Which land acquisition doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
100
Andrew Jackson's presidential campaign in 1828 was built on the premise of "universal suffrage." Who did Jackson's "universal suffrage" actually include?
white men
100
In the Antebellum period, where were the majority of the nation's factories and immigrants?
the North
100
Why did the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 lead Southern states beginning with South Carolina to secede from the Union and form the Confederate States of America?
They though Lincoln would stop any expansion of slavery and eventually abolish slavery.
100
What did most newly emancipated Blacks work as following the Civil War?
sharecroppers and/or tenant farmers
200
What was the belief that white Americans should possess and control the lands of the North American all the way the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Destiny
200
Which Antebellum reform movement sought to see slavery abolished in the United States?
Abolitionist Movement
200
Describe the life of an African-American living in the North during the Antebellum Period.
Little to no rights; could marry; hard to find work; discrimination and segregation prevailed.
200
Where did the Emancipation Proclamation free slaves?
In Southern states that seceded.
200
What did the Reconstruction Act of 1867 do politically to the South?
Divided the South into military districts that were each governed by a Union general.
300
Why did President Polk send US troops to the Texas/Mexico border in the mid-1840s?
To bait Mexican forces into attacking the United States so that the United States could invade Mexico to gain the Northern Territories
300
What event marked the beginning of the Women's Rights Movement in the United States?
Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
300
How did Henry Clay's "American System" lead the agricultural West to flip and become pro-tariff?
The American System called for internal improvements like roads, canals and railroads. The West needed these things. The North promised to support the building of these things in the West in exchange for western support of the tariff.
300
What were some advantages the North held over the South in the Civil War?
More soldiers, more resources, more factories, more railroads, more money, better political leadership
300
Explain each of the 3 "Reconstruction amendments."
13th - freed slaves; 14th - citizenship and equal protection; 15th - black men vote
400
What geographic feature served as the westernmost border of the United States in 1783?
Mississippi River
400
How did the nationalism stemming from the War of 1812 influence the Monroe Doctrine in 1823?
The young nation had defeated the most powerful nation in the world (Britain) twice in 30 years and felt invincible. The Monroe Doctrine is the first time the United States takes somewhat "hostile" foreign policy and directs it at an entire continent.
400
Why was the tariff the issues central to the Nullification Crisis of the 1830s?
Southern states like South Carolina were against tariffs because they hindered profits from overseas cotton and tobacco sales.
400
What was the significance of the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg with regards to Southern strategy during the Civil War?
Both were failed attempts by the South to invade the North. Following Gettysburg, the South abandoned its efforts to invade the North.
400
What landmark Supreme Court decision upheld de jure segregation in the United States?
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
500
What legislation supported by President Andrew Jackson authorized the forcible removal of Native Americans in the Southeast, but was declared "unconstitutional" by the Supreme Court?
Indian Removal Act of 1830
500
Formed in the 1850s, the Republican party represented two view points that were against slavery. What were those two viewpoints?
Moral and economic (Abolitionist and Free-soiler)
500
Why were the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 needed during the Antebellum Period?
As the country expanded, slavery was the single biggest issue. Both free and slave states sought to maintain balance of power in Congress. Each compromise delayed civil war that inevitable as the tensions over slavery continued to grow.
500
What diplomatic purpose did Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation" serve?
By freeing slaves in Southern states that seceded, Lincoln ensured that the anti-slavery nations of Britain and France would not aid the Confederacy in its war efforts.
500
Summarize the Southern response to the ratification of the 13/14/15 amendments.
Enacted Black Codes which evolved into Jim Crow laws which were designed to deny rights African Americans. Enacted poll taxes and literacy tests to keep Black from voting. Used lynchings and the KKK to strike fear into hearts of Blacks.