Pre-civil war
The American belief that it was their god given destiny to expand westward.
(Bonus- this person coined the term)
The Manifest Destiny
(Bonus- John L. O'Sullivan)
What was the first battle of the civil war?
Bull Run
Which novel increased the sympathies of Northerners towards slavery and inspired more to become abolitionists?
(Bonus- Who is the author?)
Uncle Toms Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Freedmen's Bureau was created during which era of reconstruction?
Presidential
President who won because of his reputation as a war hero
Ulysses S. Grant
This treaty ended the Mexican-American war and made Mexico secede Texas along with other territories.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This General helped capture New Orleans and gain control of the MI river.
General Ulysses S. Grant
What political party was the dominant party in the North?
Republican
The amendment declaring African Americans as legal citizens
the 14th amendment
term coined to stand for fraud, bribery, and political corruption
Grantism
Legal proposal to ban slavery from any new territory acquired from Mexico
The Wilmot Proviso
What was the last battle of the civil war?
The battle of Palmito Ranch
Which publication was created by a white abolitionist and expressed anti-slavery sentiments.
(Bonus- Who was it created by?)
The New York Tribune
(Bonus- Horace Greeley)
The tenure office act
This event happened after banker Jay cooke took over the pacific railroad line in 1869 and shut down his bank due to lack of funds for line construction
The Panic of 1873
This General led American troops to the Rio-Grande valley under order of which president?
(Looking for two names)
General Zachary Taylor and James K. Polk
Who was the first president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What was the first southern state to secede from the union?
South Carolina
These proclamations allowed confederate leaders to regain seats of power.
Johnson's Amnesty proclamations
Which act set aside 44 million acres of land in southern states for freedmen and loyal whites to settle on?
The southern homestead act
Who was the General that led their army to intercept the opposing side at the battle of Antietam after finding copies of the oppositions battle plans?
General McClellan of the union
What did the fugitive slave act do?
Made it so that allowed slave owners to capture runaway slaves in the north and bring them back to southern plantations.
Why was Johnson impeached?
Because he dismissed an officer without senate approval.
Which act proposed the desegregation of transportation and public facilities (was invalidated by the supreme court)
The civil rights act of 1875