The Early Republic
President Jefferson bought territory from Napoleon, paying $15 million for it.
The Louisiana Purchase
The Alamo
The decision wherein an imaginary line would be drawn west. Any new state within U.S. territory above the line would be a free state, and any new state below the line would be a slave state.
The Missouri Compromise
One of the most gifted tactical Confederate commanders in the Civil War. He was killed by friendly fire.
Stonewall Jackson
A Confederate sympathizer and spy John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln at Ford’s Theater.
John Wilkes Booth
The first two parties that emerged in the United States?
Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
He was the president of Mexico, but he rejected the Mexican constitution and made himself a dictator (desiring to become the Napoleon of the West).
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
The name given for disputes that arose between different states and regions in the United States. Each of these regions had different views on the government, the economy, and issues like slavery or suffrage.
Sectionalism
The president of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
Which two amendments declared that all people born or naturalized in the United States were citizens and prohibited any state to deny a citizen the right to vote because of race?
14th and 15 Amendments
What was the outcome of the War of 1812?
America and Britain signed a peace treaty ending the war. They agreed to restore prewar conditions, meaning that the war changed nothing with regard to territory or power.
Why did conflict emerge between Mexico and Americans in Texas prior to Texan independence?
Mexico required that Americans settling in Texas become Mexican citizens, which would eventually lead to conflict due to cultural differences (e.g. Americans bringing in slaves).
The decision that brought California into the Union as a free state. It also determined that the Mexican Cession would be divided between New Mexico and Utah territories, and they would have popular sovereignty. Additionally, it included the Fugitive Slave Act.
The Compromise of 1850
A Union general who President Lincoln eventually appointed to commander of all Union forces.
Ulysses S. Grant
What happened to President Andrew Johnson when he fired his Secretary of War, ignoring the Tenure of Office Act?
He was impeached
What British practice was a major cause of the War of 1812?
The British impressed American sailors into British service.
How did Mexico respond to Texas’ independence?
The Mexican government refused to recognize the treaty signed by Santa Anna, and they considered Texas as part of Mexico.
The Supreme Court case that made a sweeping decision declaring Congress had no power to outlaw slavery in the territories.
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
One of the best U.S. generals who chose to fight for the Confederacy and lead the Confederate army, despite Lincoln’s request that he fight for the Union.
Robert E. Lee
A government agency created to help former slaves by giving them food and clothing, help find them jobs, and set up schools.
The Freedman's Bureau
A controversial series of legislation signed by John Adams that contributed to the Federalist Party’s decline
The Alien and Sedition Acts
The battle where Texans defeated the Mexican army and forced their general/president to sign over Texas to them.
The Battle of San Jacinto
The act that divide the Midwest territory into two territories and give them popular sovereignty on the matter of slavery. The result was violence between different settlers over control of one of the territories.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
A Union general who led the March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah, destroying fields, barns, homes, bridges, and factories along the way.
William Tecumseh Sherman
These acts divided the south into five districts to enforce the requirements of the Radical Reconstruction.
The Military Reconstruction Acts