Expansion
Politics
Causes of Civil War
Violence Erupts
Miscellaneous
100

The idea that it was our God given right to expand from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Manifest Destiny

100

This political party was created by Abraham Lincoln

Republican party

100

Leader and conductor of the Underground railroad

Harriet Tubman

100

Famous Abolitionist who chose violence as his method of choice. 

John Brown

100

Name given to the group of states who left the union in 1861

The Confederate States of America

200
Territory acquired by Thomas Jefferson & Doubled the size of The United States

Louisiana Purchase

200

Name the president who won the election of 1860 which was the final step to succession. 

Abe Lincoln

200

This movement attempted to outlaw slavery by educating the masses and bringing awareness to it

Abolition Movement 

200

In the Midwest region of the United States this act allowed 2 states to choose if they wanted to be slave or free:

Kansas Nebraska Act

200

In this 1820s act, slavery was split at the 48th parallels. 

Missouri Compromise

300

What state was the only state in the Union to be it's own country for 9 years?

Texas

300

The idea that individuals in a state could vote to determine if they entered the union as a slave state or a free state

Popular Sovereignty

300

This act turned citizens into bounty hunters if they caught escaped slaves

Fugitive Slave Act

300

This Term & nickname was used to describe the bloodshed in a Midwest state

Bleeding Kansas

300

Novel written by Harriet Beacher Stowe that outlined the harsh realities of slavery

Uncle Toms Cabin

400

What was the name of the treaty that settled the dispute between Andrew Jackson & the US Government and the Governor of Florida

Adams-Onis Treaty

400

Which state entered the Union at the same time as Missouri as a free state in 1820?

Maine

400

In this famous court casein 1857, this defendant was denied freedom and was ruled as property 

Dredd Scott

400
Name the federal Arsenal John Brown & his sons raided as a protest to slavery. 

Harpers Ferry

400

Who was president of the southern states during the civil war?

Jefferson Davis

500

Mexico gave the U.S. California, Nevada and Utah, most of Arizona and New Mexico, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming in this major treaty:

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

500

This controversial amendment to a war appropriations bill in 1846 that would have prohibited slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico:

Wilmot Proviso 

500

This Pre Civil War newspaper educated the public on the various issues with slavery.

The Liberator

500
Famous Slave Rebellion in Virginia where 60 white people were killed and it was shut down after 2 days.

Nat Turners Rebellion

500

Name given to the group of people who wanted immediate emancipation and equal rights for African Americas

Free Soilers

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