The Belief that the United States had a "God" given right to expand as a chosen group of people.
What is Manifest Destiny
100
This helped settlers migrate into western territories and was paid for by Government subsidies?
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
100
The first compromise on slavery in the Articles of Confederation and Constitution that prohibited the expansion of slavery north of the Ohio River.
What is the Northwest Ordinance
100
The best advantage for the Confederacy during the war which resulted in superior military leadership during the early part of the war.
Who is Robert E. Lee
100
This outlawed slavery in the United States before the end of the Civil War.
What is 13th Amendment
200
The largest debate over territorial expansion.
What is Slavery
200
The group of people who targeted new immigrants and demanded economic and political restrictions on them
Who are the Nativists or Know Nothing Party
200
A compromise that ended the dispute over the land gained by the United States with the Mexican Cession.
What is the Compromise of 1850
200
The person who helped lead the Union to victory and earned the nickname "The Butcher" for his relentless battle strategies.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
200
Created a system similar to slavery in the South after the passage of the 13th Amendment which forced slaves back to plantations for work.
What is Sharecropping
300
An example of a military initiative to expand the United States territorially.
What is the Mexican-American War
300
Group of international migrants who came into the West Coast of the US and were used to work on the transcontinental railroad.
Who are Asian-Americans
300
An example of the violence caused by the Idea of Popular Sovereignty after the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What is Bleeding Kansas
300
An order by President Lincoln that freed all the slaves in States of rebellion who were fighting against the North.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
300
The person who was almost impeached because of his resistance to Reconstruction as a result of the battle over Reconstruction between Congress and the President.
Who is Andrew Johnson
400
One goal of US territorial expansion was to increase world trade and gain access to which body of water.
What is the Pacific Ocean
400
Helped Americans migrate into the West as the federal government provided free land.
What is the Homestead Act
400
A Supreme Court Case that ruled slaves were NOT citizens, had no right to sue in court and stated the government could NOT outlaw slavery in a new territory if the people wanted it.
What is the Dred Scott Case
400
This was a key victory for the Union army which gave them control of the Mississippi River and effectively split the Confederate Army into 2.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg
400
This ended Reconstruction in the South after the Election of 1876.
What is the Compromise of 1877
500
An example of a diplomatic initiative in which the United States gained new territory and access to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Oregon
500
Group of people who were persecuted and moved out West for religious freedom.
Who are the Mormons
500
The final divide between the North and South which resulted in South Carolina and several other states seceding from the United States.
What is the Election of 1860
500
This is an example of Total War used by the Union army against the South which destroyed anything in its path. railroads, resources, plantations and homes.
What is Sherman's March
500
Group of people who resisted the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments because they were left out.