Westward Expansion
A territory annexed by the United States that led to increased debate over slavery because it would upset the balance between Free and Slave states.
Texas
This side possessed a larger population, army, amount of resources and industrialization, which all served as advantages in the Civil War.
Union/North
This is an example of Abolitionist's efforts to fight slavery by aiding in the escape of slaves to the North.
Underground Railroad/Harriet Tubman
The final event the forced the secession by South Carolina and eventually several other southern states.
Election of 1860
This amendment ended slavery, except as punishment for a crime.
13th Amendment
The land given to the United States after the Mexican-American War.
Mexican Cession
After the Emancipation Proclamation, the purpose of the Civil War changed from keeping the Union together to this.
Ending slavery
He was the strongest defender of slavery and proclaimed it was a "positive good".
John C. Calhoun
This was Lincoln's initial purpose for the war after 10 states seceded.
Keep the Union together
Southern whites who supported Reconstruction were known as this.
Scalawags
This was a popular slogan referring to the desire to take control of the Oregon Territory from Britain at all costs.
Fifty-four forty or fight! (Refers to 54,40 parallel)
Name the two generals who came to an agreement at the Appomattox Courthouse.
Ulysses S. Grant (Union) and Robert E. Lee (Confederacy)
This fictional book exposed Northerners to the horrors of slavery, in some cases for the first time, and was banned in the South.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Political party which focused on outlawing the expansion of slavery into new territories in the West.
Free Soil Party
This event officially brought an end to Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1877
An idea used in the Compromise of 1850, Kansas and Nebraska that allowed citizens in those territories to vote and decide if they wanted to accept or prohibit slavery.
Popular Sovereignty
This speech by President Lincoln reaffirmed the new purpose of the war and encouraged Americans the war was needed to fulfill Americas Democratic ideals.
Gettysburg Address
John Brown
This was a very controversial slavery compromise that repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed a State north of the 36,30 line to become a slave territory.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This amendment ensures birthright citizenship and equal protection of all citizens under the law.
14th Amendment
American diplomat and reporter who coined the term "Manifest Destiny"
John L. O'Sullivan
This name refers to northern politicians who were against President Lincoln and the war.
Copperheads
This provision was the most controversial portion of the Compromise of 1850 because it forced Northerners to betray their own values.
Fugitive Slave Law
This was the first official battle of the Civil War.
The Battle of Bull Run
Name TWO specific ways in which African Americans were systematically barred from voting, even after Reconstruction.