Terms
What was the term used to describe the popular belief that the US had a divine mission to extend its power and civilization across North America?
Manifest Destiny
What abolitionist thought that the only way to end slavery was through violence and he was not a former slave?
John Brown
What Civil War battle was the deadliest one-day battle in American military history to this day?
Antietam
This means to withdraw formally from a union or alliance
Secession
Which side won at the Battle of the Alamo?
Mexico
What Political Party was formed in 1860 with Abraham Lincoln being the first president of that party?
Republican Party
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Leading up to the Civil war, How many sections or regions was the U.S divided into?
3
What was the short-lived political party in the United States that focused on the issue of ending slavery in the western territories of the United States?
Free Soil Party
Who was the Leader of the Mexican troops in the Texas Revolution and the U.S/Mexican War?
Santa Anna
This was a group of Democrats in the Union who opposed the American Civil War?
Copperheads
What was the name of the Chief Justice that helped to strengthen our nation and federal government for over 35 years?
John Marshal
Which event marked the official beginning of the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
What term gives the government power to control people and property in the interest of public welfare, order and security?
Police Power
What was the name of the treaty that ended the U.S/Mexican War as the US expanded its southern border and claimed California and New Mexico territory?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What term means giving your extreme loyalty or devotion to your nation?
Nationalism
What group of settlers wanted to take a shorter southern route to California through the Sierra Nevada mountain range by following a guidebook?
Donner Party
What was the name of the plan proposed by the Union General Winfield Scott to win the Civil War?
The Anaconda Plan
What was the primary goal of the Monroe Doctrine?
To free the newly independent colonies of Latin America from Europe
What land purchase established the current border between the United States and Mexico and resolved border disputes arising from the Treaty of Mesilla?
Gadsden Purchase
What term would let the government allow the states to decide based on consent of the people and their vote?
Popular Sovereignty
What abolitionist helped find the American Anti-Slavery Society?
Lucretia Mott
Which battle was the last opportunity for the Confederacy to invade the north and change the outcome of the war?
Battle of Gettysburg
Which agreement maintained political balance between the free and slave states and would last for 30 years?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Who was the commander in chief of the U.S troops in Texas during the Texas Revolution?
Sam Houston