Mexican-American War
The idea that America was fated by God to stretch from coast to coast
What is Manifest Destiny?
Many Americans and Chinese headed to the west coast during this period.
What is the Gold Rush?
The election of Lincoln, the first president from this party, led to the Southern secession.
What is the Republican Party?
This battle stopped Lee's Northern invasion and marked a major turning point.
What is Gettysburg?
This man's raid on Harper's Ferry was a harbinger of violence to come during the war.
Who is John Brown?
President who presided over the Mexican-American War and made claims to take Oregon from Britain ("Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!")
Who is James K. Polk?
Kansans and Missourians clashed in what became known as this.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This party opposed Lincoln throughout the war and even suggested making peace with the Confederacy.
What is the Democratic Party?
The assault on this fort officially began the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
The South relied mostly on this to support its economy.
What is plantation agriculture?
Through this treaty, the United States received the Mexican Cession.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
The collapse of this party prior to the war showcased the increasing tensions between pro-and-anti slavery factions.
What is the Whig Party?
This battle convinced those in both North and South that the war would not be as quick as anticipated.
What is First Bull Run?
The phrase, "It's a rich man's war, but poor man's fight" was most clearly reflected in this.
These types of tensions increased following the Mexican-American War.
What are sectional tensions?
This book galvanized abolitionists and drove the South further away from supporting compromise.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Lincoln issued this to provide a moral cause for the Civil War.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Union's victory at this battle gave it control of the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg?
The Know-Nothing Party supported this, or anti-immigrant sentiments.
What is nativism?
This political party was willing to allow slavery to continue in existing slave states, but not extend it.
What is the Free Soil Party?
This doctrine was proposed as a way to determine the slave-free status in new territories.
What is popular sovereignty?
Lincoln suspended the right of this during the war as a matter of wartime necessity.
What is habeas corpus?
The Union victory here was decisive enough to convince Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
What is Antietam?
This organization wanted to send freed slaves to Africa.
What is the American Colonization Society?