American Ideals
What document explained why the colonies wanted independence from Britain?
Declaration of Independence
Did the Constitution solve the conflict over slavery?
no
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
When the US bought land from the french.
Who was the president of the Union during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What does Reconstruction mean?
Rebuilding America after the Civil War
What does liberty mean?
freedom
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise and what did it affect?
Representation and taxation, every 3 slaves equivalent to more representation
What was the missouri compromise and what was the problem?
Missouri wanted to be a state.
Slavery
what was the civil war about?
slavery
What amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
What does equality mean?
Having equal rights
Why was slavery connected to political power?
Southern states wanted enslaved people counted for representation.
What did we keep compromising about?
whether slavery would exist in the us.
mexican american war
What was the Union's main goal at the beginning of the war?
to keep the US together
What amendment is connected to citizenship and rights?
14th Amendment
What are natural rights?
Basic human rights
What is a free state?
What is a slave state?
free= slaves are free
slave= slaves remain unfree
What does secede mean? And who seceded? and why did they secede?
To leave, the south
abraham lincoln was voted president
what are the two sides and all their names.
north vs. south
union vs. confederate
free vs. slave
abolitionists vs. racists
What amendment is connected to voting rights?
And what decision took place before this that led to the creation of this amendment.
15th Amendment
Dred Scott Decision
What does consent of the governed mean?
The government gets its power from the people.
Who is a famous abolitionist who killed racists?
John Brown's Raid
government let kansas and nebraska decided whether slave or free state, created a lot of violence.
Why did the war goal change and how did that impact the civil war?
preserve the union---> end slavery
the reason why the north won the war due to many more men who could fight.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
A U.S. government agency created in 1865 to help formerly enslaved people and poor refugees transition to freedom.