The Civil War
What event marked the start of the Civil War?
attack on Fort Sumter
What was the Missouri Compromise’s rule about slavery north of Missouri?
slavery was banned
What invention increased the demand for enslaved labor in the South?
cotton gin
What land purchase gave the U.S. control of the Mississippi River?
Louisiana Purchase
What document created the first U.S. government?
Articles of Confederation
What document freed slaves in Confederate-held territory?
Emancipation Proclamation
What law forced Northerners to help return escaped slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
What movement involved emotional preaching and revival meetings?
Second Great Awakening
Name the treaty that gave Florida to the U.S.
Adams-Onís Treaty
Under the Articles, what was Congress NOT allowed to do?
tax or regulate trade
What general led a destructive march across Georgia?
William Tecumseh Sherman
What novel increased anti-slavery sentiment in the North?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What idea encouraged education for women to raise good citizens?
Republican Motherhood
What Native leader allied with the British during the War of 1812?
Tecumseh
Name one Federalist and one Anti-Federalist
James Madison and George Mason
Name one major advantage the Union had in the war.
population, factories, railroads, navy
What violent conflict was caused by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Bleeding Kansas
What revolution shifted goods from local to national markets?
Market Revolution
What belief justified U.S. expansion across the continent?
Manifest Destiny
What 1800 event was called a “revolution” for its peaceful transfer of power?
Revolution of 1800
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox Court House
What Supreme Court case ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in territories?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Name one major form of transportation developed during the Transportation Revolution.
canals/roads/railroads
What U.S. action triggered the Mexican-American War?
the annexation of Texas
What compromise created a two-house legislature under the Constitution?
the Great Compromise