U.S. History Top 100
... • Declared that Europe should not interfere in the Western Hemisphere and any interference by a European power would be seen as a threat to the U.S. • Mostly just a show of nationalism, the doctrine had no major impact until the late ...
... • Declared that Europe should not interfere in the Western Hemisphere and any interference by a European power would be seen as a threat to the U.S. • Mostly just a show of nationalism, the doctrine had no major impact until the late ...
Reconstruction Review Reconstruction – 1865 – 1877, the process
... 1. Reconstruction – 1865 – 1877, the process by which the southern states were reorganized as a part of the union after the Civil War; the Constitution provided no guidance on secession or readmission of states 2. Abraham Lincoln – first major goal for Reconstruction was to reunify the nation 3. Lin ...
... 1. Reconstruction – 1865 – 1877, the process by which the southern states were reorganized as a part of the union after the Civil War; the Constitution provided no guidance on secession or readmission of states 2. Abraham Lincoln – first major goal for Reconstruction was to reunify the nation 3. Lin ...
Review Sheet
... Abraham Lincoln, completed four years after his death. Lincoln signed into law the Pacific Railway act on July 1, 1862 an act establishing two main Rail lines -- the Central Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east. Completed on May 10, 1869, it gave America a nation-wide transporta ...
... Abraham Lincoln, completed four years after his death. Lincoln signed into law the Pacific Railway act on July 1, 1862 an act establishing two main Rail lines -- the Central Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east. Completed on May 10, 1869, it gave America a nation-wide transporta ...
Objective 1.02 - social studies
... commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the land acquired by the Louisiana Purchase and beyond [West of Mississippi River]. ...
... commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the land acquired by the Louisiana Purchase and beyond [West of Mississippi River]. ...
Part IV-Essay Questions
... provided that cotton be substituted for currency as a medium of exchange. made the number of free states and slave states equal. legalized slavery in all the newly acquired territories. provided for the possible creation of five states out of Texas. provided for the return of fugitive slaves. ...
... provided that cotton be substituted for currency as a medium of exchange. made the number of free states and slave states equal. legalized slavery in all the newly acquired territories. provided for the possible creation of five states out of Texas. provided for the return of fugitive slaves. ...
Slavery Dominates Politics PowerPoint Notes
... 1820,political disagreements over slavery seemed to go away. But new disagreements arose with the outbreak of the War with Mexico in1846.Many Northerners believed that Southerners wanted to take territory from Mexico in order to extend slavery. To prevent that, Representative David Wilmot of Pennsyl ...
... 1820,political disagreements over slavery seemed to go away. But new disagreements arose with the outbreak of the War with Mexico in1846.Many Northerners believed that Southerners wanted to take territory from Mexico in order to extend slavery. To prevent that, Representative David Wilmot of Pennsyl ...
Civil War Intro Ppt
... secession of seven southern states to form their own country (the Confederate States of America) These States included: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas They based their right to secede on the idea that the free states had denied the Southern States equal r ...
... secession of seven southern states to form their own country (the Confederate States of America) These States included: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas They based their right to secede on the idea that the free states had denied the Southern States equal r ...
File - Mrs. Phy-Daly
... Compromise. This compromise to the southern slave-holding states stated that there would be no laws on slavery until 1808. We continued to see the development of sectionalism and a states’ rights debate with the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. They were a response to the Federalists’ Alie ...
... Compromise. This compromise to the southern slave-holding states stated that there would be no laws on slavery until 1808. We continued to see the development of sectionalism and a states’ rights debate with the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. They were a response to the Federalists’ Alie ...
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... b. became the dominant power in North America. c. annexed the island of Cuba. d. gained exclusive control of the slave trade. e. all of the above. ...
... b. became the dominant power in North America. c. annexed the island of Cuba. d. gained exclusive control of the slave trade. e. all of the above. ...
Chapter 21: A Dividing Nation
... After traveling to a free territory and back to slave territory, Scott (a slave) sued for his freedom The Supreme Court (1857) said: -African Americans are not citizens -The MO. Compromise is unconstitutionalslaves are property and slavery is allowed anywhere in the United States Upholds "state's ri ...
... After traveling to a free territory and back to slave territory, Scott (a slave) sued for his freedom The Supreme Court (1857) said: -African Americans are not citizens -The MO. Compromise is unconstitutionalslaves are property and slavery is allowed anywhere in the United States Upholds "state's ri ...
Black Codes
... Davies and Benjamin Butler urged the passing of further legislation to impose these measures on the former Confederacy. Congress passed the first Reconstruction Act on 2nd March, 1867. The South was now divided into five military districts, each under a major general. New elections were to be held i ...
... Davies and Benjamin Butler urged the passing of further legislation to impose these measures on the former Confederacy. Congress passed the first Reconstruction Act on 2nd March, 1867. The South was now divided into five military districts, each under a major general. New elections were to be held i ...
Emancipation Proclamation
... make sure that all slaves were freed, not just those in Confederate states. When Lincoln ran for president in 1864, he made it a campaign issue. Lincoln pushed for an amendment to the Constitution that would ban slavery in the country. ...
... make sure that all slaves were freed, not just those in Confederate states. When Lincoln ran for president in 1864, he made it a campaign issue. Lincoln pushed for an amendment to the Constitution that would ban slavery in the country. ...
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... b. antislavery groups in the United States opposed the expansion of slavery. c. they were old political opponents of the Texas president, Sam Houston. d. public opinion in the United States opposed annexation. e. they feared war with Mexico’s ally, Spain. 68. The Battle of Antietam was particularly ...
... b. antislavery groups in the United States opposed the expansion of slavery. c. they were old political opponents of the Texas president, Sam Houston. d. public opinion in the United States opposed annexation. e. they feared war with Mexico’s ally, Spain. 68. The Battle of Antietam was particularly ...
Reconstruction in Texas
... period immediately after the Civil War of rebuilding the Southern states gradually bringing them back into the Union. ...
... period immediately after the Civil War of rebuilding the Southern states gradually bringing them back into the Union. ...
CHAPTER 13 The Sections Go Their Ways
... Slave labor built the South’s railroads; immigrants built the North’s. Private investors supplied most of the investment capital, particularly when their communities stood to profit from the railroad. Longer east-west rail lines usually required some public funding. State and local aid came in the f ...
... Slave labor built the South’s railroads; immigrants built the North’s. Private investors supplied most of the investment capital, particularly when their communities stood to profit from the railroad. Longer east-west rail lines usually required some public funding. State and local aid came in the f ...
Standard 8-4
... Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses. The Fifteenth Amendment, (proposed in 1869 and ratified in 1870) grants voting rights regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". ...
... Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses. The Fifteenth Amendment, (proposed in 1869 and ratified in 1870) grants voting rights regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". ...
Document
... Whereas, unlike in the enlightened republic, and later state of Vermont, many other jurisdictions permitted and encouraged slavery until the practice was finally abolished during the Civil War, and Whereas, on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the “Emancipation Proclamation” that abo ...
... Whereas, unlike in the enlightened republic, and later state of Vermont, many other jurisdictions permitted and encouraged slavery until the practice was finally abolished during the Civil War, and Whereas, on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the “Emancipation Proclamation” that abo ...
The Bill of Rights
... failure to include a _____________ 25. In 1787 Congress established a system for creating new states from western territories through the Northwest Ordinance _____________________. ...
... failure to include a _____________ 25. In 1787 Congress established a system for creating new states from western territories through the Northwest Ordinance _____________________. ...
Western Expansion/Sectionalism Vocabulary Test Americans of the
... Following California’s petition for statehood Congress passed this compromise to appease both Pro and anti-slavery advocates. The law established California as a free state, allowed New Mexico the right of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery, banned the slave trade in Washington D.C. ...
... Following California’s petition for statehood Congress passed this compromise to appease both Pro and anti-slavery advocates. The law established California as a free state, allowed New Mexico the right of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery, banned the slave trade in Washington D.C. ...
Unit 5 & 6
... Lincoln? - Radical Republicans took charge of a Reconstruction after Lincoln's assassination - The impeachment of President Johnson resulted in a weakened Presidency and a stronger Congress ...
... Lincoln? - Radical Republicans took charge of a Reconstruction after Lincoln's assassination - The impeachment of President Johnson resulted in a weakened Presidency and a stronger Congress ...
Reconstruction Plans
... exempt Tennessee from the Emancipation Proclamation. By the summer of 1863, however, he began to favor emancipation as a war measure. ...
... exempt Tennessee from the Emancipation Proclamation. By the summer of 1863, however, he began to favor emancipation as a war measure. ...
Unit 6 Review Sheet
... Reconstruction Plan wanted to make it easy for the South to rejoin the US and slowly give rights to the freed African Americans. The Radical Republicans Reconstruction Plan (the Republicans in Congress) wanted the South punished for their actions during the Civil War, wanted to make it difficult to ...
... Reconstruction Plan wanted to make it easy for the South to rejoin the US and slowly give rights to the freed African Americans. The Radical Republicans Reconstruction Plan (the Republicans in Congress) wanted the South punished for their actions during the Civil War, wanted to make it difficult to ...