Wars
Which war was between the north and the south over the abolition of slavery?
What is the Civil War
Approximately 858,000 square miles of land acquired from France in 1803 for 15 million dollars
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Speech given by Abraham Lincoln stating that all slaves in the United States "shall henCeforth be free"
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Elected President in 1860 causing 7 southern states to immediately secede from the United States
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
One of the bloodiest battles of the civil war, where after Abraham Lincoln gave a very famous address
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The second war between the British and the United States (formerly 13 colonies)
What is the War of 1812?
Where native Americans were relocated to after the passage of the Removal Act
What is Oklahoma (west of the Mississippi also counts)?
Derived from a speech given by President James Monroe, where he warned European Countries that the American Hemisphere is off limits to them
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
President who was a successful general in the War of 1812 and went on to spearhead the removal of Native Americans from their homeland
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The battle where Andrew Jackson defeated the confederacy of Native American tribes lead by Tecumseh
What is the Battle of Horseshoe Bend?
The War in which the United States got California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona
What is the Mexican American War?
States acquired from Mexico after the Mexican American War (name 2)
What are California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona
An agreement where slavery would be banned from above the 36-30 parallel line
What is the Missouri Compromise?
President who warned European powers that the United States would take it as a threat if they intervened in affairs on the American continents
Who is James Monroe?
The idea that America was destined by god to settle the American west
What is Manifest Destiny?
Remember the Alamo was a cry by many in remembrance of whose revolution from Mexico?
What is Texas?
Voted to join the US after winning their independence from Mexico
What is Texas?
Legislation passed at the urging of Andrew Jackson to relocate Native Americans from their home land
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
President who defeated Andrew Jackson in the 1824 election and whos name is part of the treaty that helped the US acquire Florida
Who is John Quincy Adams?
One of the Native American nations removed from their land by the Removal Act of 1830
Cherokee
Choctaw
Chickasaw
Creek
The Native American leader who fought against colonists moving onto their land by gathering Native tribes to form a confederacy against the Americans. Was killed fighting alongside the British in the War of 1812
Who is Tecumseh?
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Series of 5 bills that added California as a state as well as defining other boarders from Texas and Arizona. Also updated the fugitive slave act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The idea that states should be allowed to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery
What is Popular Sovereignty?