A Growing Country
The name of the belief that it was the US's God-given right to expand across North America, westward, from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
What is Manifest Destiny?
This compromise created the Fugitive Slave Law, admitted California as a free state, established popular sovereignty in NM and Utah territories, and banned the slave trade in D.C.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This Supreme Court Case rejected the claim of a slave, who argued that a slave who had resided in a free state/territory where slavery was outlawed was not entitled to their freedom
Who is Dred Scott?
This declared that slaves were free in confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This side had better generals in the war however suffered from material and manpower shortages?
What is the South or the Confederate side?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and gave the U.S.much of the Southwest including states such as California and Nevada.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This compromise set up two territories where slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty, ending the Missouri Compromise.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
This was the title of the anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stower which strengthened support for the abolitionist side in the north, increasing sectional tensions.
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
This Battle was the bloodiest day in American history resulting in over 22,000 casualties.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This sides advantages were a greater population, majority of the railroad lines, a navy, and majority of the manufacturing.
What is the North or the Union?
This president was instrumental in the United States' expansion during his presidency from 1845 to 1849, overseeing the acquisition of over 1 million square miles of territory.
What is James Polk?
This rejected proposal would have forbidden slavery in new territories acquired from Mexico.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
Who is Henry Clay?
At the 1st Battle of Bull Run, this general led his troops famously to a huge confederate victory
Who is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?
This battle was the bloodiest of the war ands the biggest turning point in the war in favor of the union.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This was the line of latitude demanded for the territory of Oregon. There was even a catchy slogan to go along with it.
What is 54,40?
What is Bleeding Kansas?
This abolitionist who believed in the use of violence to end slavery was a key figure in the Raid on Harpers Ferry and the Pottawatomie Massacre.
Who is John Brown?
This uprising broke out right here in Baltimore back in 1861 when militia were attacked moving through Baltimore to D.C. resulting in 12 Confederate sympathizers and 4 U.S. soldiers being killed
What is the Pratt Street Riots?
This confederate military campaign entailed a 300 mile treck from Chattanooga to Atlanta to Savannah where troops destroyed crops, railroads, and factories. This boosted Union morale and significantly damaged the confederate economy, army, and spirit.
What is the Sherman's March to the Sea?
This Mexican politician and military leader is most famous for his leadership during the attack on the Alamo which killed all 187 Americans and his role in gaining Mexico its independence.
What is Santa Anna?
This proposed amendment stated that no more slaves could be brought to Missouri and that all slaves that were currently there would have to be emancipated at a certain age/
What is the Tallmadge Amendment?
This US Senator who was a militant opponent of slavery, got beat with a cane by Preston Brooks after giving his famous speech "the Crime Against Kansas"
Who is Charles Sumner?
This Battle was general Robert E. Lees' greatest victory where he and his army defeated General Joseph Hooker. Stonewall Jackson was also killed in this battle.
What was the Battle of Chancellorsville?
This reconstruction amendment established citizenship for all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and created the equal protection clause.
What is the 14th amendment?