19th century North American doctrine that said westward expansion was not only inevitable but a god given right.
What is Manifest Destiny
100
Party formed to keep slavery out of the western territories.
What is the Free-Soil Party
100
Confederate General
Turned down command of the Union Army to fight for his home state of Virginia
Who is Robert E. Lee
100
Union victory that destroyed one third of Robert E. Lee’s forces and turned the tide of the war. Was the last attempt by the South to invade the North.
What is Battle of Gettysburg
100
Strategy used by the Union Army to suffocate the South.
Goal was to divide the South into two and cut off all supplies for their armies
What is the Anaconda Plan
200
1848 mass migration westward that dramatically increased the population of the West and made Manifest Destiny real.
What is the California Gold Rush
200
Approach that allowed citizens of territories to decide the slavery issue for themsleves.
What is Popular Sovereignty
200
Union General
Countless victories over confederate armies including the battle of Vicksburg. This victory at the Mississippi River split the Confederate Army in two.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
200
Organized secret society that used terror and violence against African Americans to keep them from voting
Ku Klux Klan
200
During the Civil War Era, southern states were known as...
What is the Confederacy
300
The first non-populist president that came from a poor background.
Who is Andrew Jackson
300
Supreme Court decision that said enslaved African Americans were property.
What is the Dred Scott decision
300
Confederate General under Robert E. Lee.
Considered one of the best military leaders of the Civil War.
Led Confederate troops in the battle of Bull Run.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
300
The author of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
300
Decree issued by Lincoln that declared all persons held as slaves within any state in rebellion, shall be forever free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
400
Expansionist President that supported the Mexican American War.
Who is James K. Polk
400
Sutter's Mill was the location that prompted...
the California Gold Rush
400
Union General
Implemented a “total war” strategy toward the South that resulted in a “scorched Earth” policy and the burning of Atlanta.
Who is William T. Sherman
400
"He that will not work, shall not ____" - John Smith
EAT
400
Where the Civil War ended
Appomatattox Courth House
500
After the Mexican American War, this lead to the United States gaining New Mexico, California, and securing the Texas border at the Rio Grande.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
500
Divided this territory into two seperate territories. Allowed voters to decide on the slavery issue through popular sovereignty.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
500
President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
500
An amendment to the Constitution ending slavery
13th Ammendment
500
50% of it burned down after Sherman's march and the implementation of total war.