Westward Expansion
What was the acquisition that gave the US access to the port of New Orleans and navigation of the Mississippi River?
The Louisiana Purchase
To get rid of slavery is also called:
abolition
With increased production of this good, the reliance on slave labor increased in the South
cotton
Which 3 Amendments are considered the Reconstruction Amendments?
13, 14, 15
Andrew Jackson believed in voting rights for all white men but referred to the as what?
The Common Man
The phrase that describes the American belief that it is the right of the US to acquire all of the continental land from coast to coast.
Manifest Destiny
the right to vote is also called:
Suffrage
Did Abraham Lincoln want to save the Union or destroy it?
Save the Union
Equal protection falls under this Reconstruction Amendment.
14
What was the name of the Convention that kickstarted the fight for women's suffrage?
The Seneca Falls Convention
What was the name of the compromise that granted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
The Missouri Compromise
The word that means before the civil war and before slavery was abolished:
antebellum
The president who ran in 1860 on the platform to abolish slavery, which led to sectionalism and eventually the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This Bureau played a critical role in advocating for civil rights and protecting former slaves.
The Freedman's Bureau
Name one of the laws/ codes that was considered Jim Crow or a Black code.
no interracial marriage, cant own a gun, etc. (answers may vary)
What was the name of the acquisition that gave the US Texas?
The Mexican-American War
Two sections of the US focused on different economic, political, and social ideals is called:
Sectionalism
What was the name of the Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves in seceded states?
The Emancipation Proclamation
This Compromise ended reconstruction in the south and led to some states continuing the institution of slavery through Jim Crow and Black Codes.
The Compromise of 1877
The type of "republican" that cared about Black Rights in America is known as a _____________ Republican.
Radical Republican
Native Americans were forced off of their land for King Cotton. The were forced west on this where many people died.
The Trail of Tears
The Great Betrayal
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Andrew Johnson vetoed this bill but it was overridden by Congress so still passed
The Civil Rights Act
What is the name of the communication device used during the Civil War that sent a series of electrical currents from place to place as messages?
Telegram