US Expansion
This state was admitted as free as part of the Compromise of 1850
What is California
This ended the Mexican American War
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This guaranteed any American 150 acres of land out West as long as they lived on/improved it for at least 5 years
What is the Homestead Act
This abolitionist's violent raid on Harper's Ferry increased tensions between the North and the South over slavery
Who is John Brown?
Northern strategies that effectively stifled Southern resources and destroyed infrastructure
What is the Anaconda Plan and Sherman's March
These immigrants were mainly from Northern and Western Europe, lived in ethnic communities, and settled in the US before the Civil War
Who are German/Irish/"old" immigrants?
This plan proposed banning slavery in any new territories acquired after the Mexican-American War
What is the Wilmot Proviso
Key battle that kept the South from being able to advance North and forced Lee and his troops to retreat
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
These were created in the South to keep freedmen from voting, owning property, serving on a jury, or owning a firearm
What are black codes
These two conflicts both arose from American expansion West into Native American territory
Sand Creek Massacre and Little Big Horn
Introduced the idea of popular sovereignty but ended with confusion and violence
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
The most controversial piece of Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850, meant to placate the South; enraged Northerners
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
These laws enforced segregation across the nation that had been ruled legal in the Supreme Court case Plessy vs Ferguson
What are Jim Crow Laws
Established economic/trade ties to Asia, specifically in Japan
Who is Matthew Perry
This was the key reason the North and the South disagreed over the slavery issue
Economic differences
This book galvanized Northern abolitionists and outraged Southern slave owners, furthering tensions
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin