The US and the World
He won the presidential election that would officially end Reconstruction with the Compromise of 1877
A widely held belief that expanding West and incorporating new territory was sanctioned by God
What is Manifest Destiny
California was admitted as a free state, land acquired from Mexico was set up as territories and slavery was decided by popular sovereignty. Also strengthened the Fugitive Slave Law.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
The event most directly linked to the secession of the Southern states
What is the election of 1860
Democratic President to take over after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
Who is Andrew Johnson
A conductor on the Underground Railroad. She led hundreds of enslaved men, women, and children to the north.
Who was Harriet Tubman
White settlement in the West was greatly aided by this Civil War-era law
What is the Homestead Act
The fiery abolitionist who died a martyr in the North and a murderer in the South - increasing hatred
Who is John Brown
Northern strategy to use the Navy to blockade the Southern ports and cutting off essential supplies to the South.
What is the Anaconda Plan
This amendment granted citizenship to African-Americans and guaranteed "equal protections of the law"
What is the 14th Amendment
Was a consultant to Abraham Lincoln and convinced Lincoln that black people should be able to serve in the Union Army. He would eventually write an influential autobiography that helped fuel abolition.
Who was Frederick Douglass
Law that attempted to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico. It was passed by the house and rejected by the senate.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
This political party was founded on the platform of "free soil, free labor, and free men." Wanted to prevent slavery in the West, so that white settlers had job opportunities. Not against slavery in the South.
What is the Free Soil Party?
Considered a turning point in the Civil War, this was the bloodiest battle during the war.
What is Gettysburg
Organization that supported and educated formerly enslaved persons and poor whites in the South.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
First black regiment to fight in the Union Army. Sometimes credited with turning the tide of the war.
Who were the 54th regiment.
Whigs in the Senate rejected this treaty, which effectively ended the Mexican-American War and granted the US territories in California, New Mexico and Utah
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This growing industry greatly influenced the economic interests of the North - as well as Northern chances in the war
What are railroads
This former senator from Mississippi would become the president of the Confederate states of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis
What is Wade-Davis Bill
Former slave who would become a leader in both the abolition movement and women's rights movement. Gave a speech called "Ain't I a Woman?"
Who was Sojourner Truth
He pressured Japan to sign the Kanagawa Treaty which allowed U.S. ships to enter Japanese ports.
Who was Matthew Perry
Supreme Court case in which Chief Justice Roger Taney would rule that African-Americans do not have equal rights to white Americans and that slaves are considered property.
What was Scott v. Sanford
Location in which the Confederate forces surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
What is Appomattox Courthouse
Term used by southern democrats to describe southern republicans.
What are Scalawags
Elected to a senate seat in Mississippi. This was the former seat of Jefferson Davis.
Who was Hiram Revels