Manifest Destiny, Road to Civil War and Civil War

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  1. 7. This agreement was passed by Congress which admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
  2. 9. This Act established popular sovereignty in 2 states which repealed the Compromise of 1850.
  3. 11. The ______ Act was a law that gave out free land to settlers that migrated to the Midwest.
  4. 12. The ______ is the name given to the farmers that created an alliance in support of the silver standard.
  5. 13. This political party was created because they favored native born Americans over immigrants
  6. 14. The South during the Civil War.
  7. 18. This battle saw the deadliest single day in US History.
  8. 21. This final battle saw the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and a Union victory.
  9. 24. This political party wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery.
  10. 25. This is the name given to the even where a Union general led forces through Georgia and devastated the land and cities in his path to the sea.
  11. 27. The belief in the 1800‘s that the US was destined by God to expand across the continent, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
  12. 30. This politician gave the "Cross of Gold" speech at the 1896 convention in support of bimetalism and free silver coinage.
  13. 31. "Uncle Tom's _______" was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that described slavery from a slaves' perspective.
  14. 32. Nickname given to African Americans that migrated to the Midwest during Manifest Destiny.
  15. 33. This belief favored people born in America.
  16. 34. This admitted California as a free state and banned the slave trade in Washington DC.
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  1. 1. This event was a violent class between abolitionist and pro-slavery settlers and resulted in a divided state with 2 constitutions.
  2. 2. The North during the Civil War.
  3. 3. This was the nickname given to settlers that went to California in search of gold.
  4. 4. This Supreme Court case had the decision which stated that people of African decent could not be American citizens and slavery could not be forbidden in federal territories.
  5. 5. Personal _______ Laws were passed by Wisconsin and other Northern states to guarantee accused escaped slaves a jury trial.
  6. 6. Secret network that helped enslaved people escape.
  7. 8. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves with this address.
  8. 10. This was the 2nd major battle in the Civil War. It was a major Union victory in the Western theater of the war in Tennessee.
  9. 15. Conductor on the Underground Railroad.
  10. 16. Fort/Mission in Texas that was the site of the attack on rebelling settlers by Spanish/Mexican forces.
  11. 17. This required escaped slaves in the North to be sent back to their masters in the South when discovered.
  12. 19. This battle saw 40,000+ casualties and was won by the Union. It was a major turning point in the war after the South lost so many troops.
  13. 20. This abolitionist led a rebellion to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry to arm slaves for a rebellion.
  14. 22. This political party wanted to increase the nations money supply, establish an 8 hour work day, and supported bimetalism.
  15. 23. The _______ Purchase was signed between the US and Mexico which established the borders of the continental US.
  16. 26. This battle had civilian American spectators from Washington DC where they enjoyed a picnic expecting a decisive Union victory.
  17. 28. Rep. Preston Brooks resigned from Congress after he caned Charles ________ over the slavery debate.
  18. 29. The Treaty of Guadalupe ________ ended the Texas Revolution with Mexico.