A law enacted as part of teh Compromise of 1850 desined to ensure that escaped slaves would be confined in bondage.
What was the Fugitive Act?
100
People who were part of the Union were against slavery.
Fill in the blank:
People who were part of the Union were ________ slavery.
100
When they decided Kansas was a slave state, there was a violent attack between to two sides later named "Bleeding Kansas"
While people debated over whether Kansas was a free or slave state, what was the outcome?
100
A philosophical and literay movement that emphasized living in a simple life and celebrated the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination.
What is Transcendentalism?
100
The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the Gold Rush, arguably one of the most significant events to shape American Histoey. As news spread of the discovery, thousands of prospective gold miners traveled by sea or over land to reach the findings.
What is the Gold Rush?
200
The Kansas Nebraska Bill, introduced by Stephen Dougalas, would allow all remaining territories to determine the issue of slavery upon popular sovereignty.
What did they decide on the Kansas Nebraska Act?
200
The Confederacy states decided to seced from the U.S.
Due to numerous problems, these people broke away form the United States.
200
A bloody battle between McClellan and Lee where a total of 26,000 soldiers died.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
200
When people decide on their own laws. Putting the citizens "in charge"
What is Popular Sovereignty?
200
Horace Mann was an American politician and educational reformer. He was devoted to promoting a change in the educational system.
What did Horace Mann accomplish?
300
- California was admitted as a free state
- Utah and New Mexico territories decide about slavery
- Texas : New Mexico boundary dispute resolved; Texas paid $10 million by federal government
- The sale of slaves banned in teh District of Columbia. But slavery itself may continue there
How effective was the Compromise of 1850?
300
Abraham Lincoln
This President the south did not like and caused them to secede.
300
The cultural differences and values between Americans and Mexicans were beginning to clash.
What caused the Mexican American War?
300
The action of breaking away (from a place).
What is secession?
300
Manifest Destiny created a surge among Americans to expand westward. As new lands were being settled and eventually pushed to become part of the Union, the North and South disputed over whether or not slave states or free states.
How did Manifest Destiny contribute to the Civil War?
400
California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Texas, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming.
After the Treaty of Guadalupe, what states did the U.S. take control of?
400
Garrison started his own paper, The Liberator, in 1831 to deliver an uncompromising message.
What did William Lloyd Garrison do to contribute to the Abolition Movement?
400
It crippled the south so badly that General Lee would never again posses sufficent forces to invade a Northern state.
What was the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg?
400
People who wanted to create a perfect society.
What is Utopian Communities?
400
The Supreme Court determined that slave (Dred Scott) was not entitled to his freedom; that African Americans see not and could never be citizens of the United States. This lead riots because of this one man's freedom.
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott v. Sanford?
500
They were hoping to limit people's drinking, and later to vanish drinking overall.
What were the effects that the governement was looking to get out of the Temperance movement.
500
Brown made an attack with his five sons in the South to prove that Slavery was unacceptable. His actions were percieved almost as a "terrorist" act. This made a baby step forward for equality for African Americans.
How did John Brown's rebllious actions impact the Aboliton Movement?
500
Was one of the first official black units in the US armed forces.
Why was the Massachusetts 54th Regiment significant?
500
Abraham Lincoln (Union) and Jefferson Davis (Confederacy)
Who were the leaders of the Union and Confederacy?
500
The 13th amendment to the United States Constitution formally abolished slavery in the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all people held as slaves within the rebellious states are now on shall be free.
In what ways does the Emancipation Proclaimation relate to The 13th Amendment?