Westward Expansion
Territory Purchased from France in 1803 that doubled the size of the U.S.
What is Louisiana?
A person that want to end the institution of enslavement
What is an 'Abolitionist'?
The main issue at the center of the compromises created by Congress as the U.S. expanded West and accumulated new territories
What is enslavement?
The election of 1860 demonstrated the sectional divides in the U.S., as not a single Southern state voted for him
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This battle was a turning point in the war for the Union, Abraham Lincoln gave a really short but super famous speech after this
What was Gettysburg?
Law passed by Congress under Andrew Jackson's Presidency that forcefully removed indigenous peoples from their native lands
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Risking her life to return to the south nineteen times to help others escape to freedom
Who is Harriet Tubman
Early compromises were established to keep the balance of power between "Free" States and "Slave" states, in this branch of Government. . .
What is the Legislative?
This was the first state to secede from the Union
Where is South Carolina?
The idea to completely destroy your enemy, including economic, social, and political destruction. (EX: Destroying cities, food sources, infrastructure)
What is 'Total War'?
A belief that it was the 'fate' of the United States to conquer the land from Coast-to-Coast. . . at the expense of many. . .
What is 'Manifest Destiny'?
A network of safe house that helped enslaved person escape to Free States and Territories.
What is the 'Underground Railroad'?
The Compromise of 1820, also known as the ________________ Compromise, created a boundary line that mandated States above the line would be Free, and below the line would be Slave
What is Missouri?
Name created for the 11 'former' U.S. states that seceded between 1860-1861.
What are the 'Confederate States of America'?
Staying with the Union, but supporting slavery, these five states were known as. . .
What are the 'Border States'?
Construction project that connected the East Coast to the Midwest and dramatically changed the populations of the cities and regions that it linked together.
(HINT: Manmade Waterway)
What is the Erie Canal?
Groups of PRO and ANTI slavery supporters 'moved' into this territory and had violent conflicts with each other to determine the fate of the state as either FREE or SLAVE. What is this event known as?
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Ending the Missouri Compromise, citizens of these territories would decide the issue of enslavement through the use of 'Popular Sovereignty'
What are Kansas and Nebraska
Supreme Court Case that said African Americans were not citizens, effectively allowed slavery in all the states
Dred Scott Case
This executive order outlawed slavery in the REBELLING states (confederacy) Today it is recognized by the Juneteenth Holiday.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
As a result of this conflict, the U.S. received lands that make up most of the American west today. The other party received 20 Million Dollars
What is the Mexican-American War?
Eventually voting to be FREE, the Kansas-Nebraska Act had citizens vote to determine the designation of their states. What Constitutional principal were they using when doing so?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
In exchange for California's joining the U.S. as a 'Free State', this law was passed as a means to capture those evading the horrors of the South
What is the 'Fugitive Slave Act'?
Federally owned military base in South Carolina that was attacked by the Confederacy, leading to the start of the Civil War
Where is Fort Sumter?
This amendment says that anyone who is born in the United States is automatically a citizen
14th amendment