Expansion and Manifest Destiny
This belief justified westward expansion, claiming it was the United States’ divine right.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and added vast territories to the U.S.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This 1820 compromise maintained a balance of power between free and slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this influential anti-slavery novel
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
This speech by Lincoln begins with "Four score and seven years ago."
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The annexation of this state in 1845 triggered the Mexican-American War.
What is Texas?
This state’s request to join the Union as a free state in 1850 upset the balance of power in Congress
What is California?
This 1850 agreement included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law and admitted California as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Abraham Lincoln argued that the nation could not survive "half-slave and half-free" in this speech.
What is the "House Divided" speech?
Lincoln suspended this legal protection during the Civil War to suppress dissent.
What is the writ of habeas corpus?
The Oregon Territory was acquired after negotiations with this country.
What is Great Britain?
Abolitionist opposed the war, claiming it aimed to expand this institution.
What is slavery?
This act allowed settlers to decide whether slavery would be permitted in Kansas and Nebraska.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, attempting to incite a slave rebellion and further polarizing the nation over the issue of slavery
Who is John Brown?
The South seceded after this candidate was elected president in 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This compromise prohibited slavery north of the 36°30' parallel.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This violent conflict in Kansas was a direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Popular sovereignty led to violent conflicts in Kansas, earning this ominous nickname.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This 1863 proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln declared enslaved individuals in Confederate states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This battle, considered the turning point of the Civil War in 1863, ended Confederate hopes of advancing into Northern territory.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This doctrine warned European powers to avoid interference in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This president led the United States during the Mexican-American War, supporting territorial expansion and the annexation of Texas.
Who is James K. Polk?
This Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved individuals were property and could not sue for freedom.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
This amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
This general surrendered at Appomattox Court House, ending the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee?