Expansion and Land Acquisitions
This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This revolution transformed American industry and economy through new inventions and factory systems.
What is the Market Revolution?
This war fought between 1812 and 1815 established the United States as a strong nation capable of defending its interests.
What is the War of 1812?
This movement sought the abolition of slavery in the United States.
What is the abolitionist movement?
This speech by Abraham Lincoln redefined the purpose of the Civil War and honored fallen soldiers.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This doctrine, established in 1823, warned European powers against colonization in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
These developments included the telegraph, steam engine, and railroads.
What are technological developments?
his 1820 agreement attempted to balance the power between slave and free states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
his 1832 Supreme Court case recognized the sovereignty of Native American nations.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This was the primary economic and strategic advantage of the Union during the Civil War.
What are strengths/weaknesses of the Union?
This war, fought from 1846 to 1848, resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories in the modern-day southwestern United States.
What is the Mexican-American War?
Both free and enslaved individuals characterized this type of labor system.
What is free and enslaved labor?
This crisis during Andrew Jackson's presidency involved a confrontation with South Carolina over tariff laws.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This movement advocated for women's suffrage and equal rights.
What is the women’s rights movement?
This term refers to the formal end of slavery in the United States.
What is the abolition of slavery?
This concept held that Americans were destined to expand across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
These networks significantly improved the movement of goods and people across the country.
What are transportation networks?
This decision by the Supreme Court in 1857 ruled that African Americans could not be American citizens.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
This 19th-century reform focused on addressing issues such as temperance, education, and prison reform.
What are social reforms?
This series of actions increased the president’s powers during the Civil War.
What is the expansion of executive power during the war?
This 1854 act allowed territories to decide on the legality of slavery, leading to violent conflicts.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This act in 1830 led to the forced relocation of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This term refers to the strong identification with one's state or region rather than with the country as a whole.
What is sectionalism?
This violent abolitionist raid in 1859 aimed to initiate a slave uprising.
What is John Brown's raid?
This act, passed in 1850, attempted to ease tensions between slave and free states by admitting California as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?