APUSH periods 5 through 6, roughly 1800 to 1898, covering westward expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and industrialization.
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- What was Manifest Destiny?
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The belief that American expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean was justified and inevitable.- What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 authorize?
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The forced relocation of Native American tribes from eastern lands to territory west of the Mississippi River.- What is the Trail of Tears?
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The forced westward migration of Cherokee, Creek, and other tribes in the 1830s-1840s, resulting in thousands of deaths.- What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 accomplish?
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It acquired approximately 828,000 square miles of territory from France, doubling the size of the United States.- What was the significance of the Monroe Doctrine?
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It warned European powers not to interfere in the Americas, establishing the Western Hemisphere as within the US sphere of influence.- What was the Mexican-American War fought over?
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American expansionist ambitions to acquire Mexican territory; officially triggered by a border dispute in Texas.- What territories did the United States gain from the Mexican-American War?
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Present-day California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado.- What was the Compromise of 1850?
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A series of five bills that temporarily eased sectional tensions by admitting California as a free state while allowing slavery in other new territories through popular sovereignty.- What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 do?
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It replaced the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.- What did the Dred Scott decision of 1857 rule?
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That enslaved people were not citizens and had no rights, and that Congress could not ban slavery in territories.- Who won the 1860 presidential election?
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Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery expansion and won without any southern electoral votes.- What prompted the southern states to secede in 1860-1861?
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The election of Lincoln and fear that Republicans would restrict slavery's expansion and threaten slavery itself.- What was the first battle of the Civil War?
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The Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861, when Confederate forces bombarded the federal fort in Charleston Harbor.- Who was the commanding general of the Union Army by 1864?
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Ulysses S. Grant, known for his aggressive tactics and eventual victory at Appomattox.- Who was the commanding general of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
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Robert E. Lee, considered the South's most capable general.
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