Causes of the Civil War
What is the Missouri Compromise?
the belief that it was Americas divine right to expand westward
What is Manifest Destiny?
Lincoln's main goal for the war
What is to reunite the country?
First battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
Abolished slavery, granted citizenship, extended voting rights
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
This compromise consisted of five parts - one of them established a more strict fugitive slave act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
President credited for fulfilling Manifest Destiny
Who is James K. Polk?
Lincoln gave Southern states 100 days to rejoin the Union; took effect on Dec. 31st; only impacted slaves being held in the rebelling states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and one of the major turning points
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
Who is the Freedmen's Bureau?
In this court case the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery anywhere in the U.S.
What is Dred Scott vs. Sanford?
Although the border was not established at the 54'40" parallel line, this territory was negotiated for with Britain
What is Oregon Territory?
In this speech Lincoln is dedicating a battlefield and motivating the people to "continue the great fight".
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Commanders of the Union and Confederate forces
Who is Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee?
Two forms of Southern Resistance during Reconstruction
Debate over this legislative decision led to violence in the West and violence in the legislature itself.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This territory was not gained during the Mexican Cession but was the cause of the Mexican War.
What is Texas?
In this speech Lincoln states this "With malice toward none, with charity for all"
What is his 2nd Inaugural Address?
This general marched to Atlanta and destroyed the city. (Name the general and the name of the campaign on Atlanta)
Who is General William Sherman and what is the March to the Sea or the Battle for Atlanta?
The reason that Andrew Johnson was the 1st president to be impeached?
What is violation of the Tenure of Office Act? (or what is the firing of Edwin Stanton?)
This event is argued to be the cause of Southern secession.
What is the Election of 1860?
Name 3 states formed from territories gained in the Mexican Cession
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
This action suspend a citizens right to go before a judge after being arrested for a crime; was used to specifically target Confederate sympathizers in the Union
What is the suspension of habeas corpus?
Grant's overall strategy for the Union forces
Total War or the Anaconda Plan
Marked the end of Reconstruction
What is the Compromise of 1877?