Westward Expansion
This was America's dream to own all the land from sea to sea; led to an increase in population.
What is Manifest
Movement to encourage people to be more religious; led to people wanting social reform to change America for the better.
What is the 2nd Great Awakening?
Different parts of the country developed different ways of life. People are loyal to only their region.
Union or Confederate Advantage?
more weapons
blockades (Anaconda Plan)
Worked to help newly freed slaves after Black Codes were passed to limit their freedom. Provided: education, clothing/food, &
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
This war was caused by a border dispute and the U.S. annexing Texas.
What was the US-Mexican
Movement to get Americans to drink less or no alcohol; some women were also involved in this movement.
What is the Temperance Movement?
Agreement
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Union or Confederate Advantage?
knowledge of terrain (land)
access to Mississippi River
very skilled generals
What are Confederate Advantages?
Abolished slavery; African Americans were free to move wherever they wanted.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Land acquired after the US-Mexican War as stated in the Treaty of Guadalupe
What is the Mexican Cession?
Susan B. Anthony at the Seneca Falls Convention called for women's suffrage (voting rights) during this
What is the Women's Rights/Suffrage Movement?
Agreement that allowed the territories popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery. Violence breaks out between pro and anti slavery supporters.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Lincoln freed all slaves in the Confederacy. Slaves in Border states are not freed yet.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Granted citizenship to African Americans; all Americans were to be treated equally under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This group of immigrants came to the U.S. during the gold rush and helped build the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who were the Chinese?
Who are Abolitionist?
Slave sued for his freedom. This court case ruled against him stating slaves were property and not citizens. Later the decision will be reversed with the 14th
What is Dred Scott v Sanford?
Battles:
One of the turning points of the Civil War. Union takes control of the Mississippi River dividing the South in two cutting off their supplies.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
African American males
What is the 15th Amendment?
This territory was originally shared with Great Britain and the US until they signed a treaty and split it in half.
Writer of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" a novel that highlighted the cruelty of slavery.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This region's economy included the plantation system, slave labor, and cotton.
What is the Southern Economy?
General Robert E. Lee (Confederacy) surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant (Union) ending the Civil War. Located in Virginia.
Where is Appomattox Court House?
Opened new commercial markets to sell goods to,
Price of products decreased,
Irish and Chinese immigrants built
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?