NATIONALISM & EXPANSION
What purchase doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
Which president was known as the “Common Man President”?
Andrew Jackson
What compromise balanced free and slave states in 1820?
Missouri Compromise
Who published The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery / sectionalism over slavery
What was the nickname for the War of 1812?
“The Second War for Independence”
What act forced Native Americans westward?
Indian Removal Act
What act allowed settlers to vote on slavery in territories?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What document made ending slavery a Union goal?
Emancipation Proclamation
What doctrine warned Europe to stay out of the Americas?
Monroe Doctrine
What was the forced relocation of Native Americans called?
Trail of Tears
What Supreme Court case ruled enslaved people were not citizens?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Who was the former enslaved abolitionist who published The North Star?
Frederick Douglass
What speech redefined the Civil War as a fight for democracy?
Gettysburg Address
What belief said America was destined to expand across the continent?
Manifest Destiny
What Supreme Court case did Jackson ignore regarding Cherokee rights?
Worcester v. Georgia
What compromise admitted California as a free state?
Compromise of 1850
What convention launched the women’s rights movement in 1848?
Seneca Falls Convention
What advantage helped the North win the Civil War?
Industry / railroads / larger population
What war helped the United States gain the Southwest?
Mexican-American War
How did Jackson strengthen presidential power?
He expanded the use of executive power and the veto.
What abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
What document demanded equality for women and was modeled after the Declaration of Independence?
Declaration of Sentiments
What civil liberty did Lincoln suspend during the Civil War?
Habeas corpus