Slavery
Which amendment banned slavery in the United States
13th
The United States gained the Louisiana Territory by
buying it from France
What was the solution of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state
What amendment declared that no state could deny any person "equal protection of the laws"
14th
Why did people move west?
For new opportunities
Name of antislavery novel that changed Northern perceptions of slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What is Manifest Destiny
The idea that God gave the continent to Americans and wanted them to settle western land
Anger over the Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in a new coalition that became what party?
Republican
What Union victory cut the Confederacy in two
Vicksburg
Treaty that ended war of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
Name 2 things state slave codes forbade enslaved people to do
1. Own property
2. leave slaveholder's premises without permission
3. testify against a white person
Who did US declare war on in 1812
Britian
what does nullification mean
declaring a federal law invalid
with the defeat in this battle, the South lost its best chance at gaining international recognition and support. What is the name of the battle
Battle of Antietam
What is the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What is Emancipation Proclamation
decreed freedom for all enslaved people in areas still in rebellion against the Union
What was the leading economic activity in early 1800's
Agriculture
While the House of Representatives had a majority of Northerners in 1819, admitting any new state, either slave or free, would upset the balance in
Senate
It was clear that a large, well-trained army would be needed to defeat the South after the Union defeat at
the First Battle of Bull Run
From what country did the United States acquire California, Arizona, and New Mexico?
Mexico
A free African American could be falsely taken into custody under the terms of the
Fugitive Slave Act
Name the two people who started the Seneca Falls Convention
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
If California entered the Union as a free state, the slaveholding states would become a minority in the
Senate
Lacking sufficient money from taxes or bonds, the Confederacy was forced to print paper money to pay its bills, causing rapid
inflation in the South
What year did Texas join the Union
1845