chapter 1 us history vocab

Question 1

kansas/nebraska act

Answer 1

split nebraska territory into kansas & nebraska ( drafted by atp shin douglas)

Question 2

civil war

Answer 2

war between north & south, very divisive, still healing to this day

Question 3

west ward expansion

Answer 3

more land added to west

Question 4

war between north and south, still heading today, very divisive

Answer 4

civil war

Question 5

nebraska territory got split into kansas and nebraska

Answer 5

kansas/ nebraska act

Question 6

who drafted the kansas-nebraska act

Answer 6

stephen douglas

Question 7

dred scott decision

Answer 7

free slave case, decided by supreme court in 1857, freedom was purchased, court jurisdicted

Question 8

states rights

Answer 8

allowed states to nullify federal laws

Question 9

gettysburg

Answer 9

town in pennsylvania where north defeated fofces(civil war)