Civil War
The election in which Lincoln won and led to Southern secession.
What is the Election of 1860?
The act that established a system for the government to assist freed slaves and poor whites.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
The economic policy that favored manufacturing and infrastructure development in the North
What is Henry Clay's American System
The amendment that granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This case established judicial review and strengthened the Supreme Court's power.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The conflict characterized by the violent confrontations between abolitionists and pro-slavery forces in Kansas.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
The compromise that allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state while Maine entered as a free state
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The belief that it was America's destiny to expand its territory across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The group that fought against Black Codes and Jim Crow laws in the South.
What is the NAACP
The case that ruled against the legality of segregation in public facilities.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The Civil War amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This concept allowed voters to decide on the legalization of slavery in new states.
What is popular sovereignty?
The movement that sought to improve women's rights and suffrage in the 19th century.
What is the Women's Rights Movement?
The series of laws passed to prevent African Americans from voting.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This case involved a challenge to the Indian Removal Act and its implications on Native American rights.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
The Supreme Court case that established the principle of "separate but equal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The act passed under Andrew Jackson that forcibly relocated Native Americans.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
The result of the Gadsden Purchase, which further expanded U.S. territory.
What is the acquisition of land from Mexico?
The historical figure who advocated for immediate rights for African Americans through legal means.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
The Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the income tax.
What is Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.?
The plan to restore peace and address the issues in the South post-Civil War.
What is Reconstruction?
The law that aimed to break up monopolies and ensure competition in the market.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
The act that granted male suffrage to all African American males.
What is the 15th Amendment?
The compromise that effectively ended Reconstruction and allowed Southern states to regain control.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
The case that dealt with free speech during wartime and set precedents for future cases.
What is Schenk v. U.S.?