Causes
What did the Dred Scott case rule?
Ruled that the U.S. government (Congress) had no legal right to limit slavery in territories
What act accelerated western expansion by granting land for economic growth?
Homestead Act
Who won the civil war?
The North won, uniting the South and the North
What was a Southern attempt to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons?
Black Codes
What document states the freedom of America?
Declaration of Independence
As an attempt to reduce conflict of slavery, the Missouri Compromise created ___?
Created the 36°30’ line (any state above banned slavery, any state below allowed slavery)
As an attempt to reduce conflict of slavery, what was the compromise of 1850
attempt to reduce conflict of slavery by admitting California in exchange for a stricter fugitive slave law.
the civil war affected the northern economy by stimulating what?
Stimulating the growth of factories
Describe the Plessy v. Ferguson case
Plessy was arrested for riding in "white only" car of the railroad.
The court allowed the use of segregation laws by states and local governments.
What purchase doubled the size of America?
Lousiana Purchase
What was the importance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Repealed the 36°30' line of the Missouri Compromise with the establishment of popular sovereignty.
What was the cause of the Mexican-American war?
The US added Texas as a state and argued where the Texas border ended
State Amendments 13-15
13th Amendment: permanently abolished slavery
14th Amendment: granted citizenship to all who are born in the US and equal protection under laws
15th Amendment: the right for all citizens to vote
What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To support freed AA accommodating to society
How did Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" influence America?
He stated that America should be independent from Britain
The election of which president directly led to the secession of several Southern states from the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Define Sectionalism
loyalty to one's own region/section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point?
The South was winning, but the North caught up and won the civil war
Describe the Compromise of 1877
President Rutherford B. Hayes removed federal troops from southern states leaving African Americans unprotected
Who was Robert E. Lee?
A Confederate (Southern) general during the civil war
What was the Emancipation Proclamation
Declared that all held as slaves in the rebellious states (South) are free and invited to fight with the Union (North)
What was the goal of the Gettysburg Address
Urged the importance of keeping the Union together (keeping America, the North and the South, together)
Which battle officially started the Civil War?
Battle at Fort Sumter
African Americans achieve legal rights through ___?
Constitutional Amendments
Who bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The U.S