expansion
What was the territory that the U.S obtained by negotiating with France?
What is the Louisiana Purchase
Who was the abolitionist who tried to single handily end slavery?
Who is John Brown
Which side had the higher population?
What is the Union
Which side attacked first?
What is the Confederacy
what was the compromise that state " no slave states above the 36th parallel?
What is the Missouri Compromise.
How did the United States obtain the Ohio Valley?
What is winning the Revolutionary War or the Treaty of Paris
Who was the first woman in U.S history to plan and lead a military raid?
Who is Harriet Tubman
which side was having trouble feeding their soldiers?
What is the Confederacy.
How many were African Americans given the Medal of Honor in the Civil War?
What is one.
What court case set the precedent that no one of African descent could be a U.S. citizen?
What is the Dred Scott Case.
Who did the U.S fight to obtain California, Arizona, and Utah?
Who is Mexico
Who was the abolitionist to successfully sue the U.S government?
Who is Sojourner Truth
Which side had the "better" military leadership?
What is the Confederacy
How did most of the soldiers die in the Civil War?
What is disease.
Why were new states usually added in pairs?
What is to maintain balance in Congress.
How was Hawaii added to the United States?
What is forced annexation
Who's rebellion was thwarted before it even began?
Who is Gabriel Prosser
The Union held 90% of the U.S. what?
What is manufacturing and banks
What were technological advancements vital for the Union's victory?
What are railroads and the Telegraph.
What act made it so southern plantation owners could enter northern states to reclaim runaway slaves?
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
What was it called when the U.S gained this land
What is the Gadsden Purchase.
Who led a rebellion that led to the deaths of over 50 people?
Who is Nat Turner
How was the Confederacy planning to overcome its disadvantages?
What is allying with other countries.
What impact did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the war?
What is change the reason for fighting the war and keeping other countries from joining the war.
What action made it so enslaved people counted only partially for their population?
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise.