Westward!
The idea that Americans were ordained by god to settle further west.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The policy of allowing newly admitted states to vote on whether they will be a free or slave state.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This was the first major battle of the civil war.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)?
What is the 10% plan?
The country from which the Louisiana Territory was purchased
What is France?
This compromise resolved the dispute over how to calculate the enslaved population in the United States.
what is the 3/5 compromise?
This battle is still the bloodiest day in America history.
What is the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)?
The constitutional amendment that provided birthright citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th amendment?
The expedition sent west by Thomas Jefferson to map an overland route to the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Lewis and Clark expedition?
this compromise allowed Missouri to be admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise
The document issued by Lincoln that ended slavery in 10 of the 11 seceded states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The constitutional amendment that officially ended slavery in America.
What is the 13th amendment?
This man-made waterway connected New York to the great lakes and boosted the U.S. Economy across the country.
What is the Erie Canal?
This book sparked further divisions between the north and south over slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The battle that lasted 3 days and would be the deadliest battle in the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The constitutional amendment that created universal voting rights for all men.
What is the 15th amendment?
This group of settlers attempted to take a shortcut through the Sierra Nevada mountains before getting trapped by a blizzard.
Who is the Donner party?
This event was the final domino to fall and led to southern states to secede
What is the election of 1860?
The name of the man who owned both the property that the Battle of Bull Run happened on, as well as the house where Robert E. Lee surrendered.
Who is Wilmer McLean?
The compromise that ended reconstruction in the south.
What is the compromise of 1877?