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Expansion and Reform #3
Expansion and Reform #4
Slavery
Antebellum
War and Reconstruction
100
This is responsible for the tremendous population growth California experienced between its aquisition from Mexico in 1848 and its attainment of statehood in 1850
What is the discovery of gold
100
The decision in this court case strengthened the federal governments control over the economy
What is McCullough v Maryland
100
This led to the sharp rise in the number of slaves imported to the southern United States
What is the cotton gin
100
He is well known for leading a violent slave revolt
Who is Nat Turner
100
Major turning point in the war that ended the South's hope of successfully invading the North. In addition, many believe had Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson been alive, the South would have won the battle and quite possibly the war.
What is Gettysburg
200
The Seneca Falls Convention is associated with which reform movement?
What is the Women's Movement
200
This warned European powers not to interfere with the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine
200
This was favored by the North because it banned slavery in all territories acquired in the War with Mexico- it never passed
What is the Wilmot Proviso
200
In the middle of the 1800's these were the two issues diving the North and the South
What are states rights and slavery
200
The North's plan for cutting off supply lines, ports and major communications including taking the capital of the Confederacy.
What is the Anaconda Plan
300
This involved the construction of textile factories in the New England, the introduction of labor-saving machinery, and a decrease in the nation's dependence on foreign trade.
What is the Industrial Revolution
300
This was meant to maintain the balance of slave states and free states
What is the Missouri Compromise
300
The South feared for his election because they were afraid he would not only seek to prevent slavery in new territories, but also end it altogether in the South
Who was Abraham Lincoln
300
This included California being admitted as a free state, admitting unorganized territory in the west as free, introduced popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico, strict Fugitive Slave Law, and outlawed slave trade in Washington, DC.
What is the Compromise of 1850
300
Freed the slaves, gave them citizenship, and allowed them the right to vote
What are the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments (Reconstruction Amendments)
400
Eli Whitney is best known for his invention of this
What is the cotton gin
400
States rights is promoted by this concept
What is nullification
400
Escaped slave, Underground Railroad, secretly returned to the South 19 times to lead slaves to freedom
Who is Harriet Tubman
400
"The little lady who started the big war"- Abraham Lincoln
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
400
This is where the Confederacy surrendered in 1865
What is Appomattox Court House, Virginia
500
The main purpose of this was to aid American industry
What is the Tariff of 1816
500
He began the practice of replacing high ranking members of the executive branch when a new president takes office
Who is Andrew Jackson
500
This ended slavery in the United States
What is the 13th amendment
500
South Carolina seceded from the Union in response to this
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln
500
This officially ended Reconstruction
What is the Compromise of 1877