The US and the World
Widely held belief that the growth of the US was sanctioned by God
Manifest Destiny
Region of the country that was home to the largest population of immigrants during the 19th Century
The North
Conflict over slavery focused primarily on its legality in this area
Western territories
The event most directly linked to the secession of the Southern states
Election of 1860/Lincoln
Believed that freedmen should be granted equal rights and protection. Thought the South deserved harsh punishment.
Radical Republicans
White settlement in the West was greatly aided by this Civil War-era law
The Homestead Act
Abolitionist who died a martyr in the North and a murderer in the South
John Brown
A "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, who her life to guide dozens of enslaved people to freedom
Harriett Tubman
The Union's military strategy to defeat the Confederacy
Anaconda Plan
Abolished slavery, guaranteed citizenship, granted voting rights (3 separate answers)
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Mexican territory that attracted a large number of American settlers who eventually broke away and declared independence
This fictional book became a best-seller after it attempted to expose the evils of slavery to unaware readers
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Supreme Court opinion that excluded African-Americans from citizenship rights in the United States
The Dred Scott Case (Scott v. Sandford)
MO, KY, MD, DE, WV
System where a landowner allows a tenant to use their land to grow crops, in exchange for a significant portion of what is harvested
Sharecropping
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and provided the US new land known as the "Mexican Cession"
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This political party was formed as a response to the increased called to expand slavery.
Republicans
The most controversial piece of Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850
the Fugitive Slave Act
Large riots took place in this northern city over anger towards the draft
NYC
Ulysses S. Grant's administration was best remembered for this unfortunate characteristic
Corruption
During the 19th Century, many people fled this country and moved to the United States following a famine
Ireland
What was the most popular argument (before the Civil War) to limit the expansion of slavery?
Limit opportunities for whites
Led to violence over the issue of popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Changed the way the Civil War was framed from being a war to save the Union to a war to fight injustice
Gettysburg Address
Winner of the controversial election of 1877 which marked the end of Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes