Andrew Jackson
Manifest Destiny
New States: Slave or Free
Abolitionists
Causes of the Civil War
100
Old Hickory, as he was called, was also known as this, since the poor people voted for him as property qualifications for voting ended throughout much of the nation.
What was the common man president?
100
Many Americans believed God ordained that the USA should stretch all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What was manifest destiny?
100
This Compromise allowed Congress to remain evenly divided between free and slave states in 1820.
What was the Missouri Compromise or the Compromise of 1820?
100
"So you're the little lady who started this great war?" Abe Lincoln said to this author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
100
The Supreme Court ruled in this case that Congress could not limit slavery and that slaves were property, not people.
What was Dred Scott v. Sanford?
200
Jackson fired most of the federal bureaucrats and replaced them with people who would do his bidding. It didn't work out well, as these people had no idea what they were doing.
What was the Spoils System?
200
Mexico invited Southerners into this region, leading to a war led by Sam Houston.
What was Texas?
200
In the Missouri Compromise, Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, while this state was created as a free state.
What was Maine?
200
His antislavery newspaper, The Liberator, was published for over thirty years . . . with attacks and death threats not stopping him.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
200
Even though he lost the 1858 election, these debates made Lincoln so famous he became the republican nominee for the Presidency just two years later.
What were the Lincoln - Douglas Debates?
300
Jackson closed vetoed in rechartering in 1832, helping to cause America's worse economic recession up to that point, the Panic of 1837.
What was the Bank of the United States?
300
Texicans were outraged that Santa Anna took no prisoners here. As they defeated Santa Anna months later, the Texicans screamed this in remembrance of their fallen comrades.
What was "Remember the Alamo!"
300
This compromise created a stricter Fugitive Slave Act, but California would enter the Union as a free state.
What was the compromise of 1850?
300
She was the most prominent conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
300
Gabriel Prosser tried to have a slave rebellion, but this rebellion in Virginia caused harsher slave laws to be enacted throughout the entire south.
What was Nat Turner's Rebellion?
400
During this event, South Carolina threatened to secede from the nation over the "Tariff of Abominations." Jackson responded by threatening the leaders of South Carolina with death for their act of treason.
What was the "nullification crisis?"
Remember - according to the Virginia and Kentucky Resolves - states could nullify or ignore federal laws they believed violated their rights.
400
This president started a war with Mexico in order to achieve Manifest Destiny . . . and acquire California.
Who was President James K Polk?
400
The Kansas Nebraska Act let the citizen's use this to decide whether their state would be free or slave.
What is popular sovereignty? (or voting like in a referendum . . . but voting for your state to be free or slave)
400
His attack on Harper's Ferry was proof for many southerners that abolitionists would resort to violence to try to end slavery.
Who was John Brown?
400
The Ostend Manifesto was all about trying to get southerners a new state (and more votes in Congress). President Franklin Pierce wanted to buy this island from Spain in 1854.
What was Cuba?
500
He ignored the Supreme Court's ruling and sent the army in to remove Native Americans from their southern lands, forcing them to modern day Oklahoma . . . thousands died.
What was the "Trail of Tears?"
500
The Mexican Cession and the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo ended this war that gave America modern day California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
What was the Mexican-American War?
500
Kansas became known as "Bleeding Kansas" as southerners and abolitionists began killing each other in the streets. Basically, Kansas became a prelude to this event that would begin in April, 1861.
What is a Civil War?
500
Escaped slave who became the leader of the Abolitionists movement. His oratory skills and his autobiography made him famous in American and England. He also printed The North Star.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
500
His victory in the 1860 Presidential Election was why South Carolina and other southern states seceded from the Union months before he was even sworn in.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?