Westward Expansion
The belief that God destined America to expand westward
Manifest Destiny
What was the issue with westward land that forced the nation to make compromises?
Would this new land be free or allow slavery?
Name the president elected in 1860 that caused South Carolina to secede.
Abraham Lincoln
Name the nation of the south that rebelled against the Union.
Confederacy
Name the three amendments that began essential elements of the Reconstruction Period
13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15 Amendment
The nation the United States went to war against over land disputes during the early 19th century. (Hint: The answer is not Great Britain)
Mexico
Name the law that allowed southern enslavers go north and capture enslaved escapees and sometimes free black individuals such as Solomon Northup.
Fugitive Slave Act
Name the fictional book that detailed the horrors of slavery.
Name the decree enacted by Lincoln that freed all enslaved people in the rebellious states.
Emancipation Proclamation
Klu Kluk Klan or KKK
State three reasons moved westward
Gold fever (California Gold Rush), Land opportunities (Homesteading / Oregon), New Opportunities ( Mormons / Chinese / European Immigrants).
Name the compromise that admitted California as a free state.
Compromise of 1850.
Name the individual to raided Harper's Ferry in the pursuit to liberate all slaves in the south.
John Brown
Which side of the war had the advantage of proficient leadership and name their main general.
The South / Robert E. Lee / Stonewall Jackson / James Longstreet
Even though freedoms were promised for black individuals in the south, what was enforced by southern redeemers that suppressed freedoms of black communities.
Black Codes or Jim Crow Laws
Name the treaty that gave the United States large amounts of land that raised questions about the status of slavery.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Name the two territories that caused a bloody fight between pro-slave advocated and free-soil believers.
Kansas / Nebraska
Name four abolitionists who advocated for the freedom of all enslaved people.
Frederick Douglass, Angelina Grimke, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, William Still, William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, John Brown, etc.
What is the name of Sherman's Campaign as he "burned" the South's infrastructure
Sherman's March to the Sea
What is the name of the proposed bill that stated that fifty percent of a state needed to swear an oath of loyalty to the Union
Wade-Davis Bill
Name the river that the US claimed marked the boundary of their country. Land disputes over this area sparked a war.
Rio Grande
Name the individual that advocated for popular sovereignty in the western territories. (First / Last Name)
Stephen Douglass
Name the chief justice that claimed that enslaved individuals were not citizens during the Dred Scott Decision.
Roger B. Taney
State the first six words of the Gettysburg Address
Four Score and Seven Years Ago
40 Acres and a Mule