Post Civil War America

Before Reconstruction

100

The president during the Civil War, before Reconstruction

Abraham Lincoln

200

Prior to the Civil War, most African-Americans in the South lived on

Plantations

300

People who opposed slavery, like Frederick Douglass and John Brown, were known as

Abolitionists

400

This man became president in 1865 following a famous assassination by John Wilkes Booth

Andrew Johnson

500

Towards the end of the Civil War, the Union government set up ________, which were schools for African-Americans

Freedmen's Schools

Resistance

100

The _____ was formed as an organization to promote fear and violence onto African Americans

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

200

________ were people fearful of foreigners, that grew in prominence during the late 1800s

Nativists

300

The Chinese were _______ from coming to America in 1882, promoting resistance towards outsiders

excluded

400

The system of _______ was essentially new-age slavery, preventing African-Americans from leaving farms due to debt cycles

Sharecropping

500

Extremely violent incidences of _______ involved the public murder of African-Americans

lynchings

Immigration

100

A _______ is a reason to LEAVE a country, while a _______ is a reason to GO to a specific country.

Push factor and Pull factor

200

Prior to the Civil War, most immigrants in the U.S. came from

Ireland (or Germany)

300

Out west, there was a large influx of ______ immigrants during the mid-late 1800s

Chinese

400

Today, this country produces the highest number of immigrants to the U.S.

Mexico

500

We are currently on the ______ wave of immigration

4th (or 5th)

African-American Advancements

100

Following the end of the Civil War, _____ ended, freeing all African-Americans in the U.S.

Slavery

200

With the passage of the 14th Amendment, African Americans were granted _______ rights, meaning they were now recognized by the law and had to be protected

Citizenship

300

For the first few years after the Civil War, the first African-American were elected to ______

Congress

400

During the period of ______, northern soldiers were stationed in the South to protect African-Americans and ensure they had their voting rights protected.

Military Reconstruction

500

Throughout the post-war period, ______ were built as locations for higher education for African Americans

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

Expansion and Growth

100

________ was the belief that God had chosen America to grow and span coast to coast

Manifest Destiny

200

During and after the Civil War, people were given free land out west by the _______

Homestead Act

300

Native American leader ______ was one of the main victims of growth, losing land and his life in the process

Sitting Bull

400

Many people rushed to ______ for free land in 1890

Oklahoma

500

______ was the process of growth creating new jobs in factories in the late 1800s

Industrialization