Westward Expansion
Country that the Louisiana purchase was bought from
France
Network that helped escaped enslaved people get to freedom to the north
Underground Railroad
Part of the United States that was more urban and industrialized
The North
Name one of the strengths the North had going into the Civil War
More Industrialized, Stronger Navy, Extensive Railroad system (Only need one)
Laws designed to limit the rights of African Americans in the South
Black Codes
War that led to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the United States gaining control of the territory containing California, Nevada, and Arizona
The Mexican - American War
Person who advocated for the end of Slavery
Abolitionist
Loyalty to a part of the country rather then the country as a whole
Sectionalism
Order from Abraham Lincoln that declared all enslaved people in the south were now free
Emancipation Proclamation
Amendment that banned slavery in the United States
The Thirteenth
One country taking another country's land without permission
Annexation
Invention that directly led to the growth of slavery in the South
The Cotton Gin
Political party that wanted the expansion of Slavery to the western territories
Democrats
The first battle of the Civil War
The battle of Fort Sumter
Man who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
Andrew Johnson
State that is the namesake of the territory that was formerly shared with England before the United States took full control of it
Oregon
Fraction of a person that enslaved people were counted as for the purposes of representation
3/5
To withdraw from the United States of America
Secede
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Political party that had control of congress during reconstruction
Republicans
Treaty that led to the United States gaining control of the territory that would become Florida
Adam Onis Treaty
Enslaved person who led the deadliest slave revolt in US history
Nat Turner
First and only president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Event in which Union soldiers went through Georgia and South Carolina pillaging everything in their path
Sherman's March
Federal office founded to help formerly enslaved people find their families and provide them food and health care
Freedmen's Bureau