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100
Although the border was not established at 54'40", this land was added to the USA after a boundary dispute with the British was settled in 1846.
What is the state of Oregon (or Oregon territory)?
100
He was declared "property" by the Supreme Court in 1857.
Who was Dred Scott?
100

The Civil War began here:

What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?

100
This change to the US Constitution abolished slavery in the United States in 1865
What is the 13th amendment?
100

President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated here: 

What is Ford's Theater?

200

The annexation of this large U.S. state was one of the main reasons for the war with Mexico:

What is Texas?

200
Debate over this legislative decision led to violence in the West and violence in the legislature itself.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
200

This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and one of the major turning points:

(hint: the final time Lee invaded the North)

What is the Battle of Gettysburg?

200

This system limited the rights of free African Americans following the war:

What are the Black Codes?

200
Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
What were the first states to secede following Lincoln's election in 1860?
300

The territory gained from Mexico is known as:

What is the Mexican Cession?

300
The Fugitive Slave Act was the MOST controversial aspect of this legislative decision regarding California statehood.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
300
This finally convinced the French and English that they could definitely not recognize or support the Confederate States of America.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
Those who wanted to restore white rule in the South in order to help the South recover after the Civil War.
What is "redemption" or "redeemers?"
300

This state was founded out of loyalty to the U.S and their refusal to join the Confederacy:

What is West Virginia?

400

The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War:

What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

400

This book painted the owners of slaves as monsters and helped the abolitionist movement in the early 1850s:

What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?

400

The Union gained ____ and marked a major turning point of the war at the Battle of Vicksburg:

What is control of the Mississippi River?

400

This effectively ended the era known as Reconstruction:

What is the Compromise of 1877?

400

President Andrew Johnson was impeached when he violated this congressional effort to limit his power by dismissing Secretary of War Stanton.

What is the Tenure of Office Act?

500
This failed attempt to abolish slavery in all new territories acquired from Mexico was NOT added to the Compromise of 1850.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
500

In 1846, these two men got into a skirmish on the floor of the House of Representatives over the issue of using popular sovereignty to make decisions about slavery in the territories.

What is the Caning of Charles Sumner? Beaten by Preston Brooks.

500
Lincoln violated many civil liberties when he believed it was for the general good of the country, including this right to not be held in prison without a fair trial.
What is habeas corpus?
500

This held freedmen captive in a system that was virtual enslavement; much like the serfs of the medieval feudal system.

What is the sharecropping system?

500
Nicknames given to Northerners who wanted to either help the South or profit from their misfortune and Southerners who supported Republican regimes.
What are carpetbaggers and scalawags?