Manifest Destiny
What did Mexico claim was the southern border of Texas?
Nueces River
Why did Jackson support the Indian Removal Act?
To support white white settlers
Why did South Carolina secede in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln, who was anti-slavery, was elected President.
What right did Frederick Douglas think former slaves needed right after were freed?
The right to vote.
What famous document is the Declaration of Sentiments modeled after?
Declaration of Independence
Who said, "American blood has been spilled" starting the Mexican-American War?
President Polk
What did Supreme Court have to say about Native Americans that Jackson did not like?
Native Americans had a right to the land and NOT the white settlers.
What advantages did the South have in the Civil War?
The South got to fight and defend on its own land and they had better generals.
What made Harriet Tubman famous?
Being a conductor of the Underground Railroad
What was the main idea of the Declaration of Sentiments?
Women should have equal rights as men.
Why did the South not want to annex Mexican territory after the Mexican-American War was over?
Worried that North would get more free states, upsetting the North-South balance.
Why did Andrew Jackson refuse to add Texas to the U.S. at first?
Jackson didn't want to upset the balance of free and slaves states and wanted to avoid a war with Mexico.
What is total war?
Total war means not only killing enemy soldiers, but destroying buildings, farmland, animals, etc. In other words, TOTAL destruction.
What was the election of Hayes ans removal of federal troops from the South known as?
Compromise of 1877
What right did women have in the 1800's?
Women could work in factories.
What was decided by the Treaty of Hidalgo?
Ended the Mexican-American War, added western territories to the United States, and established Rio Grande River as southern boundary of the U.S.
What was a key difference between Irish and German immigrants?
German immigrants had more money and skills than Irish immigrants.
What happened during the Battle of Gettysburg that made Lee realize he had lost the battle?
Pickett's Charge led to so many Confederate soldiers being killed that Lee knew he had lost.
What was the main belief (called platform) of the Republican Party in 1856?
Slavery in the West should be banned.
What was decided in the Dred Scot Supreme Court case?
African-Americans are property and not free.
Why did Mexico cut off ties with the United States before the Mexican-American War had started?
U.S. added Texas
What was the main similarity between Harriet Tubman and John Brown?
Both of them broke state and federal (U.S.) laws to fight slavery.
What was the main disagreement between Frederick Douglas and William Lloyd Garrison?
Douglas agreed with Lincoln that the Union (the U.S.) had to be preserved (saved/kept together) no matter what, while Garrison disagreed.
Name at least 3 parts of the Black Codes.
Public facilities like restrooms and restaurants were segregated (means kept separate).
Be punished for "vagrancy" if you did not have a job.
Black person must work for a white person.
Black people could not assemble (meet in a group) unless a white person was there.
What was the reason why did the Missouri Compromise was created?
Keep the peace (balance) between the North and South over the issue of free and slave states.