Westward Expansion and the Mexican War (2)
The Path to War (2)
Reconstruction and Reversal (2)
Civil War (3)
Reconstruction and Reversal (3)
100
After the Battle of San Jacincto, Mexico was forced to recognize this.
Texan independence
100
Preservation of this was the main motive for southern secession from the union.
slavery
100
Lacking land and opportunities in industry, many poor blacks in the South made their living this way after the Civil War.
share-cropping
100
This law provided 160 acres of free land in the West to people willing to farm it for five years.
Homestead Act
100
Under Presidential Reconstruction, most Confederates received pardons in return for this.
loyalty oath
200
Once independent, Texas legalized slavery and banned this group from coming to Texas.
free blacks
200
The Compromise of 1850 outlawed this in the District of Columbia.
Slave trade
200
Term describing Northerners who had moved to the south after the Civil War.
carpetbaggers
200
General Sherman created great destruction in this state on his March to the Sea.
Georgia
200
Through the Compromise of 1877, Republicans exchanged this for the end of Reconstruction.
winning the presidency
300
He sent U.S. troops into disputed territory, sparking war with Mexico.
Polk
300
The Dred Scot decision ruled that there could be no slavery restrictions in the territories and that this was unconstitutional.
the Missouri Compromise
300
This practice often began with a false accusation of rape and was intended to put down anyone who challenged white authority.
lynching
300
This prohibited slavery everywhere in the United States.
13th Amendment
300
Under Presidential Reconstruction, many southern states passed these, restricting the rights of blacks.
Black Codes
400
The Treaty of Guadeloupe-Hidalgo recognized this as the southern border of Texas.
the Rio Grande River
400
Of the four candidates in the 1860 election (Breckinridge, Lincoln, Douglas, and Bell), he was most in support of slavery.
Breckinridge
400
Principle established by Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) allowing the growth of segregation in the south.
separate but equal
400
Site of General Lee’s surrender to General Grant, ending the Civil War.
Appomattox Courthouse
400
Reconstruction governments failed to accomplish this, meaning that former slaves remained poor.
land redistribution
500
Although outnumbered, he successfully captured Mexico City.
Winfield Scott
500
A Confederate attack on this fort marked the beginning of the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
500
Two methods used by whites to disenfranchise blacks in the South.
literacy tests and poll taxes
500
As a result of the Civil War, the South lost this proportion of its wealth.
2/3
500
Minor charge often used against blacks to sentence them to forced servitude.
Vagrancy – joblessness
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