Westward Expansion
This 1803 land purchase doubled the size of the United States
The Louisiana Purchase
This 1850 law required Northerners to return escaped enslaved people.
Fugitive Slave Act
What was the expectation of women during the 19th century
To marry and have kids
This abolitionist, would create his famous newspaper, The North Star, in Rochester
Frederick Douglass
The election of 1860 would result in this man serving as the president
Abraham Lincoln
This idea claimed that Americans were destined to expand across the continent.
Manifest Destiny
This 1857 Supreme Court decision said African Americans were not citizens.
Dread Scott decision
This movement, led by women, would gather attention of the country towards alcohol use
Temperance Movement
BONUS!!!
BONUS!!!
This vocab term is what it is called when the southern states departed from the country.
Secession
This 1830 law forced Native Americans off their lands and led to the Trail of Tears.
Indian Removal Act
This 1854 act allowed the people to vote on slavery in two states.
Kansas-Nebraska act
This convention, happening in 1848, would serve as a foundation for the Women’s Suffrage Movement
The Seneca Falls Convention
Harriet Beecher Stowe would write this abolitionist classic.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This document would free all African Americans in the rebelling states
The Emancipation Proclamation
This 1848 war would result in America gaining Texas, California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona
Mexican-American War
Violent conflicts due to election fraud would result in a mini-civil war, also known as
Bleeding Kansas
This document, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, would advocate for women equality.
The Declaration of Sentiments
This abolitionist would famously write his newspaper The Liberator despite never experiencing slavery
William Lloyd Garrison
This man would lead the army of the confederacy
General Robert E. Lee
This event was the reason that California was able to apply for statehood so quickly
The compromise of 1850
This abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry hoping to start a slave revolt.
John Brown
This famous advocate for women’s rights would give her famous “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech.
Sojourner Truth
This man would lead a rebellion that vowed to kill any white person they encountered
Nat Turner
This fort would serve as the location of the first battle in the American Civil War
Fort Sumter