Westward Expansion
Woman who accompanied the Corps of Discovery
Sacagawea
Die young, illnesses, deafness due to loud machines, poor eyesight, boring, lose a finger or limb were all negatives of WHAT?
Working in a factory
Land purchased from France by Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
the first shots of the war were fired here
Fort Sumter
Laws created during Reconstruction that replaced slavery and allowed for segregation to occur in the South
Jim Crow Laws
Ended Slavery
13th Amendment
My three children
Emi, Mika, Kai
U.S. President when the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was issued
Andrew Jackson
More wealth, more jobs, improved standard of living, better communication, improved transportation are all WHAT of the IR?
positives of the IR
the idea that people should be given the choice to be a slave state or a free state
Popular Sovereignty
Union General who won the war for the U.S., showed great mercy towards the South and would eventually be elected President
Ulysses S. Grant
Seamstress who refused to get up from her seat on a Montgomery Bus which led to boycotts in 1955-1956 and helped to end segregation on public buses
Rosa Parks
State that all persons born in the U.S. or naturalized were citizens
14th Amendment
My middle name
Gilstrap
The court case that established judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
System in which labor and capital - land, buildings, money, machines, etc. = production
Capitilism
Created an imaginary line that divided the country - everything north of it was free and everything south of it was slave states when joining the Union
Missouri Compromise
Abolitionist who was also a great orator and a former freed slave (became friends with Lincoln)
Frederick Douglass
Supreme Court decision in 1954 that state that "separate but equal" was unconstitutional and led to the desegregation of schools
Brown v. Board of Education
Guaranteed all male citizens, regardless of race, the right to vote
15th Amendment
Where I went to college
Emory
the 19th century belief that the expansion of the U.S. was both justified "by God" and inevitable
Manifest Destiny
When each person focuses on one job, gets good at it and becomes more efficient at producing better products
Specialization of Labor
Supreme Court decision that determined that African-Americans were not citizens and had no right to appeal to the courts
Dred Scott Decision
the legal proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing all the slaves in the U.S. including the South
Emancipation Proclamation
Supreme Court Decision in 1896 that determined that "separate but equal" WAS Constitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
Other than the U.S. which country have I lived in
Japan
Gave the U.S. what is now CA, NV, UT, AZ and parts of CO & NM
Mexican Cession
Extending rule or influence over others, specifically a country extending power over its colonies
Imperialism
Repealed the MO Compromise and allowed KS & NE to decide through popular sovereignty whether they would be slave or free
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Period of time between 1865 and 1877 that refers to the efforts made to restructure the political, legal and economic systems in the states that seceded from the Union
Reconstruction
Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson this was the most effective piece of federal law that prohibited racial discrimination in voting
Voting Rights Act of 1965
24th Amendment
Made poll taxes, etc. illegal
Where did I grow up (my hometown - city & state)?
Columbus, GA