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
Bloodiest battle of the civil war
Gettysburg
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)
Radical Republicans would have believed in what types of things?
Civil Rights for All, Anti-Slavery, Harsh Punishment on Southerners, Equality, Universal Male Suffrage
The Fugitive Slave Act was the MOST controversial aspect of this legislative decision regarding California statehood.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Who started an armed slave revolt in Southern states by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Who is John Brown?
Originally proposed by a Democrat from Michigan that allowed the decision of slavery within a territory to be decided upon by the settlers of the area.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Which act gave 160 acres for free to anyone who would pay $10 and promise to cultivate land for minimum of 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
The primary goal of the Constitutional Union Party was
To unify the country-To create a more perfect union
This book painted the owners of slaves as monsters and helped the abolitionist movement in the early 1850s:
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The caning of Sumner will happen because of disagreements over what piece of legislation?
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
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
The passage of the 14th amendment would directly reverse what decision?
Dred Scott Case
When a proslavery Congressman beat another Congressman with his cane.
What is the Sumner-Brooks Incident?
???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
??Why was Lincoln hesitant to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Was afraid it would cause the border states to secede
This institution can be credited as one of the most influential and opportunity presenting part of Reconstruction for Black Americans after the Civil War
Black Churches
What does the 14th amendment say?
Citizenship to people (1) born in the US (2) naturalized. (Except Native Americans)
Equal protection for everyone under the law.
How will the Mexican cession lead to growing tensions between the North & the South?
Most of the new territory is below the 36°30' line
What legislation was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case?
Missouri Compromise
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
Ended reconstruction
Compromise of 1877.