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Ch.10 Sec.3 Guided Reading

35Pts.

Setting the Stage

  1. What year did the U.S. win its independence from Great Britain?
  1. What marked the western boundary of the U.S. following the American Revolution?
  1. What TWO issues caused tensions between the North and South?

Americans Move West

  1. Which president is responsible for the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?
  1. What country did we acquire FL from?
  1. How did we acquire land in the Oregon Territory?

Manifest Destiny

  1. What is Manifest Destiny?
  1. What was manifest destiny used to justify by government leaders?
  1. What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 do?
  1. What tribe challenged the Indian Removal Act?
  1. What was the journey to OK by Native Americans called?

Texas Joins the United States

  1. Who did Texas originally belong too?
  1. What year did Texas become independent?
  1. When did the U.S. annex Texas into the Union?
  1. What region in the U.S. was gained after the U.S. victory over Mexico in the Mexican-American War?

Civil War Tests Democracy

  1. How did westward expansion create an issue between the Northern states and the Southern states?

North and South

  1. How was the Northern economy diversified?
  1. What type of labor did the Northern states depend on?
  1. What was the main cash crop for the Southern states?
  1. How did the Northern states view slavery?
  1. What did the North want to outlaw/prevent?
  1. What argument did the Southern states have for leaving the Union?

Civil War Breaks Out

  1. What event caused the conflict between the North and the South to reach a climax?
  1. What had Lincoln promised that caused Southerners to oppose him?
  1. The states that withdrew from the Union came together to form what nation?
  1. Where did the first battle of the Civil War break out?
  1. How long did the Civil War last?
  1. What major advantage did the South have?
  1. What were some Northern advantages?

Abolition of Slavery

  1. What did Lincoln say the war’s purpose was?
  1. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
  1. What did the 13th Amendment do?

Reconstruction

  1. What was the Reconstruction Period?
  1. What is segregation?

The Railroads

  1. What did Congress authorize in 1862?