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side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
What is the north
side of the civil war called themselves the Confederacy?
What is the south
The South's commitment to this institution was a major cultural difference that set it apart from the North.
What is slavery?
A path that guided American settlers to the western territories
What is the Oregon Trail?
A person who wants slaves to be freed.
What is an abolitionist?
The 2 states admitted to the Union in 1820 to conserve the balance of power
What are Maine and Missouri?
the idea that states had the right to govern themselves and make their own decisions
What are States rights?
What does secede mean?
what is to break away from, to remove oneself from the country
the path Natives traveled on their forced relocation to the western territories
What is the Trail of Tears
The President is also the Commander-in-Chief of these.
What are the armed forces?
The North supported these to protect its booming industries, while the South opposed them
What are high taxes?
the belief that Americans were destined to expand across the continent?
What is Manifest destiny?
the first of the Southern States to secede?
What is South Carolina
One reason France agreed to sell the Louisiana Territory
What is the war effort in Europe
Control of the Louisiana Territory helped secure American control over this crucial port city.
What is New Orleans?
The line of latitude that determined the border of slave states and free states
What is the 36th parallel?
the President of the Confederacy
Whos is Jefferson Davis?
The first Battle of the civil war?
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter
The Law passed by Andrew Jackson to relocate Native American Tribes
What is the Indian Removal Act
Southern states cited the election of this president in 1860 as a catalyst for their secession
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The number of Representatives in the House of Representatives is based on this.
What is the population of each state?
A raid led by abolisnists to arm and free southern slaves
What is the John Brown raid?
the 7 states that seceded from the Union
1. South Carolina 2. Texas 3. Florida
4. Louisiana 5. Mississippi 6. Georgia
7. Alabama
A native American tribe that was forced to relocate to the West
What are the Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, Cherokee or Chickasaw
The Supreme Court primarily interprets this document.
What is the Constitution?