Unit 5

What was the 'Manifest Destiny' of the United States?

• Spread Christianity and covert all North American Indians

• Bring democracy and freedom to all people living in North America.

• It was God's desire for the United States to dominate North America.

What were the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?

• The U.S. received all territory west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains.

• The Rio Grande became the Texas border while California and New Mexica entered the U.S.

What were the consequences of the Compromise of 1850?

• A stronger fugitive slave act with the prohibition of selling slaves in Washington D.C.

• It became illegal to take slavery into new territories but was allowed within California.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska act use popular sovereignty in dealing with slavery?

• People living in a territory could vote on whether to allow slavery.

• Congressional votes would decide which territories allowed slavery.

Why is the book, Uncle Tom's Cabin important?

• It was the most persuasive anti-slavery propaganda written.

• It was praised by southerners as a realistic view of slavery.

The Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sanford denied citizenship to:

• All African-Americans

• Non-property owners

• Poor Whites

What advantages did the South have at the start of the Civil War?

• Superior leadership

• Manufacturing capacity

• Greater railroad mileage

Which slaves were impacted by the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Those in territory occupied by Union forces.

• Those in Confederate controlled territory.

• Those in the loyal border states.

What events made the year 1863 a turning point in the war?

• Union victory at Gettysburg and their capture of Vicksburg.

• Union victory at Antietam and Lee’s retreat back into Virginia.

• Union capture of Atlanta and Sherman's capture of Savannah.

Lincoln believes that victory (for the Union) in the war will result in _____.

• a new birth of freedom and all men will be created equal

• women, as well as slaves, will have equal rights.

• a proper memorial for those who have died in the war