Westward Expansion
The Country that the Louisiana Purchase was bought from
France
Network that helped escaped enslaved people reach freedom
Underground railroad
Abraham Lincoln
Legality of this practice in the territories is what led to a lot of the conflict leading to the Civil War
Slavery
Amendment which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States
13th Amendment
War that led to the Treaty of Guadalupe of Hidalgo and the cession of land containing California, Nevada and Arizona
Mexican - American War
Invention the directly led to the growth of Slavery in the south
Cotton Gin
Name of the side opposing the Union during the Civil war, comprised of the states that seceded from the US
Man who thought that violence was the only way to end slavery and famously led a raid in Harpers Ferry to try and start and armed slave rebellion
John Brown
Political party which had control of congress and the government during reconstruction
Republicans
Word that means to take away another country's land without their permission
Annexation
People who opposed Slavery and wanted it to be banned
Abolitionist
Name one of the advantages that the Union had during the Civil War
More Industrialized, Better Factories, Better Railroad Network, Well Organized Navy
Dred Scott Decision
Name for the types of laws that enforced segregation in the South
Jim Crow Laws
State that is the namesake of territory that was formerly shared with England before the United States took full control
Oregon
Law that required runaway slaves who were caught in the north to be returned to the south
Fugitive Slave Act
Name of decree issued during the Civil War that Freed all enslaved people in the Confederate states
Emancipation Proclamation
State which became a battleground between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces who came there to influence vote on slavery
Kansas
Figure out how to return southern states to the union, Rebuild the south's Economy, Promote the rights of former slaves
Treaty that led to the United States gaining the land that would become Florida
Adam Onis Treaty
Name of legal doctrine that established Children inherited their mother's enslaved status
Partus Sequitur Ventrem
General who led march through Georgia and South Carolina burning and destroying everything in his path
William T. Sherman
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Southern term for northern republicans who moved to the south after the Civil War
Carpetbagger