Westward Expansion
What allowed for goods and people to travel across the country?
What is trains?
What political party supported the expansion of slavery?
What is the Democratic Party?
What issue did the south leave the Union because of?
Slavery
What tribe would tourture their prisoners extensively, and were known for their ferocity in battle?
The Comanche
What was the first large scale battle that showed the North and SOuth that the war would be long and bloddy?
First Battle of Bull Run
Who's land did settlers travel through to reach the gold mines?
Plains Indians/Native Americans
What political party was founded to end the insitution of slavery in the United States?
What is the Republican Party?
What was the name of the plan to blockade the south.
Anaconda Plan
What war chief never had an picture taken of him?
Crazy Horse
What battle halted Lees advance north, and gave Lincoln the boost he needed to make the emancipation proclimation?
Battle of Antietam
What happened to the frontier during the Civil War?
Was pushed back.
What political organization formed to terrorize African Americans to stop them from voting?
What is the KKK?
What man terrorized the south, leading them to believe that the North was coming to take away their slaves?
John Brown
What war chief adapted well to American culture on the reservations?
Quanah Parker
What battle was the turning point of the war for the North?
Battle of Gettysburg
What issus did territories face as they were added to the country before the civil war?
What was president Abraham Lincoln's goal during his first term in office?
Preserve the Union, no matter the cost.
What book showed the world the cruelty of slavery in the south?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Name 3 issues that natives faced on the reservations.
Poor food
Poor housing
Corruption- Pocketed Money
Addiction
What massacre led directly to the Fettermen fight
What goods did the Natives trade with white settlers in exchange for guns?
Buffalo Coats
Why was Lincoln able to win his first election?
Democrats vote split between multiple canidates.
Who did the Emancipation Proclamation free?
Slaves in the Confederacy.
Name two factors that lead to treaties failing.
No Chiefs
Independence
Resources
What union General was called a "Butcher" for his high casualties in battle?
Ulysses S Grant