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The name given to former slaves who fled to the North and often fought for the Union Army.
Who are freedmen?
100
The revolt in California in which settlers sought Independence from Mexico near the end of the Mexican War. Lead by John C. Fremont.
What is the Bear Flag Republic?
100
Transfer of the Mesilla Valley property to the United States from Mexico.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
100
Term used to describe Jackson's unofficial cabinet in which he appointed many of his friends.
What is the Kitchen Cabinet?
100
The act that approved the building of a transcontinental railroad that would link the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific.
What is the Pacific Railway Act of 1862?
200
Military genius and general in the Confederate army who, after winning several battles, could not recover from the losses obtained at Gettysburg, and was forced to retreat and eventually surrender.
Who is General E. Lee?
200
The bloodiest day of the Civil War; McClellan acted on advanced knowledge of Confederate battle plans, and kept the Confederates from gaining British and French support that was imminent. It also gave Lincoln the "victory" he was waiting for to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
200
Foreign policy that described "nonintervention" in Latin America and the end to European colonization.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
200
The belief based on the idea that the federal government was formed because of a compact between states.
What is the compact theory?
200
The belief based on "the fact that in many American homes, it was no longer necessary for the woman to work both the fields and the home. Women's roles were clearly defined as homemakers and mothers."
What is the Cult of Domesticity?
300
The Union general that fought through Kentucky and Tennessee, and eventually ended up controlling New Orleans and almost the entire Mississippi River region. Once he captured Vicksburg, the Confederacy was split, thus leaving many opportunities for the Union.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
300
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War; This battle is considered the turning point of the war, as it resulted in major losses for Lee that he could not recover from. Confederates never won another battle after this loss.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
300
The Document sent by the Second Continental Congress to Britain as a last gesture of peace and "preventative measure" against total war.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
300
The group of Northern and Western Democrats in Congress that wanted an end to what they deemed as an "unjust war". (The Civil War) They did not approve of Lincoln's broad and stern use of executive power and called for an immediate and quick end to the Civil War.
What are the Copperheads?
300
Series of laws that were made to avert the crisis of secession. This law would admit California as a free state, divide the Mexican cession into the New Mexico and Utah territories with popular sovereignty, ban the slave trade in D.C., enact a stricter Fugitive Slave Law, and give Texas monetary compensation to let go of part of the New Mexico territory.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
400
The man that caused countless suicides because of his horrible repetition and language in his book, The Scarlet Letter. Oh, it also apparently made people think about Religion and Society.
Who is Nathaniel Boo-hoo Hawthrowthisbookaway?
400
Uprising led by a Virginia slave, resulting in deaths of over 50 white men, women, and children. (And also retaliatory killings of hundreds of slaves.)
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
400
The tariff introduced in an attempt to appease the South and keep them from seceding from the Union due to the Tariff of Abominations.
What is the Tariff of 1832?
400
A belief system that promoted the idea that humankind could have a life that resembled the life of Jesus H. Christ. (Included the plan that humans could obtain this level through faith, hard work, education, and temperance.)
What is perfectionism?
400
Law designed to re-enslave slaves who had made it to freedom. The law denied legal rights to captured blacks and sentenced whites who harbored fugitives to heavy fines or jail time.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
500
"Outspoken man" from South Carolina who championed the concept of concurrent majority, and also elaborately and articulately expressed Southern contention for the Tariff of Abominations, and exclaimed it was unconstitutional. (Also directed the South toward secession)
Who is John C. Calhoun?
500
Uprisings by Irish-Americans that thought they were being tricked into fighting a war not for the preservation of the Union.
What are the New York Draft Riots?
500
This amendment aimed to forbid slavery in the new land acquired by the war with Mexico. The final bill passed through the House but failed in the Senate. (This amendment also emphasized the crisis of the North against the South. )
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
500
The group that claimed that the lives of Southern slaves were happy and were properly clothed, fed, and housed by benevolent slave owners.
What/who are the apologists/aholes?
500
The law that completely prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in this certain state. Soon afterward, 12 other states followed by limiting the sale of alcohol or prohibiting it altogether.
What is the Maine Law?
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