Age of Jackson
Which candidate did John Quincy Adams defeat in the controversial election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson
As the publisher of The Liberator, this man was one of the first white Americans to demand the immediate freeing of slaves.
William Lloyd Garrison
What caused tensions between the U.S. and Mexico in 1845?
Annexation of Texas
Which created an imaginary line that crossed through the western territories?
the Compromise of 1820
Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?
It made the South give up the idea of invading the North.
Because there was no clear winner in the election of 1824, who had to decide the outcome?
the House of Representatives
This prevented congressional discussion of antislavery petitions between 1836 and 1844.
gag rule
In 1835, what began when Texans sought independence from Mexico?.
the Texas Revolution
According to the idea of popular sovereignty, which of the following would decide whether slavery would be allowed in a territory?
the residents of the territory
Which of the following abolished slavery in the North?
the Thirteenth Amendment
What voting requirement changed after 1824?
Many states allowed white males without property could vote
This term is usually used specifically to mean “before the American Civil War.”
antebellum
In 1833, Stephen Austin went to Mexico City to present petitions for more what for Texas?
self government
Southerners argued that they had a right to slaves in the new territories, because slaves were property—and property was protected by what?
the Constitution.
Lincoln suspended ___ to deal with dissent in the Union states.
the writ of habeas corpus
What was the goal of the Indian Removal Act?
to force Native Americans West
In general, this term means “a complete doing away with,” which is how it came to be the name of the movement to outlaw slavery.
abolition
Within the United States, conflicts over what delayed the annexation of Texas?
the balance of free and slave states
Why were threats of secession feared?
People believed that secession could result in the break-up of the Union.
In which area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?
military leadership
What issue arose as a result of increases made to the Tariff of 1816?
nullification
This term means “a setting free.” It’s an antonym for restraint or enslavement.
emancipation
Under Mexican rule, the main appeal Texas held for American settlers was
cheap land
The Wilmot Proviso proposed that slavery should be banned from
all of the territories won from Mexico.
Which of the following made “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” citizens of the nation?
Fourteenth Amendment