Age of Jackson
Jackson hated the bank of the United States because he believed it favored who?
The wealthy
The belief that America was meant to spread from sea to sea
Manifest Destiny
Life in the South was based on...
Agriculture
What was the #1 issue that caused all problems leading to the Civil War
Slavery
Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederacy)
Robert E. Lee
Jackson was the first president not born into an aristocratic family. Aristocratic means...
rich
This territory was purchased from the French by Thomas Jefferson (doubled the size of the US!)
Louisiana Purchase
Life in the North was based on...
Manufacturing
DAILY DOUBLE!
Added Missouri as a Slave State and Maine as a Free State
The name of the Union general (known as Uncle Billy) who used 'total war' tactics during his famed 'March to the Sea'
General William Tecumseh Sherman
The act that forced Native Tribes to relocate to Oklahoma
Indian Removal Act
This land was purchased in order to build the transcontinental railroad
Runaway slaves often turned to this group for help
Underground Railroad
Lincoln's election caused this state to secede first (before he even took office!)
South Carolina
The war officially began when rebel forces fired on Union troops at...
Fort Sumter
A tax on imported goods
Tariff
This territory included modern day California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico
Mexican Cession
an individual who wants to get rid of slavery
abolitionist
This Supreme Court decision ruled that slaves were property and no Black American was a citizen
Dred Scott case
The bloodiest day in American history happened during what battle?
Antietam
DAILY DOUBLE!
Rewarding political backers with government jobs was known as WHAT system?
Annexing this territory sparked the Mexican-American War
Texas Annexation
Other than moral disagreement, why did Northerners dislike slavery?
Double Points!
John Brown led a raid on the Federal Armory at...
Harper's Ferry
Name TWO generals put in charge of the Army of the Potomac (Union)
McDowell, McClellan, Burnside, Pope, Hooker, Meade, and Grant