Origins of Slavery
Name one crop the South produced using enslaved labor.
Cotton; tobacco; rice; indigo; sugar
As part of the Missouri Compromise, ____________ was admitted as a slave state.
Missouri
What is the name of the belief that Americans had a God-given right to expand West?
Manifest Destiny
What was the name of the rebelling side during the Civil War?
Confederacy
Which Amendment freed all slaves in the United States?
13th Amendment
What was the Southern economy based on throughout the 1800s?
Agriculture
What state was admitted as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
Who inhabited North America before white settlers began moving westward?
Native Americans
What event was the breaking point that caused Southern States to start seceding?
Abraham Lincoln's election as president
Which Amendment established birthright citizenship and equal protection under the law?
14th Amendment
What was the name of the invention that caused a huge increase in Cotton Production?
Cotton Gin
What was the name of the Compromise that limited how enslaved people were counted in a state's population?
Three-fifths Compromise
Who were the 49ers? Why did the move west?
Gold miners/pioneers; in search of gold/wealth
Which state seceded from the Union first?
South Carolina
The 15th amendment guaranteed that the right to vote could not be discriminated upon by what three things?
race, color, former enslavement
What is the name for people who opposed slavery?
Abolitionists
What state was entered into the US as free as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California
Why did farmers move west in the 1800s? What state did most move to?
In search of good farming land; Oregon
What very important event happened on April 12th, 1861?
Civil War began
What were literacy tests?
Tests used to prevent African Americans from voting
What is the name of the religious group that opposed slavery?
Quakers
As part of the Compromise of 1850, all remaining territories would decide on the issue of slavery using ________________.
Popular sovereignty
What was the name of the religious group that moved West in the 1800s in search of religious freedom?
Mormons
What is the name of the book that revealed the horrors of slavery in the South?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, _______________ became president.
Andrew Johnson