Leading up to the Civil War
Manifest Destiny
The belief that the U.S should go West
Blockade
When the Norths navy would block all goods coming into the south
Scalawags and carpetbags
Scalawags: Liked the idea of Reconstruction and wanted to rebuild
Carpetbaggers: They were northerners who went to the south to vote for no more slavery and work to rebuild the south
Robber Barons
People who take profits and wouldn't give any back and would make a tone of money
Kansas/Nebraska Act
The states would be decided if they were a free or slave state by popular sovereignty
Dredd Scott
Dredd Scott was a slave who was taken to the North to be a free man and then the South took him back and he sued them to the supreme court and argued that he was in the North so he was a free man and then they said since your African American your not fully a citizen
Why was the KKK founded
They didn't like African Americans and didn't want equal rights for them
With trains, people were moving fast, and time zones were needed for safety
Compromise of 1850
California is a free state
No more slave trade in D.C
Fugitive Slave Act
There is popular sovereignty
Uncle Toms Cabin
A book about the horrors of slavery that made people in the North feel sympathetic towards slavery it also increased the support for abolition in the north
Radical Republicans
They were people who supported equal right's for African Americans
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Ended the Mexican American war, gave America Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah
How was Kansas and Nebraska decided if it was a free or slave state?
Popular Sovereignty
Hayes/Tilden Election
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas was being decided if it was a slave or free state by popular sovereignty. Many people elegally came into Kansas ended in many fights and deaths.
Where did Robert E. Lee
Antietam
Why did the Reblucicans start to loose power during grants presidency
Inexperienced, scandals, more people cared about there finances