Nation Expands and Andrew Jackson
What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?
King Andrew
who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What was the main conflict between the north and the south?
Slavery
What were the southern army called?
Confederate army
8 days after the war, who was assasinated?
Abraham Lincoln
After the war of 1812, there was only one political party that remained for a while. What was that political party?
Republicans
What did the americans call the divine right for them to expand towards the pacific ocean?
What did the supreme court at that time declare about slaves in the Dred Scott case?
Slaves were objects and had no rights
Lincoln proclaimed his most famous speech where?
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Who became president after Lincoln? (also the first president to be impeached)
Andrew Johnson
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
America Declaring that the western hemisphere (america) was not for colonizing anymore
What was the first Mexican territory to annex from Mexico and join the United States?
Texas
What was the name of a white passionate abolitionist who attacked Harper's Ferry and increased tension leading to the civil war?
John Brown
What was the advantage the Union had over the confederates?
More fighting men, more extensive railroad networks, could produce more materials
What was the white supremist organization that was started in Tennessee called?
Ku Klux Klan
Jackson approved the removal of Native Americans to the west, He forcibly removed the cherokees. What was this called?
Trail of tears, Indian removal act of 1830
Which president supported going to war with Mexico to expand US territory?
James K Polk
Who was elected president right before the secession took place?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the experienced general that continued to hold against the Union with less troops.
Robert E. Lee
Which amendment stated that slavery was abolished in America?
13th Amendment
Henry Clay's American System wanted to make U.s more economically independent, What were the 3 parts to his plan?
internal improvements, protective tariff, and new national bank
What coastal state was added because of the Mexican American War?
California
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Where did the Confederacy surrender?
Appomattox Court House, VA
What plan did Lincoln propose after the war to help re-unite the United States?
10 percent plan