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100
Advantages that the North held over the South.
What are more railroad tracks, production of firearms, iron, and textiles, diversification of crops.
100
Was supposed to help establish a railroad with southern support. Southerners hoped to expand slavery to at least one more state.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act.
100
These two men engaged in a verbal and then a physical fight in the middle of Congress over the issue of slavery
Who are Charles Sumner and Preston Brooks.
100
A secret document that Franklin Pierce supported that would buy Cuba from Spain for America
What is the Ostend Manifesto.
100
This man moved to the North and yearned to be free The Supreme Court came to a conclusion to disagree
What is the Dred Scott Decision.
200
The Homestead Act was passed by the government in 1862. What did it do?
What is allowed cheap land to be acquired easily by Americans as long as they developed the land. Continued the migration West and a way for Americans to improve themselves.
200
Was found fraudulent and unconstitutional by Stephen Douglas and other congressmen when Kansas tried to become a state because of the wording about slavery not to mention the voting process.
What is the Lecompton Constitution.
200
This democratic man supported popular sovereignty throughout the territories of the United States.
Who is Stephen Douglas.
200
Commodore Perry sailed to Japan and used his battleships to intimidate the Japanese to trade with America. What was this called?
What is Gunboat Diplomacy.
200
This party supported popular sovereignty but the Little Giant cost his party a victory
What is the Democratic Party.
300
The Financial crash of 1857 was brought on by what?
What is overspeculation, California gold, and the Crimean War and skyrocketing grain production.
300
Name the four parts to the Compromise of 1850.
California becomes a free state Slave trade outlawed in Washington D.C. Texas and New Mexico border dispute solved and Texas gets $10 million New, strict Fugitive Slave Law
300
This rail splitter gained national fame by losing a series of debates in a bid to be an Illinois Senator.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
300
The states that America gained through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What are California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah.
300
The Border States to Lincoln and the Union were crucial They made sure that the fighting was kept out of neutral
What are Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, and Delaware (West Virginia broke away from Virginia in 1863 and could technically be included as a border state)
400
Why was it important that America open up China and Japan to trade?
America could become a Pacific power now and would not allow the British to overpower them in international trade in Asia.
400
Who did the Emancipation Proclamation free?
Who are the slaves in the Confederacy where Lincoln technically had no authority.
400
Name the four candidates in the 1860 presidential election and their platforms.
Lincoln: no extension of slavery, tariff, railroad, land Stephen Douglas: popular sovereignty John Breckinridge: extend slavery, annex Cuba John Bell: Keep the Union intact, enforce constitutional laws
400
The two things that America gained in its Treaty of Wanghia with China.
What are most favored nation status and extraterritoriality.
400
The North had men, machines, and controlled the seas The South's one advantage was led by Robert E. Lee
What is military leadership.
500
In California what types of people actually ended up becoming more wealthy than the miners mining the gold?
What are merchants selling tools, food, and providing other services.
500
Name two of the ways that Lincoln earned the nickname "King Abe" while in office
What are suspending the writ of habeas corpus, holding supervised elections in border states, declaring martial law in border states, expanding the army, declaring a blockade of Southern ports, expanding the army, appropriating money to individual citizens for war purposes.
500
This president's death actually helped the North and South come to a compromise in 1850.
Who is Zachary Taylor.
500
Why did James Gadsden purchase a small piece of land in Mexico?
To gain land that would be suitable for a railroad to be built upon. It would help the South gain prestige and economic strength.
500
Jefferson wanted a great, agrarian nation full of farm land Union victory made America work in favor of this man's plan
Who is Alexander Hamilton and the building of a nation based on industry and trade and backed by a strong federal government.
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