decrees/agreements
1820 agreement calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and banning slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north of the 36/30 N latitude
what is Missouri Compromise?
A commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (“Where Virginia goes, I go”)
who is Robert E. Lee?
1854 law that divided the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska giving each territory the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery
what is Kansas-Nebraska Act/ "Bleeding Kansas"?
1804 expedition sent by President Jefferson to explore the newly-acquired Louisiana Purchase
what is Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Political agreement that allowed California to be admitted as a free
what is compromise of 1850
Escaped slavery and rescued dozens of slaves using the Underground Railroad (“Moses of her people”); served as a spy, scout, soldier, and nurse during the American Civil War for the Union Army
who is Harriet Tubman?
Act passed by Congress in 1830 that allowed the federal government to negotiate land trades with Native Americans in the Southeast
what is Indian removal act?
19th century (1800s) doctrine that westward expansion of the United States was not only inevitable but a God-given right
what is Manifest Destiny?
Agreement by which Rutherford B. Hayes won the 1876 presidential election and in exchange agreed to remove the remaining federal troops from the South
what is compromise of 1877
After escaping from slavery, he became a national leader for the abolitionist movement (orator and
who is Frederick Douglass?
1865 constitutional amendment that abolished slavery
what is 13th Amendment?
Trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon that was used by pioneers in the mid-1800s
what is Oregon Trail?
Federal agency designed to aid freed slaves and poor white farmers in the South after the American Civil War
what is Freedmen's Bureau?
Organization that promotes hatred and discrimination against ethnic and certain religious groups
what is Ku Klux Klan?
1868 constitutional amendment which defined citizenship and guaranteed citizens equal protection under the law
what is 14th Amendment?
System that existed before the Civil War, in which black and white abolitionists helped escaped slaves travel to safe areas, especially Canada
what is Underground Railroad?
Decree by President Lincoln that freed enslaved people living in Confederate states still in rebellion
what is Emancipation Proclamation?
His raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry (West Virginia) made him a martyr for the abolitionist movement
who is John Brown?
1870 constitutional amendment that guaranteed voting rights regardless of race or previous condition of servitude
what is 15th amendment?
Forced march of the Cherokee Indians to move west of the Mississippi in the 1830s
what is Trail of Tears?