Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877

Latin for 'before the _____.' This term refers to the period in American history before the Civil War.

The enthusiastic belief that America was divinely ordained to expand across the entire North American _____.

A massive chunk of land acquired from Mexico after the Mexican-American War, including present-day California, Nevada, and _____.

A stricter law from the Compromise of 1850, requiring federal marshals to assist in the capture of runaway enslaved people, even in _____ states.

The principle that residents of a territory should decide by _____ whether to allow slavery.