History

On the eve of the civil war south enjoyed an advantage over the north by..

A great military leader

A strong nativist movement arose that was anti what..

Anti-catholic

What year did the Mexican American war start

April 25 1846

A significant result of the Mexican-American war of 1846-1848 was the United States...

Called for prohibitation of slavery in land acquired from Mexico and wiltmot proviso

The 13th amendment abolished slavery, while 14th and 15th granted African American

Equality for recently emancipated slaves and the 15th prohibited government from denying voters by race and color

Substantial number of international migrants continued to arrive in the United States from Europe and Asia, mainly from

Ireland, Germany ,and china

The most controversial and divisive component of the Compromise of 1850 was the

It required citizens to to assist in recovery of fugitive slave .

After the civil war, women reformers and former abolitionist were divided over

Legislation that ensured the voting rights of African American males

The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 effectively repealed the

Missouri compromise

What is the primary principle of "popular sovereignty?"

Popular sovereignty is the principal that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people

The Emancipation Proclamation rallied support for what

Rally of support for freeing slaves

During reconstruction a major economic development in the south was the spread of

Sharecropping

In 1861 the north went to war with the south primarily to

Stop slavery

What contributed most directly to the end of slavery in the US

The emancipation proclamation in 1863 the war ended slavery even before the institution was banned

James W. Marshall a 36 yeah old carpenter discovered gold in the Sacramento Valley in 1848 and set off..

The gold rush

Historians have argued that all the following was a cause of the civil war except

The growing power of poor southern whites who resisted planter dominance

What was an important political event leading to the civil war

The slow collapse of the Whig party, the formation of the Republican Party, and the election of a Abraham Lincoln

What disadvantages did the South have?

They did not have factories to produce weapons, Railroad tracks or other important supplies.