Causes 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
The idea that states should be able to vote on the legalization of slavery in their territory is considered...
Popular Sovereignty.
This was the 7th State to secede?
Texas
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
An organization made to help freed slaves to get land, education, and work
Free 100
Free 100
This was issued by Henry Clay to ease tensions with the statehood of California and New Mexico
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This political party was against slavery because it limited opportunity for white laborers.
Free Soil Party/Movement
What was the 9th state to secede?
Arkansas
Democrat had more votes (but not enough to win), but 3 southern states argued both parties won.
What were some reasons that Texas wanted to leave Mexico?
Which act gave territories Popular Sovereignty over the issue of slavery?
What is the Kansas-Nebraska act?
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, ended slave trade in DC
What was the 1st state to secede?
South Carolina
What was one of the 3 Black Codes we went over that limited voting rights?
-Grandfather clause
-Literacy Tests
-Poll Taxes
The passage of the 14th amendment reversed what decision?
The Dred Scott case
What territories / states were added after the Mexican American War?
Texas, California, New Mexico and Utah
What were the decisions 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
What was the 5th state to secede?
Georgia
What were the three amendments of reconstruction, list the number and description (3 answers)
13th- Ended Slavery
14-Birthright citizenship & equal protections under the law
15-All male citizens can vote
what did the emancipation proclamation do?
Free the slaves in the south (confederacy)
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 precedent was overturned by the Dred Scott Decision?
Missouri Compromise
What was the 11th state to secede?
Tennessee
What did the South offer and what did they gain from the Compromise of 1877? (all)
-North/Federal Military/Republicans leave the South
-North helps South Industrialize and build a national railroad
-Southern states give their vote to Rutherford B. Hayes
What was the Spot Resolution and who proposed it?
Find the exact spot where the American soldiers were killed before declaring war on Mexico, Abraham Lincoln