Mexican War, Reforms, and Causes of the Civil War

In the Compromise of 1850, California is admitted as a free state. In return, Southerners get

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a best-seller and led to more Northerners supporting the

Between 1840 and 1860, railroad construction expanded significantly in the

Congress made several compromises during the 1800's to ___.

The Compromise of 1820, Maine admitted as a free state and _____ was admitted as a slave state.

In the word TISSUES (Causes of the Civil War foldable), the 3 Ss stand for

Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act were all part of Congress's

Paintings that emphasized nature, landscapes and water started in the U.S. with the

Who started the American style of writing known as Transcendentalism?

The people voting for what they want as law is called ____.

Eli Whitney's cotton gin made cleaning cotton easier and faster which led to

Kansas-Nebraska Act, men voted to determine if land from the ___ __ would be free or slave

Having a stronger loyalty to your part of the country than to the nation is ___.

The Mexican-American War started because the U.S. and Mexico disagreed about

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-America War. The U.S. gained new lands called

___ entered the U.S. as a FREE state in the Compromise of 1850.

In the 1850s, fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in

Two famous abolitionists who both published their own newspapers were

Second Great Awakening was a wave of spiritual/religious renewal when people were inspired to

One reform movement was called the Temperance Movement. It worked to

In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was

__ led an attack in Kansas and then Harper's Ferry, Va, to try to end slavery.

Sectionalism in the United States between the North and the South grew thanks to differences in

The ___ was mostly agricultural and cotton was the biggest cash crop.

Women held their first convention to begin fighting for women's rights in

The belief that a federal (national) law from Congress can be cancelled (nullified) is known as

People voting to determine whether slavery is legal or illegal in an area is known as

One of the first groups to demand an end to slavery was

The slave who sued for his freedom since he had lived in free territory.

The boundary dispute between the U.S. and Mexico was caused by the annexation of