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Manifest Destiny
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Manifest Destiny
Civil War
Antebellum
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The term manifest destiny was originated in the 1840s
When was the term Manifest Destiny originated?
100
The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. The war ended in Spring, 1865.
When was the Civil War fought?
100
So they can be civilized
Why were Indian children forced away from their family?
100
While many still debate the ultimate causes of the Civil War, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson writes that, "The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states.
What caused the Civil War?
100
period before the Civil War
Antebellum Period
200
reservations
where were the native americans moved?
200
The Civil War was fought in thousands of different places, from southern Pennsylvania to Texas; from New Mexico to the Florida coast.
Where was the Civil War fought?
200
California
What was home to huge farms?
200
Typically, soldiers were buried where they fell on the battlefield. Others were buried near the hospitals where they died. At most battlefields the dead were exhumed and moved to National or Confederate cemeteries, but because there were so many bodies, and because of the time and effort it took to disinter them, there are undoubtedly thousands if not tens of thousands of Civil War soldiers in unknown battlefield graves. battledeath
What happened to the dead?
200
-founding father assumed slavery would die out on it's own -3 things happened at turn of 19th century not only prevented it from dying out, but caused it to expend, flourish and bring nation to civil war
Antebellum Slavery
300
The white men
Ghost dancers wanted what to go away?
300
At the beginning of the war the Northern states had a combined population of 22 million people. The Southern states had a combined population of about 9 million.
How many soldiers fought in the Civil War?
300
so white people could exploit the minerals there
Why was Indian land used to push for railroads?
300
Two thirds of those killed in the Civil War died of disease. Germ theory had not been widely accepted in the medical world at the time of the Civil War and modern antiseptics, which could have greatly reduced the spread of bacteria and the outbreak of disease, did not exist.
How advanced was medicine during the Civil War?
300
1794 -Eli Whitney
Cotton Gin
400
Philadelphia
what country was the largest city with 40,000 residents?
400
The Northern armies were victorious, and the rebellious states returned to the Union.
Who won the Civil War?
400
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was a peace treaty signed between the United States of America and Mexico. The Treaty ended the Mexican-American war and it was signed on the February 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was effective on May 30, 1848.
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
400
Yes, the North and South waged war on the Atlantic Ocean, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the rivers of the mainland. Cotton trade with Europe was vital to the Southern war effort, which led Union General-in-Chief Winfield Scott to order a strangling blockade known as the "Anaconda Plan."
Were there naval battles in the Civil War?
400
-Tobacco -Tennessee -Kentucky -Maryland -Virginia
Interstate Slave Trade: Upper South
500
1871 US Government ends treaty that set land aside for tribes an turned it into land allotted for individualized families
What happen on 1871?
500
The election of 1860 was one of the most unusual in American history. In a four-way race brought on by a split in the Democratic Party, Abraham Lincoln's name did not even appear on the ballot in most Southern states. In the electoral college, Lincoln solidly carried the free states of the Northeast and Northwest.
Who ran in the election of 1860?
500
The Texas Republic was a large span of land that rebelled against the Mexican Government. The Texas Republic is now current day Texas
What was the Texas Republic?
500
Smoothbore cannons, such as the 12-pounder Napoleon, had a range of around three-quarters of a mile; rifled cannons, such as the 10-pounder Parrott, had a range of one and a half miles, or about double that of a smoothbore. Some larger cannons and imported pieces could fire even farther.
. What was the range of Civil War artillery?
500
Bill that would ban slavery in the territories acquired after the War with Mexico.
Wilmot Proviso