Expansion & Westward
What event caused the sudden growth of the city of San Francisco in the mid-1800s?
The California Gold Rush
The 2nd Great Awakening led to the growth of which kinds of movements
Social reform movements such as Abolitionism and Temperance
What was the Underground Railroad?
A network of homes and people who helped enslaved people escape to the North
Who won the presidential election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the main issue that caused the Civil War?
Slavery
What was the name of the route travelers would take to western territories?
What was the Temperance Movement trying to restrict?
Drinking Alcohol
What was the purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act?
To require Americans to assist in returning escaped enslaved people to their enslavers; to force capture and return of fugitives.
Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859?
John Brown
Which new political party did Abraham Lincoln join in the 1850s
Republican Party
Name one economic opportunity many women found during the California Gold Rush
Services such as laundry and cooking for miners (selling food and laundry).
What is Women's suffrage?
The right for women to vote
Why would Frederick Douglass have been an effective abolitionist voice?
He had lived experience as a formerly enslaved person and could powerfully describe slavery’s horrors.
Which military officer led the troops that captured John Brown at Harpers Ferry?
Robert E. Lee
What in the Democratic Party help Lincoln win in 1860?
The Democratic Party split between two candidates, weakening its national vote
Define "popular sovereignty" as used in territorial debates before the Civil War.
The settlers in a territory would vote to decide whether slavery would be permitted there
Which activist became famous for attacking saloons with a hatchet to protest alcohol?
Carrie Nation
What did the Dred Scott decision say about Black people and citizenship?
It stated that Black people were not citizens of the United States and could not have equal rights
What made Abraham Lincoln nationally known during the 1858 Illinois campaign?
His debates with Stephen Douglas (the Lincoln-Douglas debates)
What phrase described the violent conflict in Kansas between pro- and anti-slavery settlers in the mid-1850s?
Bleeding Kansas
Which 1854 law effectively nullified the Missouri Compromise and increased sectional tension?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act (it effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise).
What issue split early women's rights supporters after Reconstruction-era amendments?
Whether to support the 15th Amendment (Black men’s vote) even though it did not grant women the vote.
Describe Nat Turner's Rebellion and its significance.
A slave revolt in Virginia led by Nat Turner; it intensified Southern fears and led to harsher slave laws.
Explain how the 1859 Harpers Ferry raid increased tensions between North and South.
It alarmed Southern slaveholders who feared large-scale slave uprisings; it increased sectional mistrust.
Explain how the Kansas-Nebraska Act and popular sovereignty contributed to sectional conflict.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act created local votes on slavery (popular sovereignty), undermining previous compromises and triggering violence and sectional conflict.