Manifest Destiny
What is Manifest destiny?
The belief that from coast to coast, the American land was given to them by god.
What was the purpose of the annexation of Texas?
To fulfill the Manifest Destiny belief that the United States was destined to expand westward.
What did the fugitive Slave Act mandate?
Required that slaves old be returned. To their owner, even if they were in a free state.
What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Allowed the settlers in the newly organized territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignt.
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
What drew settlers west?
Gold rush and mining opportunities
What was the commander of the US army that led the invasion of mexico?
General Winfield Scott
What state was admitted to the Union as a free state as part of the compromise?
California
What was “Bleeding Kansas”?
A period of violent conflict in the Kansas territory in which was primarily driven by the debate on if Kansas would enter the Union as a free state of a slave state.
When was the emancipation proclamation issued?
January 1st, 1863
How did technology play a role in westward expansion?
Steamboats - Made it faster for people to move goods
barbed wire - Helped settlers adapt and thrive in the western environment.
telegraph - Allowed information to be passed faster between the west and the east.
What was the name of the treaty that ended the war?
The treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
What was the outcome of the Compromise of 1850
Temporarily addressed the issue of slavery in newly acquired territories.
What was the ruling of the Supreme Court in the “Dread Scott v. Sandford” case?
Enslaved people were not American citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court.
What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
Stopped Lee’s invasion of the North and began to decline the Confederate cause.
What is the name of the trail used by many settlers to move west?
The Oregon Trail
What was the ”spot resolution”?
A set of congressional resolutions introduced by Abraham Lincoln in 1847, which had questioned the the legitimacy of President James K. Polk’s claim that the Mexican American war began on American soil.
How did the compromise of 1850 attempt to address the issue slavery?
By establishing a system of popular sovereignty in newly acquired territories and passing a stronger Fugitive Slave Act.
How did the Dread Scott case affect the debate over slavery?
Worsened sectional tensions and pushed the nation closer into the Civil War.
What was the strategy of the Union in the Civil War?
A combination of military, economic, and political measures to decline the the confederacy and restore the Union.
A group of people, often from Germany, would use this trail to move west.
The Morman Trail
How did the Mexican American war contribute to westward expansion?
The United States directly acquired vast territories from Mexico through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What was the effect of the Compromise of 1850 on the Missouri Compromise?
Effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise.
How did theKansas-Nebraska Act5 and the Dread Scott case further divide the nation?
Directly challenged existing compromises on slavery and reigniting intense debates over its expansion.
How did the Civil War transform American society?
Lead tot he abolishment of slavery, significant political changes, and shifts in the balance of power between the north and the south.