unit 2

Question 1

manifest destiny

Answer 1

idea that americans have a god given right to expand westward & spread their ideas & progress.

Question 2

54 40 or fight

Answer 2

idea that the US ought to claim all territory up to 54 degrees and 40 minutes north, or fight GB for the land

Question 3

war of 1812

Answer 3

GB didnt want US to get canada. US wanted to end GB impressment & trade blockade, and to keep their indep.

Question 4

mr. manifest destiny

Answer 4

james k. polk

Question 5

temperance

Answer 5

women wanted a ban on alcohol in US.

Question 6

18th amendment

Answer 6

prohibited making, transporting, and sale of liquor in US.

Question 7

womens suffrage

Answer 7

women fighting for right to vote.

Question 8

secret life of a developing country

Answer 8

wrote about conditions and ppl in developing US

Question 9

education

Answer 9

people fought for basic education

Question 10

abolition

Answer 10

ppl fought for the abolition of slavery.

Question 11

sectional differences north vs. south

Answer 11

north: industrial, urbanized, more education, econ based on trade/manufacturing. escaping religious prosecution. slavery almost abolished.

south: rural, agricultural society, relied on slavery & cash crops. personal wealth.

Question 12

states rights

Answer 12

state power vs national power (especially on enslavement)

Question 13

nullification crisis

Answer 13

ability to cancel out a law. anti feds wanted states to be able to cancel out fed laws.

Question 14

missouri compromise

Answer 14

agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state and Maine enter as a free state.

Question 15

fugitive slave act (1850)

Answer 15

act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state

Question 16

civil war

Answer 16

battle of north vs. south to end slavery.

Question 17

attack on fort sumter

Answer 17

marked the beginning of the CW.

Question 18

battle of gettysburg

Answer 18

bloodiest battle of CW.

Question 19

antietem

Answer 19

deadliest one day battle of CW. north won, led to the emancipation proclamation

Question 20

battle of appomattox

Answer 20

final battle before that led to south surrendering to north.

Question 21

total war

Answer 21

war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued

Question 22

confederates

Answer 22

led by robert e. lee. attempted to secede from US. led to CW, and relied on slavery & agricultural econ.

Question 23

union

Answer 23

led by abraham lincoln. stayed with US. outlawed slavery.

Question 24

border states

Answer 24

used mild slavery. used for natural resources and agricult. acted as a buffer between N & S. owned slaves but didnt leave US.

Question 25

emancipation proclamation

Answer 25

freed all enslaved people

Question 26

reconstruction

Answer 26

period following CW where US was being rebuilt.

Question 27

popular sovereignty

Answer 27

government can only exercise authority if it has been given permission to do so by the people.

Question 28

kansas nebraska act

Answer 28

bill that mandated popular sovereignty allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed whithin a new states border.

Question 29

conditions of US slavery

Answer 29

horrible.

Question 30

what was cotton gin and how did it impact slavery?

Answer 30

a machine that separated the cotton from the seeds/plants. enslavers greatly increased demand for both land and enslaved labor.

Question 31

how many ppl were enslaved?

Answer 31

~3 million

Question 32

what were some justifications for slavery?

Answer 32

paternalism, religion, & pro-slavery arguments.

Question 33

paternalism

Answer 33

white people acting "fatherly" towards enslaved people.

Question 34

transatlantic slave trade

Answer 34

African people were kidnapped, forced onto European and American ships, and trafficked across the Atlantic Ocean to be enslaved, abused, and forever separated from their homes, families, and cultures.

Question 35

significance of the 1860 election

Answer 35

lincoln was elected. kickstarted attempted southern secession and eventually the CW.

Question 36

a house divided cannot stand

Answer 36

meaning a divided US cannot function.

Question 37

secession

Answer 37

voluntary withdrawal from the union of the US.

Question 38

black codes

Answer 38

restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces.

Question 39

13th amendment

Answer 39

abolished slavery

Question 40

14th amendment

Answer 40

ensured citizenship + due process for african americans.

Question 41

15th amendment

Answer 41

granted african american men the right to vote.

Question 42

freedman's bureau

Answer 42

institution that helped previously enslaved ppl transition back into society.

Question 43

compromise of 1877

Answer 43

hayes gets elected w/ help from southern states. hayes takes away military protection of african americans in south, leaving them abandoned.

Question 44

jim crow

Answer 44

everything is segregated, public executions,

Question 45

plessy vs. ferguson

Answer 45

legalized segregation across the nation.