He was elected the 1st (and only) president of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
100
The spread of slavery into the Louisiana territories and political power between slave and free states in the Senate were both an issue in which Compromise?
What is Missouri Compromise
100
Prior to the Civil War, the official position of this party on the issue of slavery was that slavery should be forbidden in the territories and allowed in the states where it already existed
What is Republican (anti-slave)
100
He accepted the Confederate surrender
Who is Grant
100
This looked after refugees and abandoned lands
What is Freedman's Bureau
200
He won the election of 1860 with a minority of the popular vote
Who is Lincoln
200
The concept that the inhabitants of a territory have the right to decide whether or not slavery will be allowed in the territory
What is popular soveriegnty
200
This act passed in 1854 increased the tension between North and South because it allowed slavery in all areas of the Louisiana Purchase, and repealed the Missouri Compromise
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act
200
Where the surrender of the Civil War took place
What is Appomatox Court House
200
Northerners who actively opposed the Civil War
What is Copperheads
300
The United States acquired California as a consequence of this war (1846-1848)
What is Mexican-American War
300
This president agreed to annex Texas in 1845 as part of his plan to acquire American access to the Pacific
Who is Polk
300
The main concept of this movement dictated that every worthy Christian could go to heaven
What is the Second Great Awakening
300
A primary objective of this political party (otherwise known as the American party) was to restrict the immigration of Catholics into the U.S.
What is Know-Nothings
300
The name of McClellan's Army
What is Army of the Potomac
400
He ran as the first Presidential candidate of the Republican party
Who is Fremont
400
Laws that forbade local officials to help in the capture & return of fugitive slaves
What is personal liberty laws
400
This convention in New York primarily dealth with the rights of women, but many abolitionists and blacks were there since they had a common cause.
What is Seneca Falls
400
The slogan "54'40 or fight" is focused on the U.s. desire for all the land in this territory
What is Oregon
400
This divided the South into 5 military districts
Reconstruction Act of 1867 (Radical Republican Reconstruction or Congressional Reconstruction)
500
He spoke for Southern Democrats in the election of 1860
Who is Breckinridge
500
This amendment proposed to fre slaves on their 25th birthday.
What is Tallmadge Amendment
500
The opening of this canal in 1825 greatly reduced the transportation costs between the great lakes region and New York City, thus giving the north an advantage in the coming war.
What is Erie Canal
500
Refusing to pay taxes if the taxes supported an "immoral" system in consistent with the philosophy of what movement?
What is transcendentalism
500
Both sides used this to recruit soldiers for the war