Manifest Destiny
People
Vocab
Events
Sectionalism
100
Jefferson bought this territory from the French, beginning westward expansion of the US.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
16th president of the USA - president during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
100
a person who favors the end of slavery
abolitionist
100
a war fought between the US and Mexico from 1846 to 1848
Mexican-American War
100
A phrase meant to represent the importance of the South's hallmark crop.
King Cotton
200
This territory gained its independence from Mexico after Sam Houston captured Santa Anna.
What is the Texas Annexation?
200
Enslaved person who went to court for their freedom after traveling to a free state
Dred Scott
200
act of gaining, taking over, or conquering a territory
annexation
200
banned slavery north of 36/30, Missouri was a slave state, and Louisiana was a free state
Compromise of 1820
(MO compromise)
200
This invention expanded the use of slavery in the south, making sectionalism worse.
Cotton Gin?
300
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo got this west-most territory for the United States containing California, completing the US goal of reaching from coast to coast.
What is the Mexican Cession?
300
This man was president during the Texas Annexation and the Mexican Cession.
Who is James K. Polk?
300
period of time before the US civil War
Antebellum Era
300
Compromise of 1850
series of 5 compromises passed by US congress in September of 1850
300
Explain the different exports or specialties of the different regions of the United States (north, south, and west)
WEST - FOOD (CORN/WHEAT)
NORTH - FACTORIES (TEXTILES)
SOUTH - COTTON (THROUGH SLAVERY)
400
This invention made it possible for the United States to settle westward because it could transport goods from the Atlantic Ocean through the Great Lakes
Steamboat OR Erie Canal
400
Politician from IL, designed the Kansas - Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglass
400
principle of gov’t that it is established by the people through voting & elections
popular sovereignty
400
Kansas - Nebraska Act
opened the territories of Kansas and Nebraska for settlement, but also repealed the Missouri Compromise - by allowing settlers to decide through a vote whether or not to be a slave or non-slave holding territory
400
This law banned all slaves from the Mexican Cession. It was introduced/passed by northern Congressmen and the parties voted along with their regions for the first time.
Wilmot Proviso
500
This group of religious refugees left upstate New York and their holy land of Rochester and headed towards Utah.
Who are the Mormons?
500
Black activist and diplomat, famous for writing an autobiography about their experience with slavery
Frederick Douglass
500
excessive regard for local issues - in the Civil war context, tension between states over issues based on their location / region
Sectionalism
500
landmark supreme court case in which the court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, are not citizens
Dred Scott v Sanford
500
A result of sectionalism and tensions over slavery created this network of safe houses leading slaves to freedom.
The Underground Railroad
600
This group of people believed that slavery shouldn't be abolished, but also shouldn't expand into new territories.
Who are the Free-Soil Party?
600
Abolitionist who was willing to use violence to try and end slavery and arm enslaved people
John Brown
600
act of withdrawing formally
secession
600
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Breckenridge, John Bell ran in presidential election - sectional election
Election of 1860
600
The Kansas Nebraska Act led to this mini-version of the Civil War.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
700
This phrase came from a Texan loss in their revolt against the Mexican government, and was a rallying cry for those who wanted independence.
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
700
Abolitionist and author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
700
patriotic feeling of national superiority (not just the United States)
nationalism
700
The movement of people to America's western coast to get wealthy off a particularly valuable mineral.
California Gold Rush
700
This slave rebellion killed 60+ southern whites and resulted in harsher slave codes for enslaved people.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?