Westward Expansion & Native American Removal
This 1838–1839 forced relocation of the Cherokee to present-day Oklahoma resulted in thousands of deaths along the route.
What is the Trail of Tears?
He served as the President of the United States during the Civil War, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation and delivering the Gettysburg Address.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This post-Civil War phrase refers to Special Field Orders No. 15, issued by General William T. Sherman, which promised land and army draft animals to newly freed African American families across coastal Georgia and South Carolina.
What is 40 Acres and a Mule?
Founded in 1865 by Confederate veterans, this secret vigilante organization used violence and intimidation to undermine Reconstruction and suppress newly freed African Americans.
What is the Ku Klux Klan? (or the KKK)
Ignited by a border dispute over the Annexation of Texas and ending with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, this 1846–1848 conflict resulted in Mexico ceding nearly half its territory to the United States.
What is the Mexican-American War?
He served as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
While the President favored a lenient approach focused on rapid restoration, Radical Republicans in Congress insisted on strict harsh terms and military enforcement, leading to these two distinct phases of post-Civil War rebuilding.
What are Presidential Reconstruction and Congressional (or Radical) Reconstruction?
Formulated by General Winfield Scott, this military strategy aimed to defeat the Confederacy by blockading Southern ports and capturing the Mississippi River to squeeze the South economically.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
Prioritizing expanded suffrage for white men and opposing the national bank, "Jacksonian Democracy" is associated with this political party.
What is the Democratic Party (or Democrats)?
This Confederate general earned his famous nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run before being killed by friendly fire in 1863.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
Divided into five military districts, the South was placed under army governance by these 1867 congressional acts.
What are the Reconstruction Acts?
This presidential doctrine issued in 1823 warned European powers against further colonization or intervention in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 1853 purchase of land in present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico was secured to build a southern transcontinental railroad.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
Promoted to lead all Union armies in 1864, this general devised the overall strategic plan to defeat the Confederacy and later became the 18th U.S. President.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Often tied to the Compromise of 1877, this action by President Rutherford B. Hayes effectively brought Reconstruction to an end.
What is the removal of federal troops from the South?
Sparked by opposition to the Tariff of 1828, this political standoff was led by Vice President John C. Calhoun and his home state of South Carolina.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force, though Andrew Jackson refused to enforce it.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
Before commanding the Army of Northern Virginia, this Confederate general was offered field command of the Union Army by Abraham Lincoln but declined to remain loyal to his home state.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
President Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to be impeached in 1868 after attempting to fire Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, violating this federal law passed by Congress to restrict presidential removal power.
What is the Tenure of Office Act?
This 1831 slave rebellion led by an enslaved preacher in Southampton County, Virginia, resulted in the deaths of over 50 white people and led Southern states to pass much harsher slave codes.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?