Religion
In the 1800s, this North American country was mostly Protestant while this North American country was mostly Catholic. (Provide the two counties and their religions)
The United States was Protestant and Mexico was Catholic
This election sparked the Civil War
The Presidential Election of 1860 (Abraham Lincoln vs. John C. Breckinridge vs. John Bell)
This political ideology saw it as the U.S's fate to expand to the Pacific ocean.
Manifest Destiny
Who was the "Manifest Destiny" President?
James K. Polk
The name of Haiti when it was under French rule.
Saint-Domingue
During what religious movement did the Methodist Church use circuit riders to reach people in frontier locations?
The Second Great Awakening
During the Civil War, what type of societies did women form to help with the war effort.
Aid Societies. (Made and repaired uniforms, collected supplies like food/blankets/soap for soldiers, provided nurses to military hospitals, and fundraised for the war)
An ideology that became prominent in the 1800s that emphasized loyalty and devotion to your own nation. It generally focuses on national and cultural pride, seeing ones nation and its people as better than others.
Nationalism
This Illinois Senator was a prominent believer in "Popular Sovereignty"
Stephen Douglas
These people formed private militias to invade parts of Latin America and set up their own states, often bring slavery with them.
Filibuster(s)/Filibusteros
One way the 2nd Great Awakening led to the Civil War was how people began to see a specific practice as a sin. What was this specific practice?
Slavery
Which side in the Civil War saw French Emperor of Mexico as a potential ally?
The South (The Confederacy)
What war led to the U.S. annexing California, New Mexico, and Arizona?
The Mexican-American War
This enslaved African-American man was brought to a free state where sued for his freedom and the Supreme Court ruled that enslaved people had no right to sue and would remain enslaved even in free states.
Dred Scott
(The Dred Scott Case or The 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford Decision)
The U.S. policy after the Civil War that sought to rebuild the South while also empowering African Americans to participate in government. (The South did not like this and it would only last until 1877)
Reconstruction
How many tribes were seen as "civilized," in part due to their acceptance of Christianity?
Five (The Five Civilized Tribes)
This policy upset the free/slave state balance in the years leading up to the Civil War by letting a state and its population decide for themselves whether to be a free or slave state.
Popular Sovereignty
What were the two inventions/technological advancements that helped the United States expand west? (not guns)
The French Emperor of Mexico
Emperor Maximilian
There were lots of revolutions in the late 1700s and 1800s. What makes the Haitian Revolution different/special?
It was the only successful slave revolt in history that created an independent state, led by formerly enslaved people and people of color.
What were the three reform movements discussed in class that grew out of the Second Great Awakening?
The Temperance Movement, Women's Rights, and Abolitionism.
A policy of "total war" had been used on Native Americans in the past. General Sherman applied these tactics when fighting against the South. What was the name of this campaign?
The March to the Sea.
(The Savannah Campaign. Intended to "make Georgia howl" by destroying civilian infrastructure, including factories, farms, and railroads, destroying the South's material and moral support. )
Despite the West being populated by Native Americans, the U.S. justified the taking of this land because they saw it as _________.
"Unproductive"
(Land not actively farmed or developed in a European, capitalist manner was seen as being wasted)
This man wrote the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution (An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti).
Marcus Rainsford
What were the 5 tribes that made up the "5 Civilized Tribes)
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole