Expansion & Change
Sacagaweah
What part of the country was slavery the most prevelant?
The South
What does it mean to leave the union of states?
Secession
The country formed in the South was called
The Confederacy
Name any Native American nation who lived or lives on the Great Plains.
Lakota, Sioux, Cheyenne, Omaha, etc....
The belief that Americans had a god given right to expand westward.
Manifest Destiny
What was the cash crop which fueled the economy of the south?
Cotton
Famous conductor for the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
What we call the northern side during the war.
The Union
Where were Great Plains Native Americans moved onto?
Reservations
Why did the Mexican-American War start?
What invention made the demand for cotton and slavery go up?
Cotton Gin
Lincoln
Name any famous general from the war
Grant, Lee, Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, etc...
Animal which was spiritually and practically important for the Lakota.
Bison / Buffalo
Where were the civilized tribes forced to move?
This escaped slave was the biggest voice for abolition in the 1850s and beyond.
Frederick Douglass
Kansas and this state became territories, causing a violent debate over slavery in the west.
Nebraska
A Union victory, this three day battle in Pennsylvania was the turning point of the War.
Gettysburg
What happened at Wounded Knee?
Massacre of Lakota by the U.S. army
When did people rush to California for gold?
1849
At the start of the Civil War, how many Americans were enslaved?
4 Million
Led a failed raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859
John Brown
Why is the Massachusetts 54th famous?
All black regiment who fought bravely at Fort Wagner.
Sioux is what the enemies of the Lakota called them. What did Sioux originally mean?
Snake