Manifest Destiny
Issues With Slavery
Abolition Movement
Civil War
Units 1-3
100
President Jefferson, against his stirct constitutionalist views, purchased this land from France, which doubled the size of the country
Louisiana Purchase
100
This deal let Missouri enter as a slave state, and Maine as a free state to keep the balance of power.
It also established the 36'30' for new land Louisiana Territory that wished to be admitted to the Union.
Missouri Compromise
100
This ex-slave led many on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
100
This is the spark of the Civil War
Secession of South Carolina
100
This was a policy that the British had originally ruling over the colonies: let them do as they please, and not interfere
Salutary Neglect
200
This war was over the border of Texas, and gave the US a lot of new land to the west
Mexican American War
200
This deal let California in the Union as a free state, but also passed the Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
200
Ex slave inspired by Garrison who traveled country advocating for end to slavery
Frederick Douglass
200
This word meant that the North and South had different economic and social beliefs that were at odds with each other
Sectionalism
200
This allows Congress to make laws needed to carry out its powers, even if those powers aren't explicitly listed
Necessary and Proper Clause
OR
Elastic Clause
300
This land the US annexed was in the southwest and included land up to modern day California
Mexican Cession
300
This stated that escaped slaves in the north must be captured and brought back to their owners
Fugitive Slave Act
300
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book to exposed the horrors of slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
300
This freed all enslaved people in states that were rebelling against the Union
Emancipation Proclamation
300
President Jackson ignored the ruling in this case, and forced the Cherokee tribe on the Trail of Tears
Worcester v. Georgia
400
Passed in 1862, this law helped encourage people to move and settle westward
Homestead Act
400
This abolished the Missouri Compromise, and established popular sovereignty in the Louisiana Territory
Kansas Nebraska Act
400
This was the bloodiest slave rebellion in the US
Nat Turner's Rebellion
400
Lincoln gave an inspirational speech which summarized the meaning of the Civil War
Gettysburg Address
400
This case solidified federal supremacy of laws over state laws, while declaring a state cannot tax a National Bank
McCullogh v. Maryland
500
The slogan 54' 40' or fight over this territory in the north gained from Britain
Oregon Territory
500
This SCOTUS case abolished all prior compromises around slavery and said slavery is legal in all states
Dred Scott v. Sanford
500
John Brown led a failed attempt to spark a slave rebellion by seizing this U.S. arsenal
Harper's Ferry
500
Lincoln suspended this during the Civil War- the right to be brought before a court for your crimes
Writ of Habeas Corpus
500
This was when South Carolina attempted to null (cancel) a federal tariff. President Jackson was ready to use military force to force the state to pay. Henry Clay solved this problem.
Nullification Crisis