Manifest Destiny
Who were the FORTY-NINERS?
This compromise (which established a latitude boundary of free vs. slave territories for Louisiana territory) remained in effect from 1820 until the 1850s when the Supreme Court ruled that it was effectively nullified.
What is the MISSOURI COMPROMISE?
Many activists on both sides (anti-slavery and pro-slavery) rushed to Kansas to try to sway the vote as to whether or not the territory would become a slave or free state. Letting the states decide is known as THIS.
What is POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY?
This supreme court ruling claimed that blacks did not have rights to sue and blocked congress from excluding slavery from any territory.
What is the DRED SCOTT CASE?
The confederate firing upon this Fort prompted most Northerners to support Lincoln's call for war.
What is FORT SUMTER?
THIS overland trail began in St. Louis, crossed the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains before ending at the Pacific coast.
What was the OREGON TRAIL?
THIS act extinguished American Indian's treaty rights, repealed the Missouri Compromise, and created two new territories.
What was the KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT?
When THIS leaked to the press in 1854, northerners were outraged. They viewed this as a plot to gain more slave territory.
What is the OSTEND MANIFESTO?
Who ran against Lincoln in 1858 for an Illinois senate seat? Both men debated about their ideas on the expansion of slavery.
Who was DOUGLAS? (Stephen Douglas)
During the war, THESE people were referred to by Union as "contraband".
Who were FUGITIVE (ESCAPED) SLAVES?
Most of the fighting in THIS war took place between the Rio Grand and Mexico City.
What was the MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR?
THIS Act was being widely ignored in the North. This was one of the issues Henry Clay tried to resolve when he proposed a Compromise in 1850.
What is THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT OF 1793
THIS man was a radical abolitionist who traveled to the Kansas territory to retaliate for proslavery attacks. He organized a raid of an arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia and was eventually caught and hung for treason.
Who was JOHN BROWN?
THIS man was elected president of the Confederate States of America.
Who was JEFFERSON DAVIS?
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation five days after THIS union victory.
What is the BATTLE OF ANTIETAM?
THIS treaty that ended the Mexican-American war left unclear the status of slavery in the territories gained in the war.
THIS was proposed by a congressman from Pennsylvania in 1846. It would outlaw slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico.
What was the WILMOT PROVISO?
THIS political party was founded in 1854 and was a combination of antislavery Whigs and Free-Soilers.
What is the REPUBLICAN PARTY?
THIS plan was a political compromise over slavery which failed after seven southern states seceded from the Union in early 1861. It would have protected slavery where it already existed and extended the Missouri compromise line to California.
What is the CRITTENDEN PLAN?
THIS strategy for war proved effective, but very controversial as civilians were affected.
What is TOTAL WAR?
THIS native american group launched continual raids against Tejano settlements in Texas.
This movement within the Democratic party imagined manifest destiny reaching southward as well as westward. (some Democrats plotted to invade Cuba).
What was the "Young America Movement"?
THIS political party was founded in the early 1850s and attracted native-born workers and Protestant farmers who were drawn to its anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic message.
What was the AMERICAN PARTY/KNOW-NOTHING PARTY?
These two Democrats ran for president in 1860 - effectively splitting the Democratic vote along geographic lines (north vs. south).
Who were DOUGLAS and BRECKINRIDGE?
Sherman marched to THIS capital of the Confederacy and inflicted terrible destruction.
What is RICHMOND, VA?