1850-1900 APUSH

Antebellum

100

This compromise admitted California as a free state, outlawed the slave trade in DC, strengthened the fugitive slave law, and established popular sovereignty in the remaining Western territories

The Compromise of 1850

200

This legislation contributed to rising sectional tension in the United States and lead to violent confrontation in the mid-west over the expansion of slavery

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

300

A physical altercation between two senators following an anti-slavery speech in congress

Sumner-Brooks Incident

400

These individuals perceived slavery as beneficial for African Americans because it provided them with resources and structure

Apologists

500

This was a last-ditch effort to keep the southern states from seceding from the union by ensuring slavery in the south.

Crittenden Compromise

Wars

100

This was the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War which ended in a draw but union domination allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Battle of Antietam

200

Southern diplomatic and economic strategy used to gain European support for the south

King Cotton Diplomacy

300

Confederate diplomats were detained by the U.S. Navy on British ships, leading to tension between the union and Great Britain

Trent Affair

400

-Greater industrial production

-Established government

-Effective finances

-More troops

Advantages of the Union

500

This amendment promised Cuban independence from American military control following the Spanish-American War

Teller Amendment

Reconstruction

100

The most lenient reconstruction plan which offered amnesty to white southerners who pledged loyalty to the union and recognized the abolition of slavery

Lincoln's 10% Plan

200

This reconstruction plan was administered by congress and established military control in the south. It required ratification of the 14th amendment

Congressional/Radical Reconstruction

300

This reconstruction plan gave amnesty to white southerners who took an oath of personal allegiance and allowed the president to appoint a provisional governor 

Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

400

This compromise ended the reconstruction period by removing military occupation in the south

Compromise of 1877

500

Congress claimed that President Johnson violated this act and attempted to get him impeached from office

Tenure of Office Act

Reform & Culture

100

This sensationalist media prompted reform action in various areas

Yellow Journalism

200

This was a book written by Andrew Carnegie arguing that the rich have a duty to elevate their communities

Gospel of Wealth

300

These laws were encouraged by farmers who wanted more government involvement and price regulation of crops and railroads

Granger Laws

400

This act was an attempt to assimilate Native Americans by removing communal land and gave individuals land for agricultural use

Dawes Act

500

This was a march on Washington that protested unemployment during the Panic of 1893

Coxey's Army

Politics

100

This anti-slavery party was formed by Whigs and northern democrats

Republican Party

200

This party was formed by farmers who pushed for greater government regulation to help agrarian Americans and supported free silver

Populist Party

300

This nativist party wanted stricter restrictions on immigration to protect the white-American standard

Know-Nothing Party

400

This court ruling declared the Missouri Compromise as void and established that black Americans were not citizens

Dred-Scott Decision

500

This act was passed to combat the spoils system. It awarded government jobs based on merit

Pendleton Civil Service Act