Semester 1 Review
The first president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
This American idea asserted the right of Americans to occupy western land.
What was Manifest Destiny?
This President won the controversial election of 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This agreement established the 36-30 line as the southern border of free soil, allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, and carved out the free state of Maine from Massachusetts.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Founded in 1854, this party formed as a coalition opposing the extension of slavery into Western territories.
What is the Republican Party?
These people performed labor for a set amount of time before winning their freedom
Who were Indentured Servants?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American war and extended American territory through the southwest.
What was the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This physical altercation in congress between a prominent abolitionist and a slaveholding senator established tensions within the American legislature.
What was the Caning of Charles Sumner
This party was heavily divided between the northern and southern regions.
What is the Democrat Party?
These explorers mapped the Louisiana purchase
Who were Lewis and Clark?
The rapid migration of colonists/foreigners to the west coast in search of precious metals.
This person wrote the landmark novel Uncle Tom's Cabin which redefined Northern attitude towards slavery.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This was the first state to secede from the Union following the election of 1860.
What is South Carolina?
This party, in favor of social restraint and largely against slavery, formed in response to the one-party rule during the Era of Good Feelings.
What is the Whig Party?
This social movement advocated for less alcohol consumption
What is temperance?
This President quarreled with Lincoln over his so-called "spot resolutions," which disputed the grounds of the Mexican-American War.
Who is James K. Polk?
This radical abolitionist led a raid on Harper's Ferry and massacred innocent civilians.
Who is John Brown?
This southern politician championed popular sovereignty and proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Who is Stephen A. Douglas?
This party was opposed to the westward expansion of slavery.
What is the Free-Soil Party?
Grants of Native American land and labor to colonists by Spain (Double Jeopardy)
What is the Encomienda System?
An agreement between the U.S. and Mexico to buy the remaining Mexican land in Arizona/New Mexico (Bonus points for reenacting the insanely funny skit we watched about this in class)
What was the Gadsden Purchase?
This supreme court justice handed down a famously pro-slavery ruling in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sanford case.
Who is Roger B. Taney?
This 1846 proposal sought to ban slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico, sparking fierce debates over the expansion of slavery.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
This political party formed during the election of 1860 with the aim of avoiding secession at all costs (Daily Double).
What is the Constitutional Union Party?