People and Groups
The election of this president resulted in the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The Reconstruction Amendments are these
13th Amendment: abolishes slavery
14th Amendment: grants citizenship
15th Amendment: right to vote for Black American men
This genocidal process resulted in the deaths of thousands of Native Americans as they traveled West
Trail of Tears
This action by Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
The process of putting the United States back together after the Civil War
Reconstruction
This political party promoted the abolition of slavery
Republicans
Sometimes called the Compromise of 1820, this agreement was designed to keep balance between free and slave states by drawing a line between North and South
Missouri Compromise
This terror organization aimed to prevent freedmen from voting
KKK
These innovations during the Market Revolution cut the travel times significantly
railroads, canals, and roads
This idea promoted westward expansion by justifying land acquisition as a “God-given right”
Manifest Destiny
This political party supported states' rights and was dominant in the early 19th century
Democratic-Republicans
This Supreme Court decision stated that African Americans couldn't sue for their rights because they were not, and would never be, citizens of the United States
Dred Scott Case
A movement in the mid-19th century that emphasized nature and emotion
Transcendentalism
This law allowed the U.S. government to forcibly expel Native Americans from the Southeast to Oklahoma
Indian Removal Act
A religious revival that resulted in the founding of the Mormon Church and increased membership in Baptist and Methodist churches
2nd Great Awakening
This president promoted white male suffrage for the "common man"
Andrew Jackson
This foreign policy involved denying European access to the Americas for colonization and emphasized the US as a global power
Monroe Doctrine
This was a meeting in 1848 in which women advocated for their right to vote
Seneca Falls Convention
This agreement added California as a free state, while Utah and New Mexico territories could vote for slavery, and enforced the Fugitive Slave Act following the Mexican-American War
Compromise of 1850
A period of political stability that resulted in an increase in nationalism in the early 19th Century
Era of Good Feelings
Formed in 1828, this party supported progressive values and industrialization of the US in the 19th century
Whigs
This Supreme Court case granted the Supreme Court the power of judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
These policies were created in the South during the Reconstruction period and lasted through the mid-20th century that promoted segregation of public spaces
Jim Crow Laws
This law allowed people to freely vote for slavery or abolition despite the symbolic Mason-Dixon line, resulting in violence among the public
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This was a shift from an agrarian economy to a capitalist industrial economy
Market Revolution