Manifest Destiny and The Civil War Era

Popular sovereignty gave the power to the people of a state to decide the legality of slavery.

To leave or separate from a country or larger political union:

The Civil War ended in:

The Southern states were unable to sell enough _________________ during the war.

The idea that the U.S. should expand its influence from coast to coast and beyond is known as:

Under the terms of the Missouri Compromise___________ entered the Union as a free state.

1840s western expansion added California and the __________________ territory.

The Civil War was provoked by which of the following?

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

Abraham Lincoln was first elected President in _____________.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves, in all states and territories.

The Southern states had an industrial advantage during this era.

The Dred Scott lawsuit challenged the Missouri Compromise.

Both the Federal and Confederate governments stripped away this right during the war:

The U.S. fought a war against __________________ in 1846.

Texas was once an independent, sovereign country.

The commander of the Confederate military forces was:

The 1850 Compromise allowed_____________________ to become a new state.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was written by Frederick Douglas.

This Supreme Court case declared Congress had no legal authority to deal with slavery:

The Mormons settled in Oregon to escape religious persecution.

Lincoln gave the ____________ Address at this battlefield in Pennsylvania.

John Brown led a successful slave rebellion.

_____________ was the first state to secede from the U.S.

Who led a raid on the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry?

Which term means "before the war"?

Southern states feared a Northern state takeover of Congress because of their larger _______.

The burning of Atlanta by Jackson's troops illustrated "total war" to the city and the South.

The ____________ Trail was a prominent travel route from Missouri to the west coast.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to violence referred to as:

The 1850 Compromise made which law stronger?

The Lincoln-Douglas debates helped Lincoln win a Senate seat in 1858.