This is the term for the period of heightened nationalism during James Monroe's presidency.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
100
This is the concept, written by John L. O'Sullivan, that suggests it is the pre-determined outcome of Americans to colonize the continent, coast to coast.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
He led two major anti-slavery raids; one in Lawrence, Kansas, another in Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
Who is John Brown?
100
This party was created after the collapse of the Free Soil Party, with the singular goal of ending slavery.
What is the Republican Party?
100
This Constitutional change prohibited slavery throughout the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
His Presidency led to an expansion of executive power.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
This was the most popular route settlers of the west took from Independence, Missouri.
What is the Oregon Trail?
200
This fictional novel led to heightened participation in the abolitionist movement in the North.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
200
According to Lincoln, this action by Southern states was illegal, thus resulting in his goal of preserving the union.
What is secession?
200
This law was passed by Congress with the sole purpose of baiting President Johnson into the impeachment process.
What is the Tenure of Office Act?
300
This became the nickname for the path Native Americans were forced to make to the Oklahoma Territory.
What is the Trail of Tears?
300
This bill, if passed into law, would have banned slavery in any territory in the war fought against Mexico.
What is the Wilmot Provisio?
300
The decision of this case was that slaves were property of their owners, and the federal government could not place restrictions on property.
What is the Dred Scott case?
300
This is the nickname for the tactics of the Union army to defeat the South via economic targeting.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
300
This agreement led to the end of Reconstruction through Hayes' nomination to the Presidency and subsequent removal of federal troops from the South.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
400
This outcome of this war was the demise of the Federalist Party and a period of one-party politics.
What is the War of 1812?
400
American settlers, moving illegally into Texas, declared themselves independent from Mexico, creating this nation.
What is the Lone Star Republic?
400
The results of this act proved that popular sovereignty could not be used to solve the issue of slavery in territories.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
400
The passage of this changed the motivation of the Civil War.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
This Constitutional change extended voting rights to all male citizens, regardless of race.
What is the 15th Amendment?
500
This is the concept born from the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions that the states have the right to check the federal government.
What is nullification?
500
The Mexican-American War ended via this treaty, ceding parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Colorado, and California to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hildago?
500
The most controversial aspect of the resolution to include California as a state was the inclusion of this.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
500
Northern victory in this battle allowed for the Union to take control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
500
The extension of this Constitutional change was restricted by the Plessy vs Ferguson decision.