The belief that it was America's God given right to expand west
Manifest Destiny
100
Method of transportation paid for by government subsidies and aided settlers in settling west
Transcontinental Railroad
100
The first compromise in the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution which prohibited the expansion of slavery north of the Ohio River
Northwest Ordinance
100
The best advantage for the Confederacy which resulted in superior military leadership during the early part of the war
General Robert E. Lee
100
Amendment which outlawed slavery before the Civil War
13th Amendment
200
Major conflict and debate over territorial expansion
Slavery
200
Group of people/party who targeted immigrants by demanding economic and political restrictions upon them
Nativists/Know Nothing Party
200
A compromise that ended the dispute over land gained by the United States during the Mexican-American war
Compromise of 1850
200
General who lead the United States to victory; Known as "The Butcher" for his relentless battle strategies
General Ulysses S. Grant
200
A system similar to slavery in the South which forced African Americans back into the fields after the 13th Amendment
Sharecropping
300
A military initiative to expand the US southwest
Mexican-American War
300
A race of immigrants who came into the west coast and worked upon the transcontinental railroad
Asian-Americans
300
A reaction caused by Popular Sovereignty after the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
300
An order by President Lincoln which freed all the slaves in the States who were fighting against the Confederacy
Emancipation of Proclamation
300
President who was almost impeached due to his opposition to Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
400
The US wanted to expand to and increase world trade in which body of water?
Pacific Ocean
400
An act which helped Americans migrate to the west by having the government provide free land
Homestead Act
400
Supreme Court case which ruled that slaves were not citizens, had no right in court, and stated that government could not ban slavery in new territories, even if the people wanted it
Dred Scott Case
400
Key victory for the Union army which gave them control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederate army into two
Battle of Vicksburg
400
This compromise ended Reconstruction in the South after the Election of 1876
Compromise of 1877
500
A territory gained in result of the diplomatic initiative of the United States to gain access to the Pacific Ocean
Oregon
500
A religious group which was persecuted, and therefore moved west for religious freedom
Mormons
500
The final divide between the North and the South which resulted in several states seceding from the United States
Election of 1860
500
Example of a "Total War" strategy used by the Union Army against the Confederacy which destroyed anything in its path
Sherman's March
500
Group of people who felt left out after the admission of the 14th and 15th Amendment