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What was the Compromise of 1850?
Aimed to ease tensions over slavery, included the Fugitive Slave Act and popular sovereignty.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska, leading to Bleeding Kansas.
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
Supreme Court ruled slaves were not citizens and had no right to sue for freedom.
What was John Brown's Raid?
Abolitionist raid on Harpers Ferry, further inflamed tensions before the Civil War.
What happened at Fort Sumter?
Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, marking the beginning of the Civil War.
What was the Battle of Antietam?
Bloodiest single day in American history, led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
Turning point of the Civil War.
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Ended Reconstruction, leading to the reversal of many gains made during the period.
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Ended the Mexican-American War, leading to the Mexican Cession.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
Conductor on the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape to freedom.
Who was Stephen Douglas?
Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and popular sovereignty.
Who was John Brown?
Abolitionist who used violence, escalating tensions before the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
President of the Union during the Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
Confederate general, surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
Union general, accepted Lee's surrender and later became president.
Who was Henry Clay?
Designed the Compromise of 1850 to ease tensions over slavery.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, increasing anti-slavery sentiment.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
President after Lincoln, clashed with Congress over Reconstruction policies.
Who was Dred Scott?
Enslaved man who sued for his freedom, leading to the Dred Scott Decision.
What were the causes and effects of Manifest Destiny?
Cause: Belief in U.S. expansion. Effect: Westward expansion, displacement of Native Americans, increased debate over slavery.
What were the causes and effects of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Cause: Part of the Compromise of 1850. Effect: Increased abolitionist sentiment in the North, forced Northerners to participate in slavery.
What were the causes and effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Cause: Stephen Douglas's desire for a railroad. Effect: Repealed the Missouri Compromise, led to Bleeding Kansas.
What were the causes and effects of the Dred Scott Decision?
Cause: Dred Scott's lawsuit for freedom. Effect: Invalidated free territories, fueled the rise of the Republican Party.
What were the causes and effects of Lincoln's election in 1860?
Cause: Lincoln's victory in the election. Effect: Secession of Southern states, beginning of the Civil War.
What were the causes and effects of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Cause: Lincoln's desire to weaken the Confederacy. Effect: Freed slaves in rebelling states, shifted war focus to ending slavery.
What were the causes and effects of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
Cause: Congressional desire to protect freedmen's rights. Effect: Military occupation of the South, increased political participation of black men.
What were the causes and effects of the Compromise of 1877?
Cause: Disputed election of 1876. Effect: Ended Reconstruction, reversal of many gains made by freedmen.
What were the causes and effects of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Cause: End of the Mexican-American War. Effect: Mexican Cession, ignited debates over slavery's expansion.
What were the causes and effects of Black Codes?
Cause: Southern states' desire to maintain control over freedmen. Effect: Limited rights of freedmen, created a system of forced labor.