Kid 1
Congress tried to permanently protect Civil rights for all African Americans by passing this amendment.
What is the 14th amendment?
What did President Lincoln say about sectional differences?
"Sectional differences threaten to destroy the Union of the United States."
This is the proclamation from President Lincoln that freed all of the slaves in the states that seceded.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These are original records or first hand testimony of an event.
What is a Primary Source?
What was the major reason European rulers sought to colonize North America?
They tried to expand their powers with riches form the "New World"
Lack of money in the south, absence of credit system, former slaves needing work, and plantations needing workers are all factors that led to this system.
What is Sharecropping?
What was the main reason many pilgrims came to America in 1620?
What is freedom of Religion?
What are more resources, more men, better navy.
These are the main reasons the North won the war?
This is the term that identifies the exchange of Plants, animals, ideas and diseases between Europe and the Americas.
What is the Colombian Exchange?
These laws prevented the colonists from trading directly with other countries form Europe?
What are the Navigation laws?
How did the House of Burgesses lay a foundation for the system of government we have now?
For the first time, the colonists had a voice in their government.
This Amendment prohibited denial of voting rights on the basis of rights.
What is the 15th amendment?
Fighting for their homes, better Generals.
Why was it so hard to defeat the south?
What is the name first permanent English colony in the New World and when was it founded?
Jamestown, Virginia in 1607
This area had small farms, merchants with colder climates and rocky soil.
What is the New England region?
Why did The Proclamation of 1763 anger the colonists?
It limited westward settlement.
What is the 13th amendment?
He was the first president of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Which geographic characteristic did most English colonies share?
Most of the colonists had their populations concentrated near the coast.
This region had fertile soils and large forests, colonists of many different backgrounds settled here.
What are the Middle Atlantic Colonies?
What is the lasting legacy of the Freedman's Bureau?
Setting up public schools for African Americans.
These laws were set up after the Civil War and they limited the civil rights and movements of African Americans.
What are the "Black Codes"?
This is the name of the fort that the south fired on to start the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
The need for farm workers in the south led to what?
Slavery
This region had warmer climates, grew cash crops and included large plantations with slaves.
What are the Southern Colonies?