and aided settlers in settling west
Transcontinental Railroad
100
The first compromise in the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution which prohibited the expansion of slavery north of the Ohio River
Northwest Ordinance
100

The best advantage for the Confederacy which resulted in superior military leadership during the early part of the war

General Robert E. Lee

100

Amendment which outlawed slavery before the Civil War

13th Amendment

200
Major conflict and debate over territorial expansion
Slavery
200
Group of people/party who targeted immigrants by demanding economic and political restrictions upon them
Nativists/Know Nothing Party
200
A compromise that ended the dispute over land gained by the United States during the Mexican-American war
Compromise of 1850
200

General who lead the United States to victory; Known as "The Butcher" for his relentless battle strategies

General Ulysses S. Grant

200

A system similar to slavery in the South which forced African Americans back into the fields after the 13th Amendment

Sharecropping

300
A military initiative to expand the US southwest
Mexican-American War
300
A race of immigrants who came into the west coast and worked upon the transcontinental railroad
Asian-Americans
300
A reaction caused by Popular Sovereignty after the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
300

An order by President Lincoln which freed all the slaves in the States who were fighting against the Confederacy

Emancipation of Proclamation

300

President who was almost impeached due to his opposition to Reconstruction

Andrew Johnson

400
The US wanted to expand to and increase world trade in which body of water?
Pacific Ocean
400
An act which helped Americans migrate to the west by having the government provide free land
Homestead Act
400
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
400

Key victory for the Union army which gave them control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederate army into two

Battle of Vicksburg

400

This compromise ended Reconstruction in the South after the Election of 1876

Compromise of 1877

500
A territory gained in result of the diplomatic initiative of the United States to gain access to the Pacific Ocean
Oregon
500

A religious group which was persecuted, and therefore moved west for religious freedom

Mormons

500

The final divide between the North and the South which resulted in several states seceding from the United States

Election of 1860

500

Example of a "Total War" strategy used by the Union Army against the Confederacy which destroyed anything in its path

Sherman's March

500

Group of people who felt left out after the admission of the 14th and 15th Amendment

Women

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