American History Unit 2 Vocab

5. A notherner who moved to the South to try and profit off the unstable, post-war nature.
6. Putting an end to a law or a practice. In the case of the 1800's, it refers to the movement to end slavery.
7. Founder of the Mormon religion.
9. Admitted California into the Union as a free state and gave popular sovereignity to territories.
10. A trail that went from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
14. The period of the Americas that details the events before the Civil War.
16. The location where John Brown tried to start a slave revolt.
19. A person who helped lead some of the Mormons across the Mormon Trail.
24. The right to be held in jail before being sent to trial.
25. The rebellion of Texan settlers against the Mexican government.
26. When Americans went to California, because gold was found there.
27. A law that required US citizens to find and capture runaway slaves and return them to their owners.
28. A convention that marked the beginning of the women's rights movement
29. The tradition that says that women are made to stay inside the house and take care of matters there.
30. Laws passed in the South that placed restrictions on black people.

1. Stated that the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision could be negated in US territories if laws that protect slave property aren't passed.
2. A war between the USA and Mexico caused by border disputes.
3. A failed proposal to ban slavery in new territories gained from Mexico.
4. The first black person to serve in the United States Congress, as a senator for Mississippi.
8. Ironclad ships that were used during the Civil War. These ships were used in the battle of Hampton Roads.
11. The site of the deadliest single-day battle in American history.
12. A movement that pushed for the abolishment of alcohol consumption.
13. To add or incorporate into something.
15. Protecting the rights of native-born people over immigrants.
17. When the power of the government goes to the people.
18. A set of trails used by the Mormons to get to the Utah Territory.
20. The withdrawal of a state or a region from a nation. The opposite of annexing something.
21. The idea that it was the American settlers' God-given right to expand westward.
22. A route used to get people from the east to the Oregon Territory.
23. The period after the Civil War where the Union attempted to reintegrate the South into the nation and make former enslaved people citizens again.