Civil War
When did the Civil War begin?
1861
This was the central cause of the American Civil War
Slavery
These three Amendments are known as the Reconstruction Amendments
13th, 14th, 15th
True or False: African Americans did not gain important roles in government during the Reconstruction era.
False
This purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
Louisiana Purchase
These were the names of the North and the South during the war
Union and Confederacy
What is the word meaning "to separate" from the United States?
secede
What did the 13th Amendment State?
That slavery was abolished
This was a hate group that formed during Reconstruction that inflicted terror on African Americans
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
This state declared its independence from Mexico and was annexed by the United States in 1845
Texas
This was the most important agricultural product of the South
Cotton
Which compromise included California being admitted as a free state?
Compromise of 1850
What did the 14th Amendment state?
That every man born in the U.S. was a citizen (except Native Americans)
These were laws passed during Reconstruction to limit the freedoms of African Americans.
Black Codes
Name three present day states that resulted from the territory gained in the Mexican Cession after the Mexican-American War
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California and Colorado
Name three advantages the North had during the war
More railroads, more troops, better technology, more factories, controlled banking
In the Missouri Compromise, which state was admitted as a free state, and which state was admitted as a slave state?
Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri was admitted as a slave state.
What did the 15 Amendment state?
It gave African Americans the right to vote
This was an unfair system where landowners allowed formally enslaved people to use land to grow crops. But they had to sell 2/3 of the crops back at the end of the harvest. Most ended in debt.
Sharecropping
This was the belief that the United States was destined by God to expand across North America
What is Manifest Destiny?
Name 5 states that were part of the Confederacy during the war
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Virginia
Which state was the first to secede from the United States?
South Carolina
This man became President after Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
This group helped African Americans get on their feet once they were no longer enslaved
Freedmen's Bureau
This formed a natural boundary to the West of the 13 colonies.
What is Appalachian Mountains?