US History Terms - Semester 2

A law passed in 1820 that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and prohibited slavery north of the 36°30' parallel in the Louisiana Territory.

• Missouri Compromise

• Louisiana Purchase

• Compromise of 1850

• Adams-Onis Treaty

The seventh president of the United States, who served from 1829 to 1837 and was known for his controversial policies, including the Indian Removal Act and the spoils system.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

The forced relocation of approximately 100,000 Native Americans from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in the 1830s, resulting in the deaths of thousands.

• Trail of Tears

• Push/Pull immigration

• Manifest Destiny

• Reconstruction Acts

A conflict fought between 1846 and 1848, resulting in the United States acquiring significant territory in the Southwest, including present-day California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

• Mexican War

• War of 1812

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

A series of laws passed in 1850 that resolved disputes between free and slave states, including the admission of California as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act, which required citizens to help capture and return runaway slaves.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Comprmoise

• Navigation Acts

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1857 in which the court ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, could not be considered citizens and had no right to sue in federal court.

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

The 16th president of the United States, who served from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, and is known for his leadership during the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared slaves in Confederate states to be free.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

A four-year conflict fought between 1861 and 1865 between the United States and the Confederate States of America, resulting in the abolition of slavery and significant changes to the country's political and social landscape.

• Civil War

• War in Tripoli

• War of 1812

• French and Indian War

An executive order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 that declared slaves in Confederate states to be free, although it did not immediately end slavery in the United States.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

• Tariff of Abominations

• Gettysburg Address

The period of time after the Civil War when the United States government worked to rebuild the country and address issues related to slavery, citizenship, and political rights for African Americans.

• Reconstruction

• Era of Good feelings

• Antebellum

• Great Awakening