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This political party was formed as a Northern anti-slavery party.
What was the Republican Party?
His election in 1860 led to the secession of Southern states.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This was the belief that the United States was divinely destined to control all land from 'sea to shining sea.'
What was Manifest Destiny?
This future U.S. state led their own revolution against Mexico in 1836.
What is Texas?
This law forced the relocation of the Cherokee from their homes in Georgia to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This man-made waterway in New York was a game-changer during the Market Revolution.
What is the Eerie Canal?
This man's election was nicknamed the Revolution of 1800.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Lincoln issued this, declaring slaves in rebelling states to be free.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
His raid on Harper's Ferry convinced Southerners that the North was threatening them.
Who was John Brown?
This Southern Congressman infamously gave a speech calling slavery a 'positive good.'
Who was John C Calhoun?
This political party's platform was purely anti-Andrew Jackson.
Who are the Whigs?
These early factories employed young single New England women to work on textile manufacturing.
What were the Lowell Mills?
This was the first major organized meeting set to discuss women rights in U.S. History.
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
What was the Battle of New Orleans?
This was the first attack of the Civil War.
What was Fort Sumter?
General Lee surrendered to Grant here.
What is Appomattox?
This invention by Eli Whitney expedited the process of cultivating cotton in the South.
What was the cotton gin?
This failed proposition suggested that slavery be banned from any territory gained from Mexico.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
This religious movement in the early 1800s led to the creation of several 'American' Christian denominations.
What was the Second Great Awakening?
He is considered the forefather to the common public school system.
Who was Horace Mann?
This agreement brought in a slave state, it brought it Maine as a free state, and it established the 36-30 line.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Lincoln suspended this for pro-Confederate sympathizers in Maryland.
What is habeas corpus?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated that the people of those states would decide the slavery question through ________ _________.
What was popular sovereignty?
John Quincy Adams won the presidency from Andrew Jackson thanks in large part from the support of this man in the House of Reps.
Who was Henry Clay?
Andrew Jackson threatened to force South Carolina to adhere to tariff laws by force during this event.
What was the Nullification Crisis?
Violent Native resistance led by this leader with weapons supplied by the British caused the calls for war against Britain in 1812.
Who was Tecumseh?
This is the name for Henry Clay's conception for a national bank, protective tariff, and internal improvements.
What is the American System?
This newspaper by William Lloyd Garrison spread radical abolitionist rhetoric in the 1800s.
What was the Liberator?
This law added to the Compromise of 1850 to appease the South forced Northerners to aid in the capture of runaway slaves.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
With this agreement, the United States resolved lingering disputes with Britain but angered many Americans as too conciliatory (1794).
What was Jay's Treaty?
His failed slaved uprising in 1831 triggered retribution with the tightening of slave laws regarding gatherings and education.
Who was Nat Turner?
This was the campaign slogan for James K. Polk regarding the dispute over Oregon with the British.
What is '54-40 or fight?'
With this agreement after the Mexican-American war, the U.S. gained several new states and fufilled Manifest Destiny.
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
During this controversy, French officials demanded bribes before starting negotiations with American diplomats?
What is the XYZ Affair?
This successfully organized western territories, establishing a process for admitting new states as equals in 1787.
What was the Nortwest Ordinance?