The Growth of A Young Nation 1800-1850
This transaction doubled the size of the U.S. overnight.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This former slaved risked her life to help slaves escape to the North through a series of escape routes.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
He was the commanding officer for the Confederate Army.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
The major turning point of the war was also the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
What was Gettysburg?
This man replaced Abraham Lincoln as president after his assassination.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This is the American belief that the U.S. was ordained by God to expand "from coast to coast".
What is manifest destiny?
This Congressional agreement in 1820 outlawed slavery above the 36030' north latitude line, with the exception of one state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The first shots of the war occurred in the Charleston Harbor at this location.
What is Fort Sumter?
This battle in Mississippi resulted in the Union successfully splitting the Confederate army in half.
What was Vicksburg?
These were white Southerners who joined the Republican Party mainly to prevent wealthy white plantation owners from regaining power in the South.
Who were Scalawags?
The name of president Jackson's law to forcefully remove Native American tribes from their homes and move them to a designated territory westward led to the "trail of tears".
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This book was published and distributed world wide that opened up the eyes of families to the horrors of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The South at the outset of the war had the advantages of superior leadership and this.
What was "King Cotton"?
This Union general wanted to "make Georgia howl".
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
Sharecropping was a system that benefited what group of people?
Who were the white landowners?
This is the name of the set of principles that established the U.S.'s first foreign policy with Europe that warned against continued European involvement in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This congressional act overrode the Missouri Compromise.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
The first southern state to secede from the Union was this state.
What was South Carolina?
The war ended when general Lee surrendered at this location.
What is the Appomattox Court House?
This man was the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate.
Who is Hiram Revels?
The U.S. war with Mexico was ultimately ignited by which group of people?
What were slave owners?
This was the explanation behind the ruling of the Dred Scott v. Sanford case regarding slaves.
What is that slaves are not free in free territory?
The significance of the Emancipation Proclamation was this.
What was that it gave a moral purpose to the war?
This was why the Gettysburg Address was historically significant.
What is because it helped unify the U.S. after a destructive battle?
This constitutional amendment directly nullified and overruled the Dred Scott decision.
What is the 14th Amendment?