Unit: The Antebellum Era (1800–1850)
Women's Rights and Abolitionism were called Reform movements. Define the concept Reform
a gradual, deliberate improvement or change
Manifest Destiny was the belief that:
the U.S. had the obligation to expand across the continent
Besides Missouri, Which other US State was created in the Missouri Compromise agreement in 1820?
Maine
in 1860, Lincoln was elected president by just northern States, The first state to secede after Lincoln's election was:
South Carolina
What did the 13th Amendment to the U.S Constitution accomplish?
Abolished slavery in the United States
What did the "Cult of Domesticity" emphasize regarding Women's Rights?
women belonged in traditional gender roles
Who did Texans fight against for Indpendence in 1836
Mexico
The Underground Railroad helped enslaved people by
providing escape routes and hiding places
During the Civil War, where did Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation offically declare the end to slavery in?
Only in those confederate States who were at war against the North
The Freedmen’s Bureau provided:
food, clothing, education, and healthcare to the freed slaves
Abolitionists argued that all enslaved people should be emancipated, which means this
To set free
Which trail was used by thousands of American families to settle on fertile farmland in the Pacific Northwest?
Oregon Trail
Popular sovereignty was a belief that argued
slavery could be voted for by the townspeople in western territories
Which battle is known as both Turning Point victory for the North and the bloodiest battle in the entire war?
Gettysburg
new system of labor allowed African Americans to work the land for the owner, keeping a portion of the harvest and paying the rest as rent
Sharecropping
Besides fighting to end slavery, both Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison took this major similar action
Publishing and Writing
America annexed Texas in 1845, which was a cause for the Mexican-American War. Was does the term annex mean?
Gain and incorporate the territory into US control
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a novel that
exposed the cruelty of slavery
The two goals of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address were
1. To Honor the Fallen Soldiers
2. Unite the Country and end the war
Northern Republicans who moved South during Reconstruction were called this
Carpetbaggers
Seneca Falls Convention is best known for being this
launched the women’s rights movement
What were the (5) current US States who territory was gained by America when they defeated Mexico in 1848?
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California
The Dred Scott decision (1857) ruled that:
enslaved people had no rights in free states
What is the significance of Appomattox Courthouse
The South formally surrendered, ending the Civil War
The 14th Amendment defined what a citizen was and guaranteed:
Equal protection under the law