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
What act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state?
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Fears of border states being Confederate sympathizers will lead to what being established in those areas by the Union?
Martial Law
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
Why will the U.S. will not further push negotiations in regards to the Oregon Territory with the British?
Had to focus on tensions on the southern border with Mexico
What is one of the most well known books written to expose the treatment of enslaved peoples in America?
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Other than the Confederate army being defeated, why else did the South have to surrender to the Union?
Infrastructure in the South was demolished
(Scorched Earth)
What organization provided food, housing, medical aid, established schools and offered legal assistance in the aftermath of the Civil War?
The Freedmen's Bureau
What did the federal government sell to people at a low cost after the Civil War to help rebuild the country?
Land (generally western lands)
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
The caning of Sumner will happen because of disagreements over what piece of legislation?
The Kansas Nebraska Act
What naval military strategy was the most victorious strategy used by the Union?
Anaconda Plan-Ability to maintain an effective sea blockade on the South
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
What officially ended the Mexican–American War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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
Extra points: What legislation was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case?
Why was Lincoln hesitant to issue the Emancipation Proclomation?
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.
What was the "slogan used by Polk in regards to his demands for the acquisition of the Oregon territory?
"54-40 or Fight"
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
What were the names of the Union & Confederate generals in these famous paintings during the surrender of the Confederate Army to the Union at the Appomattox Courthouse?
General Lee (C)
General Grant (U)
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
Nativist sentiments will begin to rise in America because of the increasing number of ________.
Immigrants