Missouri Compromise and Manifest Destiny
With this compromise, ___________ would enter as a free state and _______________ would enter as a slave state.
Maine, Missouri
The US quickly won the Mexican-American War and ended with the ____________________________ in 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
_______________ is when you put the ideas of your region over the ideas of the nation.
Sectionalism
Advantages:
Larger population for troops
Greater industrial capacity
Huge edge in railroad transportation
Northern Advantages
This executive order freed all slaves in Confederate territories
Emancipation Proclamation
__________ defeated __________ at Appomattox ending the Civil War
Grant, Lee
Slavery would be prohibited north of the _______________ except for Missouri
36°30” Line
Mexico ceded (gave up) __________ and ____________ known as the Mexican Cession.
New Mexico and California
The law used popular sovereignty (rule by the people) to give the residents of the territories the right to vote to determine slavery
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Union strategy during the war was called ________________: Blockade the coast, seize the Mississippi River to divide the South, and take Richmond
The Anaconda Plan
DAILY DOUBLE
During the Civil War, President Lincoln used “emergency powers” to protect “national security” and suspended ________________. (Tell me what it means to get double points.)
Habeas Corpus (Laws requiring evidence before citizens can be jailed)
This marked the end of Reconstruction in the South.
Removal of federal troops
_____________ was a phrase describing the belief that America was to expand and settle the entire continent
Manifest Destiny
During the Compromise of 1850, A stronger __________________ was created that allowed Southerners to recapture slaves in the North
Fugitive Slave Law
Many people in Kansas were abolitionists but when a vote was held to decide on slavery, thousands of Missouri residents illegally voted
Bleeding Kanas
These three states were considered border states
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland
The battles convinced Lincoln that the time was right to make the emancipation of slaves the new focus of the war for the North
Battle of Antietam
Lincoln favored a plan that would quickly readmit the Confederate states once ______ of the people swore an oath of loyalty and states ratified the _____ Amendment to abolish slavery in America
10%, 13th
To make Northerners happy, Polk decided to add __________ as a free state but wanted the whole territory from Great Britain
Oregon
What was it called when the people of New Mexico and Utah could vote to allow or ban slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
The Supreme Court ruled this person had no right to sue because blacks are not citizens. (What is the court case)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
The South wanted to drag out the war in hopes that the North would give up, which is why at first the South only attacked when _______________
The North invaded the South
This battle was the turning point of the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
What group favored a plan that protected blacks, required 50% of state citizens to swear a loyalty oath, and banned ex-Confederate leaders from serving in government
Radical Republicans' Plan
From 1836 to 1845 ___________ was an independent nation
Texas
The Compromise of 1850 ended the ______________ in Washington, DC.
Slave Trade
This person led an unsuccessful raid on a federal armory at Harper’s Ferry, VA in an attempt to free slaves in a massive slave uprising
John Brown
The constitution of the Confederacy was similar to the US Constitution except that it... (4 total answers - one per button press)
Protected slavery and states’ rights
Outlawed tariffs
Created a weak national government
Elected Jefferson Davis as Confederate president
The Battle of Atlanta was a huge victory for the Union because it took out a major Southern___________
Railroads
This provided emergency food, housing, and medical supplies
Freedman's Bureau