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Manifest Destiny
The belief that the United States had the right to expand to the Pacific and the Mexican and Native American territories. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise consisted of Maine being admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. The rest of the Louisiana territory was split into two parts. James Monroe was president during this time. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was one of the most famous conductors in the Underground Railroad. She was born a slave in Maryland and ran to freedom after hearing that she going to be sold after her owner had died. -
Santa Fe Trail
This trail was one of the busiest trails and it stretched 780 miles from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico. -
Oregon Trail
This trail stretched from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon The trail was started by two Methodist missionaries named Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. -
San Felipe de Austin
San Felipe de Austin was the main settlement of the colony. It was established in 1821 by Stephen F. Austin. This was made possible by issuing 297 land grants to settlers in Texas. -
Mexico abolishes slavery
This occurred in 1829. This was a problem in Texas because settlers in Texas refused to free their slaves. This caused tensions between the Anglos and the Mexican government. -
Abolition
This was the movement to abolish slavery. It also became the most important reform movements that would ever take place in America. -
The Liberator
This antislavery paper was written by William Lloyd Garrison. The Liberator was basically about slaves and their immediate emancipation. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
This rebellion was one of the most famous slave rebellions. It was led by Nat Turner and it consisted of more than 50 followers attacking four plantations and killing around 60 people. -
Stephen F. Austin goes to jail
Stephen F. Austin was sent to jail by Santa Anna for the charges of inciting revolution. Before Stephen was arrested he presented petitions to the Mexican government for better self government in Texas. -
Texas Revolution
This revolution was caused by rebellions over suspending local powers in Texas and other Mexican states. The Texas Revolution was a series of several rebellions and lasted from 1835 to 1836. -
Texas enters the United States
Texas was annexed into the United States on December 29th, 1845. The annexation however caused a lot of disputes on sectional lines and tensions rose between Mexico and the United States. -
Mexican-American War
This war occurred during the years of 1846 to 1848. The war took place because of the land disputes over the annexation of Texas into the United States. -
The North Star
This antislavery newspaper was written by Frederick Douglass. This paper was about antislavery and it was named after the star that guided African Americans to freedom. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This treaty ended the Mexican-American war. This treaty set the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico and ceded New Mexico and California into the United States. -
Compromise of 1850
This compromise consisted of California being admitted to the United States as a free state. It also introduced popular sovereignty. This compromise was meant to please both the Southern and Northern States. -
Fugitive Slave Act
This act did not give fugitive slaves the right to a trial by jury. It also placed a fine of $1,000 and six months imprisonment for anyone found to be helping fugitive slaves. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was the secret passage way African Americans took for their journey to freedom. It was started by Harriet Tubman and she alone made 19 trips on the the Underground Railroad and helped 300 slaves make their way to freedom. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and it was about slavery being a great moral struggle. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act was proposed by Stephen Douglas. The act proposed that the area would be divided into two territories: Nebraska in the north and Kansas in the South while establishing popular sovereignty for both territories. -
Dread Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave whose owner took him from a slave state to free territory in Illinois. He sued for his freedom because he thought living on the free lands of Illinois he should be granted his freedom. The court went against Dred Scott saying that he lacked any legal standing to sue in court. -
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Debates
Abraham Lincoln challenged Stephen Douglas to a series of debates to counteract Douglas. Douglas's view was for popular sovereignty and Lincoln believed that slavery was immoral. Douglas had won but Lincoln had gained national attention as a new presidential candidate. -
John Brown's raid/ Harper's Ferry
This raid was led by John Brown and was supposed to seize the federal arsenal in Virginia and start a slave uprising. -
Abraham Lincoln becomes President
President Lincoln became president in the election of 1860. He won over the other candidates because he was moderate in his views and promised to stop the spread of slavery. -
Formation of the Confederency
This was established in February of 1861. Jefferson Davis became the president of the Confederency and South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas were the states under President Jefferson Davis. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
This attack happened on April 12th, 1861. Confederate troops set the Fort on fire and the end result was the unification of the North against the South. -
Battle of Bull Run
This battle was first battle of the Civil war and occurred just three months after the attack on Fort Sumter. The Union and Confederate armies fought and eventually the Confederate side won the battle. -
Battle of Antietam
This was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. There were over 26,000 casualties and the Union side had won this battle. However McClellan was removed from command after not going after the battered Confederates. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was published by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It was a proclamation stating that all slaves should be free. People now had a purpose to fight, despite the struggle, to free the slaves. -
Conscription
This was a draft forcing men to serve in the army. This was put up after both sides suffered too many casualties. -
Income Tax
As the Northern economy grew, the Union collected their first income tax to help pay for the war. -
Battle at Gettysburg
This battle occurred in July of 1863. Over 90,000 Union troops and 75,000 Confederate troops gathered to fight this battle. In the end the Confederates went back to Virginia after being convinced that they could not invade the North. -
Gettysburg Address
This famous address by President Abraham Lincoln helped people to realize that the country was a unified nation. -
Battle at Vicksburg
This battle happened in 1863 and it consisted of drying out the Confederates of supplies to force them to surrender. The end result was the Confederacy being split into two. -
Sherman's March
William Tecumseh Sherman led this march and it started from Georgia. They burned everything in their path and the end result was 25,000 former slaves turning to help the North fight the war against Lee. -
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
On April 9, 1865 Lee and Grant met at a private home to arrange a surrender for the Confederates. The terms were that Confederate soldiers were to be sent home with three days of rations. Confederate resistance had collapsed within a month. -
Thirteenth Amendment
This amendment basically stated that all slavery was illegal. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln on April 15th. He was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington. He was assassinated because it was said the John Wilkes booth was a Southern sympathizer.
