Doctrine that stated western expansion of the U.S. was a God given right
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
The term to describe a formal withdraw from a membership in a group or organization.
What is secede?
100
Secretive group of white men who spread fear across the South. They hoped that threats and violence would restore white supremacy.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
100
Became President after Lincoln was assassinated.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
100
Amendment that abolished slavery
What is the 14th Amendment?
200
This nation was formed by Texans who declared their independence from Mexico.
What is the Lone Star Republic?
200
Major General on the South/Confederate side
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
200
After the Civil War ended, Southern states passed these laws to control freed slaves and to restrict their labor and activity.
What is the Black Codes?
200
Considered the "Manifest Destiny" president.
Who is James K. Polk?
200
The country from which we bought the Louisiana Territory
What is France?
300
Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
300
Another word for the draft
What is Conscription?
300
This Amendment gave equal rights and due process to African Americans.
What is the 14th Amendment?
300
President of the Union during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
This person shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in hopes of reviving the Confederacy to win the Civil War.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
400
The purchase of the land in present day Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico after the end of the Mexican-American War.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
400
The first all black regiment in the Civil War.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
400
Forced separation, usually by race.
What is segregation?
400
He considered himself a representative of the common man and held open inauguration celebrations at the White House. He was the 7th President of the United States and had the nickname of "Old Hickory."
Who is Andrew Jackson?
400
Principle in which the people are the only source of government power, they would decide if they were slave or free
What is Popular Sovereignty?
500
The bill that would have banned slavery in territory won from Mexico in the Mexican-American War.
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
500
States that allowed slavery, but remained as part of the Union during the Civil War.
What are the border states?
500
These acts made it a federal crime to interfere with black's right to vote, hold office, or enjoy equal protection of the law.
What is the Enforcement Acts?
500
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
500
Slave who led a revolt across Virginia with the intention of freeing slaves and killing their owners. This person said he wanted to spread "terror and alarm" among whites. The revolt ended with nearly 60 people being killed.