APUSH 1
The idea that it is America's God given right and duty to spread American people and ideals from sea to shining sea.
Manifest Destiny
The North's plan for winning the Civil War
The Anaconda Plan
States that maintained slaves but also sided with the North during the Civil War were called this.
What is border states?
13th amendment said
Slavery is illegal (except for prisoners)
Name the Civil War amendments
13. Free the slaves
14. extension of citizenship
15. right to vote for African americans
The Fugitive Slave Act was the MOST controversial aspect of this legislative decision regarding California statehood.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The passage of the 14th amendment reversed what decision?
The Dred Scott case
What delayed Texas's statehood?
- they were a slave state
- didn't want to go to war with Mexico over slavery
The idea that states should be able to vote on the legalization of slavery in their territory is considered...
Popular Sovereignty.
This was a temporary 3rd-party against immigration
The Know-Nothing Party
This group rushed to the border to vote for slavery in Kansas
Border Ruffians
???Which part of the Compromise of 1850 did the South like best?
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 did the North like best?
Passing new fugitive slave laws
Adding California as a free state
Lincoln wanted to avoid alienating which group by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation
The border states
What territories / states were added after the Mexican American War?
Texas, California, New Mexico and Utah
This Union general led a march of destruction
Sherman
How will the Mexican cession lead to growing tensions between the North & the South?
led to tensions about the expansion of slavery in new territories
???What was the decision in the Dred Scott case?
1. Dred Scott couldn't sue in court because he wasn't a citizen
2. The gov can't deprive people of their "property"
3. The decision allowed slavery in the territories
This 1846 proposed resolution would prohibit slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico and highlighted the increased sectional tension of the time
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
What legislation protected the citizenship and protection of African Americans? (Hint: it was vetoed by Johnson, but overridden by Congress)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
This document stopped any possibility of Great Britain aiding the South in the Civil War
The Emancipation Proclamation
This act split up tribal land and gave it to individual natives
The Dawes Act
This man was caned on the senate floor
Charles Sumner
Which act gave territories Popular Sovereignty over the issue of slavery?
What is the Kansas-Nebraska act?
How do Black Codes support the claim of "citizenship but a sham"
Laws passed to limit the Black community
-Can't borrow money to rent/buy
-Literacy Tests
-Poll Taxes
-Can't sue whites in court
What was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?
the election of 1860