Period 5 Study Guide

The growth of the US would have been advocated by those who supported the concept of…

manifest destiny

What did the US gain following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848?

California & the Southwest

What did the Wilmot Proviso attempt to do?

Prohibit the expansion of slavery into territories gained from Mexico.

What were the four parts of the Compromise of 1850?

California admitted as a free state, Utah & , slave trade abolished in Washington D.C., and a stricter Fugitive Slave Law.

Of the four provisions of the Compromise of 1850, which was the most controversial?`

Fugitive Slave Law

The largest number of immigrants came from which country?

Ireland

Anti-immigrant nativism of the 1840s and 1850s had the most in common with which early development

Alien & Sedition Acts of 1798

What did the American Party promote?

Nativism (Anti-immigrant)

What was the free-soil movement’s position on slavery?

Keep it out of new territory

Popular soverignity

People exercise the right to vote

The first attempt to apply popular sovernignity happened in which state?

Kansas

What was the ruling in the Dred Scott decision?

emminient domain

What was the consequence over the acquisition of new territory and the debate over slavery?

Led to growing divisions between the North & South.

What was the platform of the Republican Platform and Abreaham Lincoln in the election of 1860?

The Republican Platform advocated for the containment of slavery, promoting free labor and opposing the expansion of slavery into the territories.

What happened after Lincoln got elected in 1860?

SC seceeded.

What advantages did the Union have going into the Civil War?

More people, more manufacturing, more railroads

What was the Confederacy’s advantage?

Military leadership

The belief by some Americans that the Civil War was “a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight” was reflected in…

NYC’s draft riots

Why was the battle of Antietam considered a pivotal moment in the outcome of the Civil War?

Deterred the possibility of European intervention for the Confederacy

Why were the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg considered turning points of the Civil War?

They marked the beginning of a decisive shift in momentum toward the Union, with significant Confederate losses.

What immediate effect was Lincoln looking for when he issued the Emmancipation Proclamation?

To make slavery the moral cause of the war.

What was the purpose behind Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?

To encourage soldiers to keep fighting.

What were the key components of Lincoln’s presidential reconstruction plan?

The key components included restoring the Union swiftly, granting amnesty to Confederates, and allowing Southern states to reestablish governments once 10% of voters pledged loyalty to the Union.

Purpose of the 15th Ammendment

To grant African American men the right to vote, citizenship, and equal protection

What was a major economic development in the South particularly among the freedmen and poor whites?

Sharecropping

What was a consequence of sharecropping and the crop lien system in the South?

A cycle of debt

What was the purpose of Black Codes?

To restrict the rights of newly freed African Americans

Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?

Republican & Democrat parties came to an agreement about the election of 1876.

What was a result of the Compromise of 1877?

The military was withdrawn from Southern states