1. Manifest Destiny
A US belief that expansion from sea (Atlantic) to sea (Pacific) was inevitable

2. Texas Revolution (Independence)
Texans defeated the Mexican Army making Texas an independent country and finally a US state

3. Missouri Compromise
Missouri becomes a slave state and Maine becomes a free state even though MO is above the 36, 30 line

4. Kansas Nebraska Act
Allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on being a slave or free state, became known as “BLEEDING KANSAS”; Could be considered the 1st battle of the Civil War

5. African American, free or not, could never become a US citizen
Dred Scott v. Sandford
African American, free or not, could never become a US citizen

6. Anaconda Plan
A Union Civil War plan to blockade all Southern ports and move up the Mississippi River cutting the South in half

7. Anti-Slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Toms Cabin
Anti-Slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

8. Emancipation Proclamation
An executive order by Abraham Lincoln freeing all slaves during the Civil War