Westward Expansion
What is the name of the belief that the United States was designed to control territory across the continent?
Manifest Destiny
True or false: The Union had an advantage over the Confederacy in the category of experienced military leadership.
False
During Reconstruction, a major economic development in the South was
Sharecropping
Who was the individual that was a former slave that became a famous abolitionist speaker?
Frederick Douglass
The result of the Dred Scott v. Sandford case resulted in the support of which political party?
Republican
The decision in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case ruled this compromise unconstitutional.
Missouri Compromise
Disagreements over whether to allow slavery in new territories contributed to this famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln.
Gettysburg Address
What were created by the South to place limits on opportunities on newly freed slaves and to take away basic rights?
Black Codes
Which new political party was against slavery in the new territories?
Free-soil party
Know-Nothing Party
Which war led to the rise in debates about what to do on the issue of slavery in new territories?
Mexican-American War
Southern politicians believed that this individual was a threat to the institution of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
What were the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments?
13th: Abolished slavery
14th: Citizenship for African Americans
15th: African American men right to vote
What political party was in favor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Democrat Party
The ratification over this amendment overturned the ruling of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.
14th Amendment
This act was passed in order to encourage Americans to move westward.
Homestead Act
Which battle forestalled the possibility of European Intervention?
Battle of Antietam
What act marked the ending of Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877
Which new political party would have been in favor of the Alien & Sedition Acts?
Know-Nothing Party
Who was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
The Compromise of 1850 created which new act that Republicans greatly objected?
Fugitive Slave Act
Which battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
What was the name of the Northerners who took advantage of poor Southern conditions and moved to the South during Reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
The Compromise of 1877 marked the end of funding for this federal program.
Freedmen's Bureau