This became the justification behind Manifest Destiny and the takeover of Native and Mexican land.
What is God given right, Racial, Cultural and Political Supeirority
After the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address, the purpose of the Civil War changed from keeping the Union together to
What is to end slavery
Leading senator from South Carolina who was the number 1 defender of slavery and proclaimed it was a "positive good".
Who is John C. Calhoun
President responsible for vetoing most civil rights laws and being impeached by the House in 1868
Who was Andrew Johnson
A key victory for the Union Army that permanently ended southern attacks into northern territory
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
An example of Abolitionist's efforts to fight slavery by using moral arguments to challenge it.
Who is Frederick Douglass or What is Uncle "Tom's Cabin"
A very controversial slavery compromise that repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed states to decide their status based on popular sovereignty
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act