Civil War and Westward Expansion People
An extreme form of patriotism
What is Nationalism
A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution
Who is an Abolitionist
The largest and most signifigant battle in the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
Developing as though according to a pre-existing plan
What is Destined
The United States bought 827,000 square miles of land from the French, doubling the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase
The United States was what side in the Civil War?
What is the Union
Former Slave who convinced President Lincoln to make the war about Slavery and write the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Frederick Douglas
Done for a good or legitimate reason
What is Justified
Famous sight where General Lee surrendered to General Grant
What is Appomattox
The idea that the government gets its power from the people who vote
What is Popular Sovereignty
Creator of the Ohio Valley Confederacy of Native American Tribes
Who is Tecumseh
What some call the First Battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Bull Run
Exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region; loyalty to your region instead of to the nation.
What is Sectionalism
This Act allowed the President to give land West of the Mississippi to Native Americans who were living East of the Mississippi and Native Americans were given financial assistance and promises of protection on their new land
What is the Indian Removal Act
To free from restraint, control, or the power of another
What is Emancipate
American Slavs who sued his master for keeping him enslaved in a territory where slavery is outlawed
Who is Dred Scott
What was the last war of the Civil War?
What is Appomattox
The formal giving up of territory
What is Cession
This compromise allowed states to decide if they wanted to be slave or free states while also putting into place the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850
The act of formally withdrawing membership from a group
What is Secession